GeoSpatial Sr.Analyst MAP

Cognizant; Telangana; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a GeoSpatial Senior Analyst to design, maintain and optimize Splunk-based monitoring and analytics for complex geospatial platforms in a hybrid work model. The role emphasizes high availability, performance, observability, and data-driven insights for safer, smarter infrastructure across global markets.

The candidate will implement robust Splunk configurations, develop geo-focused dashboards and alerts, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements

Qualifications

• Six to ten years hands-on Splunk admin experience.
• Dashboards, searches and alerts for geo-referenced data.
• Experience integrating Splunk with data pipelines and apps.
• Performance tuning and capacity planning for Splunk.
• Knowledge of networking and systems to diagnose Splunk issues.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Splunk configurations for large-scale geospatial data ingestion, indexing and search to ensure reliable analytics for business stakeholders.
• Configure and optimize Splunk deployment components to achieve stable performance in a hybrid environment.
• Develop Splunk queries, dashboards and alerts for geospatial patterns to provide actionable insights.
• Onboard diverse geo-referenced data sources with correct timestamps and metadata standards to enhance analytics quality.
• Monitor Splunk health, capacity and resource use; tune indexing and search strategies for high availability.
• Collaborate with application owners and data engineering to translate monitoring needs into Splunk use cases.
• Establish role-based access controls and configurations to uphold security while enabling analytics.
• Maintain documentation including runbooks and baselines for ops efficiency.
• Coordinate Splunk upgrades and app lifecycle changes with minimal downtime.
• Analyze log and metric data to identify bottlenecks and optimization opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement by evaluating new Splunk capabilities and best practices.
• Support incident management by using searches and dashboards to isolate issues.

Skills

Splunk administration

Dashboard design

Hybrid operations

Geospatial data handling

Performance tuning

Job description

Job summary

GeoSpatial Senior Analyst MAP will design maintain and optimize Splunk based monitoring and analytics solutions to support complex geospatial data platforms in a hybrid work model. The role focuses on ensuring high availability performance and observability of mission critical systems while driving data driven insights that improve operational efficiency and contribute to safer smarter infrastructure for clients across global markets.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain robust Splunk administration configurations that support large scale geospatial data ingestion indexing and search to ensure reliable analytics for business stakeholders.
• Configure and optimize Splunk infrastructure components including deployment servers forwarder management and app configurations to achieve consistent performance and operational stability in a hybrid work environment.
• Develop complex Splunk queries dashboards and alerts tailored for geospatial data patterns to provide actionable insights that improve situational awareness and decision support across business functions.
• Implement rigorous data onboarding processes within Splunk for diverse geo referenced data sources ensuring accurate timestamping field extraction and metadata standards that enhance analytic quality.
• Monitor Splunk platform health capacity and resource utilization proactively tuning indexing and search strategies to maintain high availability and meet demanding service level expectations for day shifts.
• Collaborate with application owners and data engineering teams to translate monitoring requirements into Splunk use cases improving fault detection incident response and root cause analysis for geospatial solutions.
• Establish and refine Splunk role based access controls and configurations that uphold strong security compliance while enabling flexible analytics for operational and strategic teams.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive Splunk documentation including runbooks configuration baselines and operational procedures to support consistent maintenance and efficient onboarding of new team members.
• Coordinate Splunk upgrade activities app lifecycle management and change implementations to ensure smooth transitions minimal downtime and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Analyze log and metric data within Splunk to identify performance bottlenecks recurring errors and optimization opportunities that enhance the reliability of map based applications.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating new Splunk capabilities and administrative best practices and recommending enhancements that increase automation resilience and insight generation.
• Support incident and problem management activities during day shifts by using Splunk searches and dashboards to quickly isolate issues and propose corrective actions for geospatial platforms.
• Engage with internal clients to understand analytic requirements for map centric workflows and translate those needs into scalable Splunk visualizations and alerts that amplify operational impact.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in Splunk administration including deployment architecture configuration management and app lifecycle operations gained through six to ten years of hands on experience.
• Apply strong expertise in designing Splunk dashboards searches and alerts for complex technical environments with a focus on geo referenced and spatially dense data sets.
• Utilize solid understanding of enterprise monitoring logging and observability concepts to integrate Splunk with various data pipelines systems and applications in a hybrid operating model.
• Bring practical experience with performance tuning indexing best practices and capacity planning for Splunk to sustain reliable operations for mission critical mapping and analytics platforms.
• Exhibit working knowledge of general networking operating systems and application architectures to diagnose issues surfaced by Splunk and communicate findings effectively to cross functional teams.
• Present clear and structured communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders share insights from Splunk analytics and contribute to continuous service improvements without requiring business travel.