Hiring for Splunk Admin for Malaysia Location

Sperton Global AS; Subang Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm in Malaysia is seeking a Splunk Administrator with over 6 years of experience in Log management and IT Operations related roles. You will design and configure the Log Analytics Platform, optimize Splunk components, and assist internal users in dashboard creation. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in computer science and knowledge of DevOps concepts. This role offers opportunities to work with advanced monitoring technologies.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Log management or IT Operations related roles.
• Experience in tuning and optimization of Splunk components.
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies and their implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design and configure the Log Analytics Platform using Splunk.
• Administer and monitor Splunk infrastructure components.
• Develop custom scripts for operational needs.
• Maintain and optimize Splunk data models and searches.

Skills

Experience in Log management

Creating dashboards

Writing custom queries using SPL

Understanding of DevOps concepts

Education

Bachelor’s in computer science / IT

Tools

Splunk

Elasticsearch

Chef

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Dear All,

Job Responsibilities – Splunk Administrator

• Designs, implement, and configure the firm-wide Log Analytics Platform as per business requirements using Splunk.
• Administration, monitoring of lifecycle management of Splunk infrastructure components (Search Head, Indexer, Deployment Server, Heavy Forwarder, Cluster Master, License Master, Deployer), Knowledge Objects and Splunk Apps preferably in DevOps model.
• Prioritize, and maintain the roadmap along with being technically hands-on and responsible for deliverables.
• Assist internal users in designing and maintaining production quality dashboards.
• Configure custom reporting & Alerting
• Optimize Splunk data models, indexes, and searches as per best practices.
• Coordinate with other organizations and assist with advanced issue resolution across the enterprise
• Write and develop custom scripts, programs as needed
• Assist in splunk version upgrade and infra expansion of components such as Indexer Cluster, Search Head Cluster, Heavy forwarders, Deployment Servers etc.
• Responsible for the data ingestion from different types sourcetypes to the centralized Log Analytics Platform.

Job Requirements

• The candidate must have at least 6+ years of experience of which at least 3 years of experience in Log management, enterprise monitoring or IT Operations related role on Splunk Logging platform or Elasticsearch.
• Bachelor’s in computer science / IT
• Experience in creating dashboards, visualization, reports and scheduled searches.
• Experience in tuning and optimization of Splunk components, queries.
• Expertise in writing custom queries and efficient queries using Splunk Processing Language (SPL).
• Integration of Splunk with wide variety of data sources
• Technical background in Open Systems, Virtualization, Storage and Networking technologies.
• Ideal candidate would also be exposed to DevOps concepts and tools such as Chef, Docker containers and Kubernetes.
• Good understanding of Agile (Scrum or Kanban) and implementation of same in real world along with exposure to associated tool sets (JIRA/Confluence)

Desired Skills

• Experience in REST API and scripting languages (eg: Python or JavaScript programming)
• Knowledge and experience on any Infrastructure as a code tool (Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
• Knowledge and Experience on System Administration and IT Infrastructure.