Splunk Administrator, GIPS

UOB; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

6255 UOB Innovation Hub 2 Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur seeks an experienced Splunk/DevOps engineer to design, implement and manage the firm-wide Log Analytics Platform using Splunk.

You will work on dashboards, alerting, data ingestion, and integration with diverse data sources, with a DevOps mindset and familiarity with containers (Docker/Kubernetes) and automation tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT.
• 6+ years experience in log management, enterprise monitoring or IT operations with Splunk or Elasticsearch.
• Experience creating dashboards, visualizations and scheduled searches.
• Experience tuning Splunk components and queries.
• Proficient in SPL and writing custom queries.
• Experience integrating Splunk with diverse data sources.
• Exposure to DevOps tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Chef, Puppet, Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Designs, implement, and configure the firm-wide Log Analytics Platform using Splunk.
• Administer and monitor Splunk components and apps.
• Maintain roadmap and deliverables with hands-on execution.
• Assist in building production dashboards and alerts.
• Configure custom reporting and alerting, optimize data models and searches.
• Collaborate with other teams to resolve issues across the enterprise.
• Develop scripts and programs as needed; support upgrades and expansion.

Skills

REST API

Scripting languages

DevOps concepts

JIRA/Confluence

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Splunk

Docker

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

Job description

Company: 6255 UOB Innovation Hub 2 Sdn Bhd

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

• 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

• Bachelor’s in computer science / IT
• 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.
• 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 (egs: 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.
• Certified Splunk Admin

Additional Requirements

Develop (4 - Exceeds), Engage (4 - Exceeds), English, Execute (4 - Exceeds), Role Type (GTO), Strategise (4 - Exceeds), University-Bachelor - Engineering & IT

Be a Part of the UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate’s age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.