Splunk Administrator, GIPS

United Overseas Bank Limited; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

6255 UOB Innovation Hub 2 Sdn Bhd in Malaysia seeks an experienced Splunk/Log Analytics Engineer to design, implement, and manage the firm-wide Splunk platform. You will lead admin, dashboards, reporting, and alerting, while aligning roadmaps with business needs.

The role requires 6+ years of experience (3+ in log management/IT ops), strong SPL, and DevOps exposure. Expect collaboration across teams and hands-on delivery in a high-availability environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in computer science / IT is required.
• 6+ years total experience with at least 3 years in log management or IT operations related to Splunk/enterprise monitoring.
• Experience creating dashboards, visualizations, reports and scheduled searches.
• Experience tuning and optimizing Splunk components and queries.
• Expertise in writing custom queries with Splunk SPL.
• Experience integrating Splunk with diverse data sources.
• DevOps exposure with Chef, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Agile (Scrum/Kanban) experience with related tools.
• REST API and scripting (Python/JavaScript).
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools (Chef, Puppet, Ansible).
• System admin and IT infrastructure knowledge.
• Certified Splunk Admin preferred.

Responsibilities

• Designs, implement, and configure the firm-wide Log Analytics Platform using Splunk.
• Administer and monitor lifecycle of Splunk components and apps in a DevOps style.
• Prioritize roadmaps and deliverables with hands-on execution.
• Assist users in designing and maintaining production dashboards.
• Configure custom reporting and alerting.
• Optimize data models, indexes, and searches per best practices.
• Coordinate with other teams and resolve advanced issues.
• Write and develop custom scripts as needed.
• Assist in Splunk upgrades and infrastructure expansion.
• Manage data ingestion from various sourcetypes to the central platform.

Skills

Splunk knowledge

Log management

Elasticsearch

Dashboard design

SPL (Splunk Processing Language)

Python/JavaScript

REST API integration

DevOps concepts

Agile (Scrum/Kanban)

JIRA/Confluence

Open Systems knowledge

Networking basics

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Chef

Puppet

Ansible

JIRA

Confluence

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.

UOB is rated as one of the world's top banks, ranked 'Aa1' by Moody's Investors Service and 'AA-' by both S&P Global and Fitch Ratings. With a global network of 500 branches and offices across 19 countries in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.

In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as branches and offices throughout the region.

Job Description

• 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.