Lead Splunk Tech PM: Enterprise Deployments & Observability

Visa Hunt; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa Hunt is seeking a Technical Project Manager with deep Splunk expertise to lead enterprise-scale Splunk and observability initiatives. This role combines rigorous project management with hands-on technical knowledge to deliver deployments, enhancements, and migrations on time and within scope.

The ideal candidate will manage cross-functional teams across engineering, infrastructure, security, and business units, translate business requirements into actionable technical plans, and report

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Splunk-related projects, including implementations, upgrades, migrations, and optimization initiatives
• Define project scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables
• Manage project plans, track progress, and ensure adherence to schedules
• Identify risks, dependencies, and blockers, and proactively drive resolution
• Provide regular status reporting to stakeholders and leadership
• Serve as the technical liaison for Splunk architecture, data onboarding, and platform enhancements
• Collaborate with engineers to design and implement scalable Splunk solutions (indexers, search heads, forwarders)
• Oversee data ingestion pipelines, parsing, and normalization strategies
• Ensure best practices are followed for performance, scalability, and security
• Validate technical deliverables and ensure alignment with requirements
• Coordinate across engineering, infrastructure, security, and business teams
• Translate business requirements into actionable technical plans
• Facilitate meetings, workshops, and technical discussions
• Manage vendor relationships and external partners as needed
• Establish and enforce project governance, standards, and documentation
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements
• Support Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies as appropriate

Skills

Splunk expertise

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Tools

Cribl

Kafka

SPL

Job description

Visa Hunt is seeking a Technical Project Manager with deep Splunk expertise to lead enterprise-scale Splunk and observability initiatives. This role combines rigorous project management with hands-on technical knowledge to deliver deployments, enhancements, and migrations on time and within scope.

The ideal candidate will manage cross-functional teams across engineering, infrastructure, security, and business units, translate business requirements into actionable technical plans, and report