Splunk Engineer

HealthPartners; Bloomington (CA); Hybride; USD 76 000 - 114 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

HealthPartners is hiring a Splunk Engineer to support enterprise monitoring, observability, alerting, dashboard development, troubleshooting, and Splunk platform administration across application, infrastructure, cloud, and support teams.

The role focuses on maintaining observability capabilities, driving automation, and providing technical leadership to improve system reliability and performance. Hybrid work with some onsite meetings is offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Six (6) years of engineering experience.
• Four (4) years of experience supporting and operating production platforms, including monitoring, troubleshooting, upgrades, and incident response.
• Hands-on experience administering Splunk Enterprise, including indexers, search heads, forwarders, apps, data inputs, and role-based access.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, independently manage work, and deliver results.
• Proven collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional technical teams.
• Adaptability and a willingness to learn new technologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience using source control and deployment tools to manage Splunk configurations, applications, and platform changes.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure components including networking, storage, operating systems, and virtualized environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience working within Agile development and delivery environments.

Responsabilités

• Automates repeatable Splunk administration, deployment, validation, and maintenance tasks.
• Installs, configures, upgrades, and operates Splunk Enterprise components, applications, and supporting tools.
• Maintains the performance, availability, capacity, and scalability of distributed Splunk environments.
• Onboards and validates data sources; develops searches, alerts, dashboards, and reports that support operational visibility.
• Troubleshoots development and production problems across multiple environments and operating platforms.
• Participates within high availability and disaster recovery testing.
• Creates and maintains platform standards, architecture diagrams, support procedures, and operational documentation.
• Guides and mentors junior level staff.
• Participates in a rotating on-call pool.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Connaissances

Splunk Enterprise

Incident response

Monitoring & observability

Dashboards & alerts

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile experience

Formation

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Outils

Splunk ITSI

Splunk Observability Cloud

Description du poste

HealthPartners is hiring a Splunk Engineer. This role supports enterprise monitoring, observability, alerting, dashboard development, troubleshooting, and Splunk platform administration across application, infrastructure, cloud, and support teams.

The Splunk Engineer is responsible for maintaining and advancing HealthPartners' observability capabilities, helping teams proactively identify issues, improve system performance, and respond to incidents in real time. As use of the Splunk platform continues to expand across the organization, this position plays a key role in ensuring the reliability, stability, and performance of critical business applications and technology services.

Working closely with application, infrastructure, cloud, and operations teams, the Engineer designs and supports monitoring and alerting solutions, develops dashboards and visualizations, builds platform integrations, and drives automation efforts that improve operational efficiency. This role also provides technical leadership, promotes observability best practices, and serves as a subject matter expert for platform reliability and monitoring.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Six (6) years of engineering experience
• Four (4) years of experience supporting and operating production platforms, including monitoring, troubleshooting, upgrades, and incident response.
• Hands-on experience administering Splunk Enterprise, including indexers, search heads, forwarders, apps, data inputs, and role-based access.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, independently manage work, and deliver results.
• Proven collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional technical teams.
• Adaptability and a willingness to learn new technologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience using source control and deployment tools to manage Splunk configurations, applications, and platform changes.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure components including networking, storage, operating systems, and virtualized environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience working within Agile development and delivery environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Splunk Observability Cloud (Splunk O11y)
• Experience with Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI)
• Knowledge of networking, security, databases, or virtualization
• Splunk certification, such as Splunk Core Certified Power User or Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin.

Hours/Location:

• M-F; core business hours
• This position offers a hybrid work arrangement and can be performed largely remotely. Preference will be given to local candidates who can attend occasional onsite meetings, workgroup sessions, and team events as needed.

Compensation Range:

• $55.00 - $82.50 hourly
  • Compensation is based on the level and requirements of the role. Pay within our ranges may also be determined by education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities as well as internal equity. Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation based on role (e.g., shift differential, bonus, sales incentive, productivity pay, etc.).

Responsibilities:

• Automates repeatable Splunk administration, deployment, validation, and maintenance tasks.
• Installs, configures, upgrades, and operates Splunk Enterprise components, applications, and supporting tools.
• Maintains the performance, availability, capacity, and scalability of distributed Splunk environments.
• Onboards and validates data sources; develops searches, alerts, dashboards, and reports that support operational visibility.
• Troubleshoots development and production problems across multiple environments and operating platforms.
• Participates within high availability and disaster recovery testing.
• Creates and maintains platform standards, architecture diagrams, support procedures, and operational documentation.
• Guides and mentors junior level staff.
• Participates in a rotating on-call pool.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

At HealthPartners we believe in the power of good – good deeds and good people working together. As part of our team, you’ll find an inclusive environment that encourages new ways of thinking, celebrates differences, and recognizes hard work.

We’re a nonprofit, integrated health care organization, providing health insurance in six states and high-quality care at more than 90 locations, including hospitals and clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin. We bring together research and education through HealthPartners Institute, training medical professionals across the region and conducting innovative research that improve lives around the world.

At HealthPartners, everyone is welcome, included and valued. We’re working together to increase diversity and inclusion in our workplace, advance health equity in care and coverage, and partner with the community as advocates for change.

Benefits Designed to Support Your Total Health

As a HealthPartners colleague, we’re committed to nurturing your diverse talents, valuing your dedication, and supporting your work-life balance. We offer a comprehensive range of benefits to support every aspect of your life, including health, time off, retirement planning, and continuous learning opportunities. Our goal is to help you thrive physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially, so you can continue delivering exceptional care.

Join us in our mission to improve the health and well-being of our patients, members, and communities.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identify, status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.