Sr. Splunk Administrator (Ref# SSA1225)

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Sr. SPLUNK ADMINISTRATOR (REF# SSA1225)

Mican Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Splunk Administrator (Ref# SSA1225). We are specifically looking for an experienced Splunk Administrator—not a Splunk Developer or Splunk Engineer.

Criteria

W2 Candidates Only

Location

Fully Remote - US Central Hours

Job Duties:

  • This position requires candidate to confidently demonstrate expertise in system admin/Splunk technical solutioning and trouble shooting in working session with stakeholders.
  • Proficiency in managing a variety of operating systems, including Windows Server, Linux distributions (e.g., CentOS, Red Hat), and Unix systems.
  • Experience in Linux/ Unix system administration functions to support the DevOps tool sets and supporting patching, SSL toolset, capacity planning, routing protocols, and firewall rules.
  • Applied expertise in data on-boarding techniques such as syslog, DB Connect (dB Connect), Universal Forwarder (UF), HTTP Event Collector (HEC), and custom scripting.
  • Experience of Splunk Data Models and their management, including implementation, tuning, and data normalization.
  • Knowledge of one or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as hardware, networking terminology, databases, storage engineering, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, or performance assessments.
  • Ability to maintain and upgrade certifications.
  • Perform integration activities to connect with 3rd party software APIs.
  • Support Indexer Clustering, Search Head Clustering, and Forwarders.
  • Experience developing scripts in Python or in either Perl, Shell, PowerShell, SQL, D3, HTML, XML, CSS, Bash and JAVA.
  • Lead and mentor a team of IT professionals, providing guidance, training and support in their daily tasks and career development.

Job Requirements:

  • Experience in Splunk products Enterprise Security, SOAR, ITSI is a plus.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and analyze overall health of Splunk infrastructure to include daily indexing volume, search volume, and performance, data source reporting, user activity reporting, and custom apps/dashboards/visualizations.
  • Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure and multiple cloud technologies (AWS, IBM & Azure) with the ability to operate in and migrate across public and private clouds.
  • Perform root cause analysis on any issues with recommendations. Implement tactical and strategic solutions to problems.
  • Develop, manage, and maintain documents supporting Splunk architecture and operational processes.
  • Support day-to-day technical communication systems and incident tickets in support of operations.
  • Certifications such as Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin, Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
  • Strong customer service experience, as this position will require the candidate to engage with customer leadership.
  • Ability to work under time constraints and adapt to changes in requirements and new projects.
  • Availability during non-business hours to support emergency/P1 incidents.
  • Ability to assimilate information rapidly, motivated to self-study new requirements.
  • Maintain current industry knowledge of relevant concepts, practices, and procedures.
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills, with strong organizational and collaborative skills.

Application Instructions:

To apply, please MAIL resume to referenced address, ensuring to indicate the position reference code (Ref# SSA1225) for which you are applying. Mail to: Mican Technologies, Inc., Attn: HR Manager, 2500 Wrangle Hill Road, Suite 224, Bear, DE 19701.

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