Splunk Admin (onsite)

Splunk Administrator- Onsite

This on-site position is open to any qualified applicant in the United States.

This position is on-site in Hartford, Connecticut, and a qualified candidate must be local to the area or open to relocation.

Practice - CIS - Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services

About Cloud Infrastructure & Security Services: Cognizant’s Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services Practice (CIS), is all about embracing digital transformation by driving core modernization holistically across layers. We help customers transform infrastructure and workplace to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the digital era. Our holistic approach delivers key results for our customers by achieving cloud driven modernization and workplace and operational transformation to run the business in a secure environment.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

· Design, implement, and support Splunk solutions to address business problems and requirements across various industry verticals

· Coordinate and own the Splunk environment, including indexers, forwarders, search heads, and other components

· Build and maintain Splunk apps, dashboards, reports, alerts, and data visualizations based on user requirements

· Implement data onboarding, field extractions, and search optimization for new and existing data sources

· Supervise and take on the Splunk infrastructure, addressing performance issues, log feed problems, and capacity planning

· Configure role-based access controls and security measures to restrict access to sensitive data and logs

· Collaborate with internal teams and customers to understand their outstanding use cases and provide Splunk solutions

· Assist users in designing and maintaining production-quality dashboards and reports

· Provide documentation and knowledge transfer for Splunk operations and maintenance

· Stay up to date with the latest Splunk features, standard methodologies, and industry trends

Position Qualifications:

· At least 7 to 9 years of experience.

· Required skills: Splunk

· Proficiency in crafting alerts, reports, and dashboards using Splunks search Processing Language

· Knowledge of setting up alert thresholds, notifications, and monitoring alerts

· Proficiency in field extractions using regular expressions and configuring data inputs

· Ability to work with Splunk forwarders UF, HFf or data collection and forwarding

· An expert in cleaning data quality issues and ensuring data integrity

· In-depth understanding of props.conf and transforms.conf for data preprocessing

· Familiarity with Splunk Configuration files Server.conf, Serverclass.conf, transforms.conf, inputs.conf, and props.conf for tuning and maintenance

· Dynatrace knowledge is added advantage

***Applications will be accepted until 2/3/25

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between ($79,240 - $133,500) depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and is subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

· Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

· Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

· 401(k) plan and contributions

· Long-term/Short-term Disability

· Paid Parental Leave

· Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Why Cognizant?

• Collaborate with a community of experts to enhance and expand your skills.

• Join a team where global culture adopts diversity of thought and background.

• Find balance with our hybrid model that prioritizes your health, safety and well-being.

• Opportunity to work for leading global companies while advancing your career.

Salary : $79,240 - $133,500