Splunk Consultant

Splunk Consultant/Admin

New York, NY 10004

6 Months

Qualifications:

Implement and maintain Splunk Enterprise infrastructures and configurations. Deep understanding of Splunk architecture. Need to know how to administrate Splunk cluster
Experience with development of Splunk applications, views, dashboards, reports, alerts, data collection, scheduling of alerts and reports
Knowledge of syslog-NG or other centralized syslog products
Building internal and external APIs & RESTful web services
Experience with monitoring solutions and methodologies, including server and network performance, hardware, and web synthetics
Experience with Splunk ITSI and Splunk ES preferred
Experience with migrating on-prem Splunk Enterprise to Splunk Cloud preferred

Splunk Expertise:
Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL): Proficiency in using SPL for creating custom queries, reports, dashboards, and alerts.
Data Ingestion & Indexing: Knowledge of how to configure Splunk to receive data from Cisco devices, including Syslog and SNMP traps.
App and Add-on Configuration: Experience in installing and configuring the Splunk Cisco App or Cisco Technology Add-ons (TA) for Cisco device integration.
Splunk Forwarders: Experience with setting up Universal Forwarders or Heavy Forwarders to collect log data from Cisco devices and other network appliances.
Security Monitoring: Using Splunk to identify and respond to security threats in Cisco device
Splunk ITSI and ES: Experience with Splunk ITSI and ES preferred

Special skills:
Splunk Automation: Use of Splunk's REST APIs, Python scripts, or Splunk apps to automate log collection, parsing, and alerting from Cisco devices.
Log Parsing and Normalization: Experience in creating custom props.conf and transforms.conf files for proper parsing and field extraction for Cisco logs.

Certifications:
Splunk Certified Admin

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