Purpose:
The Splunk Architect provides senior technical leadership and continuously evolves the current Splunk environment to increase the value delivered to our business and customers.
Formal Education:
• Matric NQF 4
• Tertiary qualification an advantage
Experience:
• Experience in the outsource / managed services provider space an advantage
• Splunk Certified Architect with 3 to 5 years of experience with Splunk
Technical/Legal certification:
• ITIL and SIAM certification an advantage
• Any other certifications supporting required skills and competencies listed below are an advantage
Responsibilities:
• Provide senior technical leadership and execution as a Splunk Certified Architect within the ESM team
• Proactively identify and implement new Splunk use cases aligned with business strategy
• Continuous improvement and support of the current Splunk solution, ensuring quality service delivery and promoting Splunk’s value to the business
• Engage with relevant stakeholders, both internal and customer, to understand and translate their requirements into effective technical solutions
Key Competencies:
• Splunk deployment architecture and implementation
o Design and implement Splunk Enterprise deployments
â–ª Search head clustering, authentication, load balancing, TLS certificates
â–ª Index clustering
• Storage design and management
• Index design and implementation
â–ª Application deployment
â–ª License management
â–ª Distributed architectures and multi-tenancy
• Splunk use case design and implementation o Data ingest
â–ª Indexed field extractions
â–ª DB Connect
â–ª Scripted inputs
â–ª File monitors
â–ª HEC
o Index configuration
â–ª Data retention
o State management
â–ª Lookups
â–ª Working with KVs
o Dashboards, reporting and alerting
â–ª SPL
â–ª Field extractions
â–ª Classic XML and new Dashboard Studio
â–ª Custom commands
â–ª Custom alert actions
• Splunk management and administration
o Monitoring console
o Upgrades
o Data and storage management Other capabilities
o Linux OS
â–ª CLI
â–ª Bash scripting
o Nginx, HAProxy
o GIT
o Python
o SQL
o Ansible
o Data formats: JSON, XML, YAML
• Expertise in areas of qualification and experience
• Interpretation of business requirements and clear communication of technical solutions
• Team player with strong collaboration and knowledge sharing skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Good communication skills
• Pro-active orientation and initiative
• Ability to work under pressure
