Language Fluency: English (Required)

Work Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Job Grade:

112

Please review the following job description:

This hands-on role provides thought leadership and serves as a leader, collaborator, innovator, champion and subject matter expert for Splunk Enterprise. The primary function of this role is to lead technical direction for Splunk Enterprise as a platform and the Splunk Team. In addition, this role will drive the strategy, expansion, administration and lifecycle management of Splunk, including automation strategies. This role will also lead requirement discussions for complex solutions with consumers of Splunk Enterprise to determine scope and feasibility, as well as a Splunk technical expert for application and platform owners, cyber partners and the Splunk community at Truist. In addition, this role personally builds, supports and maintains the Splunk Enterprise platform.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time. 

1. Provides thought leadership and serves as a leader, collaborator, innovator, champion and subject matter expert

2. Drives the strategy, expansion, administration and lifecycle management of Splunk, including automation strategies

3. Explores new capabilities of Splunk or complementary products to enhance the analytic capabilities of Splunk

4. Builds out, documents, solicits and establishes Splunk patterns and procedures that support Truist cloud, on-premise, and container-based needs for data access, retention and isolation

5. Educates others on current architectural standards and guidelines to drive efficiency when leading the design efforts of complex business and enterprise software solutions.

6. Evangelizes capabilities of Splunk and drive adoption within Truist Recommends and performs upgrades to Splunk components to stay current/gain capabilities of the platform

7. Leads requirement discussions for complex solutions with consumers of Splunk Enterprise to determine scope and feasibility

8. Interprets and applies new technical and system capabilities as needed to provide updates, enhancements, and modifications to an existing Splunk environment.

9. Resolves complex problems spanning multiple applications to drive improvements across the Splunk platform; leads efforts with significant business implications, participates in planning and priority estimates, and advises Software Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers, Application and Platform owners, and Cyber Teammates on Splunk solutions.

10. Builds and troubleshoots Splunk Infrastructure and associated data feeds in a Linux environment.

11. Performs troubleshooting of existing feeds that are no longer collecting data (quiet source monitoring).

12. Integrates data streams, feeds from network, infrastructure services, mission critical/business applications into Splunk using the Splunk Universal Forwarder, Syslog, Splunk Heavy Forwarders and Splunk HEC Clusters.

QUALIFICATIONS
Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field
2. Fifteen years of experience in software development or a related field
3. Fifteen years of experience in database technologies
4. Fifteen years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (SDLC)

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field , Master's Degree preferred

2. Current Certification as a Splunk Architect

3. 5 years of experience as an Architect for large Splunk Enterprise environments

4. Demonstrated capability to architect, implement, connect, and support a Hybrid Splunk environment that spans multiple Datacenters, including on-premise, Azure, AWS, GCP and Splunk Cloud

5. 8 years of experience with complex Splunk Deployment strategies that include standard and tiered Splunk deployment model

6. 8 years of experience building, troubleshooting and supporting Splunk Infrastructure and associated data feeds in a clustered, multi-site Linux environment

7. 8 years of experience onboarding data to Splunk Enterprise (Hosted on-Premise)

8. 2 years of experience supporting AWS and/or Azure cloud hosted Splunk Enterprise environments

9. 3 years of experience with complex Splunk Deployment strategies that include GitLab/GitHub, Ansible and/or Cribl.

10. 12 years of experience with complex Splunk Deployment strategies that include standard and tiered Splunk deployment model

11. Extensive automation experienceMore than 4 years of experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud Splunk environments.

12. Current Certification as a Splunk Consultant

OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS / WORKING CONDITIONS

Sitting
Frequently (25% - 50% of the time)
Lifting
Up to 25 lbs.
Visual / Audio / Speaking
Able to access and interpret client information received from the computer and able to hear and speak with individuals in person and on the phone.
Manual Dexterity / Keyboarding
Able to work standard office equipment, including PC keyboard and mouse, copy/fax machines, and printers.
Availability
Able to work all hours scheduled, including overtime as directed by manager/supervisor and required by business need.
Travel
Up to 25%

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist’s generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.