Splunk Engineer-Hybrid

Please Contact: To discuss this amazing opportunity, reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Faizan Mohammed at email address Faizan.Mohammed@generistek.com can be reached on # 630-576-9037.

We have Contract role Splunk Engineer-Hybrid for our client at Chicago IL. Please let me know if you or any of your friends would be interested in this position.

Position Details:

Splunk Engineer-Hybrid-Chicago IL

Location : Chicago, IL -60601 (Hybrid)

Project Duration : 12 Months of contract to Hire

Pay rate : $40-$42 an hr on w2

Job Description:

"What You'll Do" -

• As a Splunk Developer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining Splunk dashboards, alerts, and reports that provide actionable insights across our systems and applications.
• You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data is collected, parsed, and visualized effectively to support operational and security objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain Splunk dashboards, queries, and alerts to monitor system performance, application health, and security events.
• Work with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into effective Splunk visualizations and reports.
• Optimize and troubleshoot existing Splunk configurations to improve performance and usability.
• Integrate data sources into Splunk using forwarders, APIs, and custom scripts.
• Support incident response and root cause analysis by providing relevant Splunk data and insights.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and Infrastructure teams to ensure comprehensive logging and monitoring coverage.
• Stay current with Splunk best practices, new features, and industry trends to continuously improve our observability capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 4–5 years of hands-on experience with Splunk development, including dashboard creation, query optimization, and alerting.
• Strong proficiency in SPL (Search Processing Language) and familiarity with Splunk Enterprise Security or ITSI.
• Experience integrating data from various sources (e.g., syslog, APIs, cloud services) into Splunk.
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Power Shell for data manipulation and automation.
• Familiarity with log management and observability tools beyond Splunk (e.g., ELK stack, Grafana, Prometheus).
• Understanding of security and compliance requirements in logging and monitoring.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills to translate technical findings into business-relevant insights.

To discuss this amazing opportunity, reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Faizan Mohammed at email address Faizan.Mohammed@generistek.com can be reached on # 630-576-9037.