Job Description

THIS POSITION CAN BE ROMOTE

The Splunk Engineer serves as the expert in Splunk dashboard development and systems architecture, undertaking complex projects requiring additional specialized technical knowledge.  The Splunk engineer makes decisions on complex or ambiguous issues, coordinating with users to determine requirements, and ensuring requirements are delivered.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• On-boarding new data sources into Splunk, analyzing the data for anomalies and trends, and building dashboards highlighting the key trends of the data
• Create complex searches, data models, custom visualization dashboards, reports, and alerts.
• Assist the cyber security team in developing security-focused content for Splunk, including creation of complex correlation logic and operational dashboards
• Develop Splunk Use Cases, Dashboards, Alerts and Reports based on different sources of data, including databases
• Managing Splunk premium apps ITSI and Enterprise Security
• Knowledge of advanced Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL)
• Experience creating and managing Splunk knowledge objects (field extractions, macros, event types, CIM, data models etc)
• Experience integrating multiple data streams and feeds from networks, infrastructure services, mission/business applications into a near, real-time dashboard for use in troubleshooting.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.
• Experience utilizing both pre-built dashboards/add-ons within Splunk system and customized Splunk dashboards and search queries.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or related field or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in creating advance level Splunk dashboards and administering Splunk Enterprise/Enterprise Security
• Extensive experience in creating and maintaining complex dashboards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Scripting/ automation experience (Python, Shell, Bash, Ansible, etc.)

PREFERRED:

• Splunk Architect Certification/Splunk Enterprise Security Certification.

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

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