Job title: enterprise splunk engineer (mexico based)
about the company: randstad is the #1 hr services provider in the world, and we are looking for an
enterprise splunk engineer to join our nearshore center at randstad mexico.
description:
this role is responsible for the design, architecture, and health of the enterprise logging and siem platform, including identifying and repairing performance issues and data quality issues. This role will be very closely with security operations.
essential duties and responsibilities:
• design, build, and maintain a monitoring and logging roadmap that aligns with the technical direction of the organization and company.
• install, configure, and maintain splunk and other siem environments.
• develop and optimize splunk dashboards, reports, alerts, and visualizations to support business and security operations.
• manage splunk indexing, data ingestion, parsing, and field extractions from multiple sources.
• implement best practices for data onboarding, correlation searches, and log management.
• work with it and security teams to improve siem (security information and event management) capabilities.
• monitor splunk system health, troubleshoot performance issues, and ensure high availability.
• manage splunk apps, add-ons, forwarders, and configurations across distributed environments.
• automate splunk administration tasks using python, shell, or powershell scripting.
• enforce role-based access controls (rbac) and data security measures.
• provide technical support, training, and documentation for splunk users across the organization.
• onboard data with best practices and normalize to common information model standards.
• provide regular updates to relevant teams based off metrics & report findings from splunk related tasks.
• identify process improvement opportunities, and opportunities for automation or other enhancements.
• assess and provide recommendations to improve root cause identification and response time in enterprise systems and applications.
minimum qualifications & experience :
• bs degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of working with siem platforms, logging platforms, in an enterprise it monitoring & logging environment.
• experience supporting splunk cloud. Solarwinds, logicmonitor, other siem platforms, and other logging platforms is a plus.
• familiarity with application monitoring/synthetic transaction tools.
• familiarity with industry standard scripting languages such as python, bash, and powershell.
• familiarity with infrastructure as code automation tools.
• experience working with cloud-native services in aws such as ec2 and s3.
• demonstrated ability to communicate both laterally and up to influence decisions and actions.
• demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and ability to work under pressure.
• advanced microsoft office and architectural diagramming skills to create project documents and presentations.
benefits:
100% remote position.
a 12-month contract with strong potential for renewal.
attractive compensation & benefits package.
at randstad, we love to celebrate our hardworking diverse teams demonstrated through our ongoing commitment and diversity awards. Ranked as a 2021 diversityinc top 50 company, a 2021 top 10 global champion for supplier diversity & inclusion, a military friendly company for veterans, military spouses & suppliers, 2021 staffing industry analyst top 50 diversity, equity & inclusion influencer to name a few. We are proud of our collaborative culture which is at the heart of randstad. When you join randstad, you will receive opportunities for competitive & robust benefits, flexible schedules, and the assurance that everyone can be their authentic selves. We are seeking candidates from all backgrounds and demographics and a variety of industries to join a winning team!
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