This role is part of a high-impact engagement with one of our most strategic global technology clients — a world leader in enterprise networking, cybersecurity, and observability platforms. You will be embedded in a centre of excellence that operates at the forefront of Splunk platform engineering and support.
About The Role
We are looking for a Senior Splunk Engineer to lead advanced troubleshooting and technical operations across our enterprise and cloud platform environments. This role goes beyond reactive support — you will mentor junior engineers, drive knowledge-sharing, and proactively improve platform stability and team capability.
What You Will Do
- Lead troubleshooting and resolution of highly complex enterprise and cloud platform issues impacting production environments
- Analyse diagnostic logs, telemetry, packet captures, and performance metrics
- Diagnose and resolve advanced issues related to search execution, data onboarding pipelines, dashboard analytics, field extractions, and lookup configurations
- Replicate complex customer issues in lab environments for deep technical investigation
- Proactively identify stalled cases and collaborate with Technical Leads and engineering teams to accelerate resolution
- Create and manage JIRA tickets for defects, feature requests, and operational improvements
- Develop and maintain troubleshooting guides, runbooks, and SOPs
- Organise and facilitate weekly technical enablement sessions and knowledge-sharing workshops
- Mentor junior engineers on troubleshooting methodologies, best practices, and escalation handling
What You Bring
- Proficiency in SPL queries and Linux system administration
- Strong understanding of Splunk architecture and core components
- Capability to analyse Splunk logs, metadata, and scheduler.log
- Basic networking knowledge
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, and Git/GitHub
Cloud (Good to Have) AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
Certifications (Preferred) Splunk Certified Admin
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Azure Administrator
