Splunk Optimization

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Proven experience as a Splunk Engineer with a focus on Splunk Cost Management, Performance Bottlenecks, search and dashboard optimization.
• Optimize search queries and ensure efficient use of resources within the Splunk environment
• Strong understanding of Splunk architecture, search processing language (SPL), and data models
• Proficiency in system monitoring and triaging with monitoring tools
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent Communication skills and ability to handle multiple teams / stakeholders.
• List down all Splunk Dashboards across all apps Perform clean-up of unused ones
• Optimize Splunk Queries for heavy usage dashboards
• Splunk Index level access to be tracked and understand the usage cost (Users vs Cost)
• Revisit all standard queries and publish optimized Splunk queries
• Educate and groom team on these practices
• All this to be done for 80-100 Splunk indexes and direct 240+ RTS team
• Please also note that Build users also access Splunk