Splunk Site Reliability Engineer / Migration Specialist
Posted Today by SERAMinds Consulting
Negotiable
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Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Splunk SRE / Migration Specialist is tasked with leading the migration of data and configurations from Splunk to Elasticsearch, requiring extensive technical knowledge of Splunk architecture and strong project management skills. This role also involves ensuring the operational integrity of the Splunk platform and managing incident responses. The position demands effective communication with stakeholders and the ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute a comprehensive migration plan from Splunk to Elasticsearch (ELK Stack).
- Coordinate with Elastic teams to implement alerting and monitoring using Kibana and Elasticsearch Watcher or third-party tools.
- Assess existing Splunk configurations, including dashboards, alerts, saved searches, data models and recreate in Kibana.
- Ensure the smooth functioning of Splunk platform across BT maintaining the Splunk’s infrastructure in Production & Non-Production environments.
- Support Splunk SRE & Application teams in investigating incidents following established procedures.
- Keep the Splunk components to the latest version applicable and carry out the necessary pre & post upgrade checks accordingly.
- Prepare the Change template and documentation for any Change Requests to be raised.
- Ensure auto patching via Puppet team is carried out in addressing vulnerabilities reported within the remediation target timelines.
- Keep documentation up to date, including configuration details, best practices, and troubleshooting guides.
- Review support articles and change ownership information to reflect new ownership.
- Identify and resolve issues with Splunk deployments and assist users with Splunk-related queries.
- Implement security measures and ensure compliance with relevant standards and best practices.
Key Skills:
- Hands-on experience with enterprise-level monitoring tools and applications, and familiarity with DevOps/SRE’s best practices.
- Proven experience with Splunk and Elasticsearch (ELK Stack).
- Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Proficiency in Unix/Linux systems, Networking protocols, and possess strong IT Infrastructure background.
- Experience with scripting languages like Python and Shell.
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
- Industry certifications such as Certified Splunk Engineer are advantageous.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with stakeholders.
- Aptitude for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues.
- Ability to analyse and transform requirements into solutions.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
The Splunk SRE / Migration Specialist is responsible for leading and executing the migration of data, dashboards, alerts, and configurations from Splunk systems to Elasticsearch. This role involves deep technical expertise in Splunk architecture, data ingestion, and observability tools, along with strong project management and stakeholder communication skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Migration
- Develop and execute a comprehensive migration plan from Splunk to Elasticsearch (ELK Stack).
- Coordinating with Elastic teams to implement alerting and monitoring using Kibana and Elasticsearch Watcher or third-party tools.
- Assess existing Splunk configurations, including dashboards, alerts, saved searches, data models and recreate in Kibana.
- Incident Response
- Ensure the smooth functioning of Splunk platform across BT maintaining the Splunk’s infrastructure in Production & Non-Production environments.
- To support Splunk SRE & Application teams in investigating incidents following established procedures.
- Upgrades:
- Keep the Splunk components to the latest version applicable and carry out the necessary pre & post upgrade checks accordingly.
- Change Requests :
- Prepare the Change template and documentation for any Change Requests to be raised.
- Vulnerability & Patch Management :
- Ensure auto patching via Puppet team is carried out in addressing vulnerabilities reported within the remediation target timelines.
- Documentation :
- Keep documentation up to date, including configuration details, best practices, and troubleshooting guides.
- Reviewing support articles:
- Review, and I'll also change the ownership information to reflect your new ownership.
- Troubleshooting:
- Identify and resolve issues with Splunk deployments and assist users with Splunk-related queries.
- Security:
- Implement security measures and ensure compliance with relevant standards and best practices.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Hands-on experience with enterprise-level monitoring tools and applications, and familiarity with DevOps/SRE’s best practices.
- Proven experience with Splunk and Elasticsearch (ELK Stack).
- Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Proficiency in Unix/Linux systems, Networking protocols, and possess strong IT Infrastructure background.
- Experience with scripting languages like Python and Shell.
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
- Industry certifications such as Certified Splunk Engineer are advantageous.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with stakeholders.
- Aptitude for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues.
- Ability to analyse and ability to transform requirements into solutions.