Splunk Consultant

Artech is the 10th Largest IT Staffing Company in the US, according to Staffing Industry Analysts' 2012 annual report. Artech provides technical expertise to fill gaps in clients' immediate skill-sets availability, deliver emerging technology skill-sets, refresh existing skill base, allow for flexibility in project planning and execution phases, and provide budgeting/financial flexibility by offering contingent labor as a variable cost.

Job Title: Splunk Administrator

Location: Pleasanton, CA/ Pasadena, CA (100% Remote after 2 months onsite work)

Duration: 12+ months (high chances of conversion to FTE)

• Administering Splunk and Splunk Apps to include developing new or extending existing Apps to perform specialized functionality.
• Integrating Splunk with a wide variety of legacy data sources.
• Consulting with customers to customize and configure Splunk to meet their requirements.
• Assisting with training application and infrastructure teams not familiar with Splunk.
• Mentoring team members with less experience to assist in Splunk related activities.
• Working closely with Infrastructure, Application, Development and Business or project teams on Splunk.
• Engaging application and infrastructure teams to establish best practices for utilizing Splunk data and visualizations.
• Communicating with customer stakeholders including leadership, support teams, and system administrators.
• Creating and maintaining engagement process and documentation related to architecture, operational processes and training material for Splunk.

• 3+ years of professional experience with system administration and System Event and system integrations.
• 3+ years of work experience with Splunk real-time processing architecture and deployment;
  Splunk dashboard design a big plus.
• Strong experience in Splunk configuration files, Reg Ex and comfort in using the Linux CLI and Windows.
• Experience in requirements analysis, engineering, and testing in real world environments.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP and networking fundamentals, MQ, SFTP, SSL.
• Experience in Splunk DB Connect, ITSI, HEC is a plus.
• Strong communication, written, and verbal skills with the ability and comfort level to do presentations to potential and existing customer audiences of 5-30 people.
• Bachelor in an IT related concentration.
• Experience with software development, system architecture, and/or databases a plus.