**Splunk Admin** **Skills Required - Splunk SaaS,Splunk ITSI ,Splunk Enterprise ,Scripting** **Roles/Responsibilities** + **Splunk implementation and support team. Responsible for the development, communication, implementation and support of a multi tera bytes per day Splunk Cloud Setup.** + **New Data point integration and ingestion using API/HEC and third-party data streaming tools.** + **Design & administer a Splunk AWS Cloud cluster that can handle terabytes per day ingestion volume** + **Provide day-to-day support maintaining multiple large Splunk implementations with over 400 TBs of daily log ingestion** + **Install and maintain Splunk Universal forwarder on Application/Web/DB servers** + **Perform version upgrades and patch installation on Splunk infrastructure** + **Monitor, research, and remediate flagged vulnerabilities of Splunk infrastructure, software, and technical apps and add-ons** + **Thoroughly document procedures to support Splunk Infrastructure** + **Write scripts to automate Splunk Administration activities** + **Provide explanation and information to others on difficult issues** + **Participate in on-call for responding to any Splunk related issues and resolve / escalate on time** + **Work with Splunk Support to resolve any issues on time** + **Define, measure & report key performance indicators reflecting the platform health of Splunk environments** + **Develop monitoring for Splunk infrastructure ensure Splunk infrastructure is up and running and performing with maximum efficiency 24X7.** + **Identify & quantify the scope and impact of business changes on systems** + **Maintain awareness of current technology assets, and the applicability and capability of each** + **Implement best practices including user authentication, access controls and data encryption.** + **Design, implement and optimize ITSI solutions to meet business needs.** + **Develop and maintain ITSI notable event aggregation policies, service templates. Configure entities, services and KPIs to provide meaning full insights into IT operations.** + **Implement advanced analytics techniques, such as anomaly detection and predictive analytics, within ITSI to identify and mitigate service issues proactively.** + **Develop custom scripts and automation workflows to streamline Splunk administration tasks.** + **Monitor Splunk infrastructure performance and health, proactively identifying and resolving issues.** + **Troubleshoot Splunk and ITSI configuration, performance, and data ingestion problems.** + **Provide recommendations for improving performance, reliability.** + **Integrate Splunk with various data sources, analysing the data for parsing to make it CIM compliant.** + **Think creatively to discover and support automation opportunities.** **Salary and Other Compensation:** **The annual salary for this position depends on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.** **This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.** **Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:** + **Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance** + **Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off** + **401(k) plan and contributions** + **Long-term/Short-term Disability** + **Paid Parental Leave** + **Employee Stock Purchase Plan** **Disclaimer: The benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.** Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.