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- 6m contract - with possible extension
- Hybrid working - 3 days in office (mandatory)
- Day rate or FTC salary options available
An interesting opportunity for an experienced Applications Engineer with knowledge and application of Quantum, Cloud Computing, Linux and/or VDI.
Our client, an established and reputable IT Consultancy provider, seeks for an Application Engineer well versed in data source analysis, operating systems and a subject matter expert in Splunk.
Idea candidate will:
- Have a background in Desktop Support or Desktop Engineering
- Come from a technical background with Windows Operating Systems, MacOS/ iOS, Linux etc
- Understand Pandas and SparkStrong written and verbal communication skills & relationship building skills
- Extremely detail orientated and capable of working in a timely manager
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Expert in creating custom dashboards and alerts
- SME in creating, developing, and running reports in Splunk
- Analysis of data sources for efficacy and efficiency, provided insights to optimize ingestion and data parsing/normalization.
- Analysis of Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, macOS, etc.), Network Devices (firewall, routers, etc.), Applications and provide recommendations and/or implement solutions to optimize quality of service.
- Design/implement monitoring solutions
- Add customer context, analyze data to detect false positives, develop trends and data models
- Produce customized alerts, dashboards, and reports to track performance metrics.
- Develop and optimize search queries, alerts, reports and dashboards for performance and scalability.
- Query Splunk and other data sources to surface trends indicative of issues with underlying infrastructure or application
- Validate log sources and indexed data, search through data to optimize search criteria
- Document all actions taken as a part of investigations and working closely with other teams support the problem management process
Position Requirements:
- Relevant experience 2+ years with Splunk and familiar with uberAgent
- Capabilities in Pandas and SparkStrong
- Incident and problem management
- Windows Operating Systems, MacOS/ iOS, Linux
- Capabilities in identifying false positives, develop trends and data models
