Splunk Senior Certified ITOps and Security Consultant
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Professional Services ITOps and Security Consultants fuel solutions to ensure ITSI and ES
deployments make the deepest impact possible across an organization. Splunk consultants
solve organizations' most challenging problems, including the ones they didn't know existed.
Splunkers are self-motivated, have an insatiable thirst to learn new technologies and thrive in a
fast-paced environment.
Splunk is looking to grow the foundation of its Professional Services team in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia with ITOps and Security focused consultants to deliver high value ITOps and
Security related solutions.
This is a great opportunity; Splunk will challenge you in many ways. To use a sports analogy,
working at Splunk is not like your morning jog. This is the Olympics. You'll train incredibly hard,
greatly increase your performance and be winning at the executive levels with some of the
most respected companies globally - 11,000 and growing daily.
Role:
This is a senior Splunk Certified Implementation consultant role, requiring the candidate
to have up to date Splunk ITOps and Security Implementation accreditations:
- Splunk Core Implementation Certified Consultant
- Splunk Accredited ITSI Implementation
- Splunk Accredited ES Implementation
- Splunk Accredited Cloud Advanced Migrations Consultant
Responsibilities
The above Splunk accreditations are mandatory to allow the consultant to take part of the
ongoing customer projects immediately after hiring to lead a team of junior consultants and
• Drive complex ITOps focused deployments of Splunk while working side by side with
the customers to solve their unique problems across a variety of cases.
o Work with our customers to understand their ITOps requirements.
o Support our ITOps deployments by unlocking the potential of Splunk to assist our
customers in achieving their ITOps strategy.
• Drive complex security focused deployments of Splunk while working side by side
with the customers to solve their unique problems across a variety of cases.
o Work with our customers to understand their Security posture and
requirements.
o Support our Security deployments by unlocking the potential of Splunk to assist
our customers in achieving their Cyber Security strategy.
• Collaborate across the entire Splunk organization to bring access to product and
technical teams, to get the right solution delivered and drive innovation from
customer input.
• Demonstrate previous experiences, share and create innovative solutions to push
user adoption and maximize the value of Splunk.
• Enable customers to solve the next wave of questions on their own.
Requirements:
• Mandatory up to date Splunk Implementation accreditations:
o Splunk Core Implementation Certified Consultant
o Splunk Accredited ITSI Implementation
o Splunk Accredited ES Implementation
o Splunk Accredited Cloud Advanced Migrations Consultant
• 5-8 years in development, deployment, and administration of Splunk ITOps Suite
and Splunk Security Suite
• ITOps
o Ability to build complex Splunk ITOps Architecture on premises and in the cloud.
o Ability to perform ITOps analysis, development and implementation of IT
policies, standards and guidelines.
o Ability to quickly explore, examine and understand complex ITOps problems and
how it affects a customer's business.
• Security
o Ability to build complex Splunk Security architectures on premises and in the
cloud.
o Ability to perform security analysis, development and implementation of security
policies, standards and guidelines.
o Ability to quickly explore, examine and understand complex security problems
and how it affects a customer's business.
• Experience in the use of network monitoring tools with a solid understanding of
network protocols
• Experience with both the Unix and Windows operating systems; the command line
interface is your second home.
• 2+ years' experience with scripting languages (bash), application development (Java,
Perl, Python, .NET), databases and analytical tools.
• Ability to listen and collaborate with teams ranging from IT administrators to
executive level partners to help deliver solutions.
• Self-motivated and self-educating, yet willing and able to work multi-functionally
with both customers and fellow Splunkers.
• Well organized with a healthy sense of urgency, able to set; communicate; and meet
aggressive deadlines with competing priorities.
• Fluent English
• Experience with Fraud related cases.
Education: Got it!
Mandatory bachelor's degree in computer science or computer Engineering.
Additional Master in IT, Security and/or AI-ML will be considered as a strong plus.
We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which
you are applying.
Note:
Base Pay Range
United Arab Emirates
Base Pay: AED 328,000.00 - 451,000.00 per year
Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.
Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a comprehensive, competitive benefits package which may include healthcare and retirement plans, paid time off, wellbeing expense reimbursement, and much more! Learn more about our comprehensive benefits and wellbeing offering at https://splunkbenefits.com.