Splunk Engineer

@ NTT DATA Europe & Latam

Who We Are

By joining our project at NTT DATA Europe & Latam, you will work on an initiative of the European Commission focused on creating a more efficient, modern and secure customs environment within the European Union. This 5-year project centers on digitalizing customs processes, streamlining procedures to facilitate trade and reduce costs, harmonizing customs rules across EU member states, and combating fraud.

This purposeful project offers professional opportunities, a collaborative environment, cutting-edge technologies, and everyday exposure to diversity.

What You'll Be Doing

• Deploy, configure, and maintain Splunk Enterprise and Splunk apps in distributed environments.
• Design and implement scalable Splunk architectures for high-volume data ingestion and analysis.
• Develop and maintain data onboarding processes, including parsing, indexing, and field extractions.
• Create and optimize dashboards, alerts, and reports for operational and security use cases.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather monitoring and logging requirements.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of the Splunk platform.
• Automate routine tasks and deployments using scripts and configuration management tools.
• Provide Level 3 support for Splunk-related issues and participate in incident responses.
• Maintain documentation for architectures, configurations, and standard operating procedures.

What You'll Bring Along

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in similar roles.
• Proven experience in deploying, configuring, and scaling Splunk in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of Splunk architecture components such as indexers, search heads, forwarders, and deployment servers.
• Experience with data ingestion, field extractions, search processing, and knowledge objects.
• Familiarity with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) or IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) is a plus.
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation.
• Understanding of networking, system logs, and security event data.
• Excellent troubleshooting and performance optimization skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with teams.
• Relevant certifications such as Splunk Core Certified Power User, Admin, or Architect are a plus.
• Excellent command of English; additional European languages are a plus.

Key skills/competency

• Splunk
• Enterprise Security
• Data Onboarding
• Dashboarding
• Automation
• Scripting
• Networking
• Troubleshooting
• Performance Optimization
• Collaboration