Splunk Consultant

**Salary**: $85,000 - $110,000 per annum (inclusive of super)

Work Type: Full time position

Tenancy: Permanent position

Company: Avocado Consulting

Positions: 1

**Description**:
Work for a well-established IT consultancy firm Sydney CBD location (hybrid working / partially WFH). Permanent opportunity, with scope for skills growth.

At Avocado we truly believe there is no limit to our clients and consultants potential. Our professional services and tailored IT solutions help organisations to optimise, accelerate and transform their IT to increase productivity, reduce costs and deliver exceptional customer experiences.

We are currently on the lookout for a Splunk consultant to facilitate the design, build and implementation of complex/scalable Splunk infrastructure and monitoring solutions via dashboards.

**Responsibilities**:

- Work directly with a variety of clients to gather requirements and understand monitoring systems and business requirements.
- Design and document solutions to report and integrate with enterprise systems.
- Scope and estimate effort involved in the delivery of Splunk solutions.
- Deliver Splunk solutions including install, configuration, data on boarding and creation of knowledge objects and deliver them to the client and / or operations team.
- Build integrations and custom solutions using a variety of technologies such as Python scripts and Rest API.
- Collaborate with Splunk Peers and Delivery Manager to deliver cross-departmental and small client projects from conception to completion.
- Communicate with key stakeholders on infrastructure, deployments details, etc. associated to project delivery and Business operation teams as required.
- Provide skilled guidance and mentoring for Splunk architecture designs, solution reviews and code review processes as well as contributing to developing continuous improvement and continuous delivery strategies.
- Development and maintenance for new and existing system programs.
- Writing, updating and maintaining technical program, for end-user requirements documentation and operational procedures are kept up to date and well maintained.
- Researching, analysing and evaluating system program needs and requirements.
- Assist in the identification and mitigation of risks that may affect the performance and security throughout the project lifecycle.
- Interact with clients across all seniority levels in managing relationships, understanding their needs and developing/designing solutions proactively.
- Work as an SME for large complex projects in a pre-sales capacity to architect complex software solutions to meet clients’ business challenges.
- Actively support internal Avocado stakeholders with solution advice, proposals, presentations, and other client communications; providing support to account managers in form of pre-sales discussions and relevant IP material.
- Testing and debugging software to identify faults in code and making sure to work in accordance with established testing protocols, guidelines and quality standards.

**Qualification and Skills**:

- Relevant degree and/or 3+ years of experience
- Substantial experience within an Enterprise-level Splunk environment
- Demonstrated experience and ability to building Splunk Solutions
- Expert in working with large data sets
- Team Orientated, Stakeholder Management, Project Delivery
- Advanced knowledge of integration with Enterprise level systems
- Experience with web servers and database platforms
- Experience with building dashboards or other User interfaces
- Experience in creating technical documentation
- Familiarity with use of code repositories such as GIT or Bitbucket
- Ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements
- Splunk Administration certification

**Nice to have**:

- Splunk Architect certification
- Security specific certification and qualifications
- Cloud technology certifications
- Enthusiastic about collaborating with software developers to architect solutions and improve existing processes and systems
- Experience with APM monitoring tools and with Enterprise Security systems or a SIEM tool
- Experienced working in Agile environments and practicing Continuous Deployment and Integration techniques
- Independently able to identify problem areas and create fitting s