Splunk Engineer | 6 months (contractor to hire) | Newark NJ 07105 Hybrid

Our direct-client a large medical insurance provider is seeking to hire a Splunk Engineer to work 50%-60% Remote for a contract-to-hire role. The candidate must be located in commutable distance to Newark NJ 07105





Job Title: Splunk Engineer (contractor to hire)





Duration: 6 months (contractor to hire) 





Location: Newark NJ 07105 Hybrid (2-3 days work from home)





Splunk Engineer (contractor to hire).





Maintain and optimize the Splunk platform, both infrastructure and configurations. Provide guidance on various aspects of the Splunk environment including system administration and data administration.





Undertakes day-to-day operational and user support. Documentation of best practice and SOPs.





Executes new projects and POCs, including Enterprise Security Searchhead clustering, Splunk Smartstore implementation or Splunk Cloud migration, ITSI Service Monitoring, Splunk hardware refresh.





Implement recommendations from Splunk Health Assessment.





Implement automation use cases.





Performs Splunk Enterprise upgrades, Splunk ES and ITSI upgrades, App and TA upgrade, and coordinate with infrastructure teams on maintenance and upgrades to Splunk platform.





Please apply with your interest. You may reach out to me directly at (url removed) 





Thank you! 





Ashu