- Company Name
- Flint Technology Services
- Job Title
- (IT) Splunk Site Reliability Engineer
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Splunk Site Reliability Engineer / Migration Specialist (Contract)
**Role Summary**
Contract role focused on leading migration of observability workloads from Splunk to Elasticsearch (ELK Stack). Responsible for reviewing existing Splunk configurations, designing equivalent solutions in Kibana and Elasticsearch, and ensuring secure, high‑performance observability environments. Supports ongoing Splunk operations, incident response, upgrades, and compliance.
**Expectations**
- 3‑month rolling contract.
- Hybrid/on‑site presence (minimum 3 days per week).
- Deliver migration strategy, validation, rollback, and knowledge transfer.
- Maintain production and non‑production Splunk infrastructure; provide SRE incident support.
- Plan, execute, and validate upgrades; document change requests.
- Apply security best practices using automation tools (Puppet/Ansible).
- Produce and maintain architecture diagrams, configuration docs, and troubleshooting guides.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Develop and execute end‑to‑end migration plan from Splunk to ELK.
- Recreate dashboards, alerts, saved searches, and data models in Kibana/Watcher.
- Collaborate with Elastic teams to configure monitoring and alerting.
- Monitor system health, performance metrics, and proactively identify issues.
- Lead upgrade cycles: pre‑/post‑checks, validations, and documentation.
- Ensure timely patching and security compliance via automation.
- Create and update technical documentation and support knowledge base.
- Resolve Splunk/ELK related incidents and provide optimization guidance.
**Required Skills**
- Proven deep knowledge of Splunk architecture, data ingestion, dashboarding, alerting, and administration.
- Hands‑on experience migrating Splunk workloads to Elasticsearch/ELK.
- Solid understanding of Kibana, Elasticsearch Watcher, and observability tooling.
- Proficiency with Linux/Unix systems, networking protocols, and scripting (Python, Shell/Bash).
- Experience working alongside DevOps/SRE teams.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently, under pressure, and prioritize tasks.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
- Industry certifications preferred: Splunk Certified Power User / Administrator / Architect.
- Familiarity with container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes) and configuration management (Puppet/Ansible) is desirable.
Birmingham, United kingdom
Hybrid
12-09-2025