Splunk Architect

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Splunk Architect

Ernst &Young LLP

**Job Description**:
Job Title:
Compute Architect - Band8/9 - Splunk Architect

Job Code:
9 (Sr. Architect Splunk) or 8 (Architect - Splunk) FLSA Status:
Career Path:
Function: (Category for Job Posting)

EY Technology - Enterprise Workplace Technology

Rank Code:
Grade: Primary Owner

Sub Function: Compute Support Services

Reports to (Job Title):
Global Lead Enterprise Log Management and Analytics

Job Summary:
The person in this role creates the blueprints for data management systems to integrate, centralize, protect and maintain the data sources. Develops, constructs, test and maintains architectures. The data engineering Architect has a background in software engineering and loves to play around with databases and large ?scale processing systems. Thanks to these interests, he/she can easily master technologies and is therefore familiar with a diverse set of languages that span both statistical programing languages and languages oriented more towards web development.

The role supports the integration of these new products and services proposed by participating in the appropriate planning of all phases of development including feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, build and testing for compatibility in order to achieve an integrated architecture across interdependent technologies.

The role is an individual contributor, though they are often asked to manage project aligned teams in their collaborative efforts and to coach less seasoned members of the team in directives. The role is managed by the Service Owner / Service Manager of the Enterprise Log Management and Analytics (ELMA) service.

Essential Functions of the Job:

- Partners and works with the business and external vendors as necessary to ascertain and plan the proposed modifications necessary to meet and achieve the identified and agreed engineering modifications or build directives.
- Supports the activities of the agreed engineering project in a coordinated effort with other engineering, business and vendor resources as may be assigned to participate in design, build and delivery of a viable solution.
- Identifies and communicates to the appropriate business leads the necessary delivery of components within the EY infrastructure and aligned configuration of same needed to support the engineering deliverable.
- Support the alignment of the engineering plan with business priorities so that new designs and build plans as well as the budgeted spending is maintained throughout the development lifecycle. Supports the appropriate communication of accomplishments according to plan as well as notifies all of variances or contingencies in any aspect of the agreed design plan as they are identified.
- Supports appropriate compilation and documentation of all engineering/development activities to appropriately capture all actions and activities.
- Supports best practices in engineering/development solutions within the depth and breadth of the assigned business component of EY.
- Troubleshooting Splunk L3/L4 issues (Infrastructure, Syslog, Universal Forwarder, Splunk Core, Dashboards/Search issues)

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:
Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

- Desire and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly demanding, dynamic business and information technology environment.
- Customer service orientation
- Excellent knowledge as Splunk Administrator
- Excellent knowledge as Syslog Administrator
- Excellent knowledge as Splunk App Developer
- Proficient Python skills. Advanced scripting and programming skills
- Analytic and business intelligence skills to identify meaningful patterns, analyze them, and then integrate and communicate them via data visualization and reporting techniques
- Strong data visualization, reporting, and communications skills and abilities
- Significant Data Analytic skill (Business Analytic skills)
- Agile Dev/Ops skills
- Strong knowledge in MS Azure
- Maintains solid interpersonal skills to engage across multiple levels of the firm, in cross business discussions within a matrixed, geographically dispersed organization and to build a solid network of peers and others of influence. Adapts personal communication style to the style of others, devel