Splunk Lead - SC cleared

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Key Responsibilities

Data sources Monitoring tools ITSM platforms Drive adoption of observability best practices across engineering teams Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the team Investigate i

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We are seeking a Senior Splunk Lead / Observability Engineering Lead to design, implement, and govern enterprise-wide monitoring and observability solutions across the Bank’s technology estate.

This role will act as a technical authority within the Observability team, driving best practices, automation-first principles, and scalable monitoring architectures while working closely with engineering, DevOps, and product teams.

Minimum 10–12+ years of IT experience, with 5+ years in Splunk engineering/observability
Proven experience in enterprise-scale environments (banking/regulated preferred)

Strong hands-on experience with:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk ITSI (design, configuration, administration)
Demonstrated experience designing large-scale multi-tenant Splunk platforms

Hands-on experience with:
- Terraform for Splunk automation
- GitHub (or similar CI/CD tooling)
Proven ability to implement:
- automated monitoring patterns and onboarding frameworks.

Strong expertise in:
- Monitoring strategy, design, and implementation
- Observability frameworks (logs, metrics, traces)
Experience integrating:
- Multiple data sources into Splunk
- Enterprise monitoring ecosystems

Experience owning:
- Monitoring platforms across lifecycle
- Design → Build → Deploy → Operate
Ability to:
- Design modular, scalable observability architectures
- Translate business needs into technical monitoring solutions

Strong capability in:
- Correlating data across systems
- Identifying patterns, anomalies, and insights
Proven analytical and troubleshooting skills

Hands-on experience integrating Splunk with:
- ITSM tools
- Automation tools
- External monitoring systems

Strong experience:
- Working with engineering teams, SMEs, and business stakeholders
- Influencing technical direction
Ability to:
- Mentor teams and drive best practices

Experience working in:
- Agile/Scrum environments
Ability to manage:
- Multiple parallel workstreams and deadlines

Ability to:
- Produce high-quality technical documentation
- Communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

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→Lead the design and implementation of monitoring and observability standards
→Define and deliver automation-first monitoring patterns using Terraform and CI/CD
→Own and evolve Splunk platform architecture and roadmap
→Configure and optimise Splunk ITSI for enterprise use cases
→Integrate Splunk with:
- →Data sources
- →Monitoring tools
- →ITSM platforms
→Drive adoption of observability best practices across engineering teams
→Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the team
→Investigate incidents and improve:
- →Reliability
- →Performance
- →Monitoring coverage
→Collaborate with:
- →DevOps teams
- →Engineering teams
- →Product owners