Splunk Administrator
Job Title: Splunk Administrator Job Location: Remote-USA We are seeking a highly skilled Splunk Administrator / Observability Engineer to join our technology operations team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for administering, maintaining, and optimizing the Splunk platform to support enterprise-wide monitoring, logging, and observability initiatives. This role requires expertise in Splunk administration, data onboarding, platform troubleshooting, and operational support of monitoring environments. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional technology teams to deliver scalable observability solutions, improve system visibility, and ensure platform reliability while meeting business objectives and service level agreements (SLAs). Experience with OpenTelemetry (OTel) and modern observability practices is highly desirable. Salary And Other Compensation The annual salary for this position is between $114,000 to $128,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Key Responsibilities
Administer, maintain, and optimize the Splunk platform, ensuring high availability, scalability, security, and operational excellence. Configure and manage Splunk components, including indexes, forwarders, search heads, data inputs, alerts, dashboards, reports, and user access controls. Lead onboarding activities for new applications, services, and customers by integrating diverse data sources into the Splunk environment. Monitor Splunk infrastructure and proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues related to data ingestion, search performance, indexing, dashboards, and platform health. Support enterprise log management, monitoring, and observability initiatives to enhance operational visibility across infrastructure and applications. Collaborate with architecture, engineering, infrastructure, security, and application teams to implement monitoring and observability solutions aligned with organizational standards and technology roadmaps. Ensure effective management of operational monitoring platforms while maintaining compliance with established SLAs and operational procedures. Conduct performance tuning, capacity planning, and platform optimization to improve efficiency and reliability. Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational runbooks, monitoring standards, and best practices. Support incident management, root cause analysis, and problem-resolution activities for production environments. Evaluate and implement emerging observability technologies, tools, and best practices to continuously improve monitoring capabilities. Participate in operational support activities, system upgrades, patching, and platform enhancement initiatives.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 8+ years of experience administering and supporting Splunk Enterprise environments. Strong expertise in Splunk architecture, indexing, search processing, dashboards, alerts, reporting, and access management. Experience onboarding and integrating multiple data sources into Splunk. Strong understanding of log management, monitoring, observability, and operational support practices. Hands-on experience troubleshooting Splunk performance, ingestion, and infrastructure issues. Working knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, including servers, networks, middleware, and cloud platforms. Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills. Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with OpenTelemetry (OTel) implementation, instrumentation, collectors, and observability frameworks. Knowledge of distributed tracing, metrics collection, and modern observability architectures. Experience with Python scripting for automation, integration, and operational tasks. Experience supporting cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform. Exposure to DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or platform engineering practices. Understanding of security monitoring, compliance requirements, and operational governance. Relevant certifications such as Splunk Core Certified Power User Splunk Enterprise Certified Administrator Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud certifications (preferred) Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off 401(k) plan and contributions Long-term/Short-term Disability Paid Parental Leave Employee Stock Purchase Plan Work Model At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible, and we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a Remote Position in US. Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.