Cognosante is on a mission to transform our country's healthcare system. With our health and security-focused solutions, we help public sector organizations achieve the important task of providing the best possible public services to American Citizens. From Enterprise IT, Data Science, and Security Services, to full-scale Consumer Engagement and Interoperability solutions, we are moving government services forward with transformation and innovation. Learn how we are making a difference in people's lives today!
Job Description
Cognosante is seeking a Splunk subject matter expert (SME) technical lead in support of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Cloud Operations and Migration Services (COMS) contract supporting the VA's Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) Splunk environment. The Splunk SME must have expertise with Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Key Responsibilities
Advise on cost efficiency for future usage and cost optimization for current infrastructure
Create and maintain documentation related to architecture and operational processes for Splunk
Develop a set of best practices and architecture patterns
Help maintain regulatory compliance of the Splunk infrastructure
Help monitor and maintain Splunk performance, availability, and capacity
Mentor members of the technical staff to support and assist in Splunk-related activities
Offer solutions for Splunk technical questions, issues, and escalations. This will include working with Splunk Support as needed
Provide expert best practices in adoption, expansion, and operations of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud
Provide operations monitoring of Splunk platform to enable proactive issue identification, response, and resolution
Recommend and execute improvements to the existing Splunk architecture and design with growth and scalability in mind to optimize performance, stability, reliability, and agility
Responsible for reporting on current infrastructure status, and planning for future usage
Responsible for Splunk agent (i.e., Universal Forwarder) deployment and server infrastructure analysis, optimization, and capacity planning
Support and guide client resources that include Splunk Administrators, Architects, Knowledge Managers, Developers, and Users for increasing Splunk adoption and overall customer success
Support large-scale deployments with data feeds from multiple on premise and cloud data centers
Required Qualifications
Able to pass a background check to obtain a Public Trust (Low-Risk) Position
Extensive experience implementing, migrating, managing, and operating systems/applications in an enterprise cloud computing environment
A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or equivalent (10 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)
Subject matter expertise with ALL VAEC Cloud Service Providers which currently includes Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Able to pass a background check to obtain a Public Trust
Candidates that do not meet the required qualifications will not be considered
Preferred Qualifications
A solid understanding of cloud concepts, either using Azure or AWS semantics
Ability to communicate clearly with all levels in an organization
Background that includes at least one core technology; Linux/Windows or database admin (for example), with exp. working application migrations
Cloud experience with AWS and/or Azure
Experience with programming with Splunk language (SPL) or equivalent (e.g. Python, Powershell, AWS or Azure CLI)
Experience working in a CMMI-DEV or CMMI-SVC environment at Maturity Level 3 or above
Knowledge of enterprise logging, with a focus on security event logging
Must be capable of working closely with the project leadership and technical resources to understand issues and work toward resolution
Must have experience with the analysis of business, functional, technical, activities, and events
One or more of these Splunk certifications: Splunk Core Certified Power User, Splunk Core Certified Advanced Power User, Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin, Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect, Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin, Splunk IT Service Intelligence Certified Admin
Previous Federal Government experience
Strong ability to foster collaborative work in dynamic team environment
Strong creative, analytical and problem solving and trouble-shooting skills
Strong knowledge (recent experience) with the following technologies: storage, servers, data centers, networking
Strong technical experiences working migrations or systems development as well as coordinating from a business perspective
Strong understanding of SDLC concepts, full lifecycle development for systems/applications
