Ss&c
Financial Services
ObservabilityEngineer(Splunk)
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“Observability Engineer (Splunk) at Ss&c. Skills: Splunk Platform, Observability, Linux Operations. Assist with Splunk health. Assist with Splunk reliability”
Industry & Context.
Engineering judgment; Clear thinking under pressure
Hybrid 6x a month
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Degree in Computer Science, 5+ years of experience, Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin, SmartStore configuration experience, AWS fundamentals, Telemetry pipelines familiarity, OpenShift/Kubernetes configuration management tools, Containers/K3S familiarity, Ability to teach team practices
Nice to Have
Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin equivalent experience, SmartStore operational experience, OpenTelemetry familiarity, Salt/Ansible familiarity
What You'll Do.
Assist with Splunk health
Assist with Splunk reliability
Assist with Splunk performance
Perform Splunk installs
Perform Splunk upgrades
Perform Splunk backups
Perform Splunk recovery
Design distributed Splunk architectures
Operate distributed Splunk architectures
Evolve distributed Splunk architectures
Manage ingestion pipelines
Manage indexing pipelines
Maintain SPL searches
Contribute to SmartStore planning
Contribute to SmartStore implementation
Partner with infrastructure teams
Partner with application teams
Define observability standards
Enforce observability standards
Improve signal-to-noise
Increase actionable alerts
Execute production changes
Preserve rollback options
Perform impact analysis
Demonstrate production rigor
Maintain documentation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Infrastructure teams; Application teams
Communication Scope
Direct communication; Respectful communication; Documented communication
Full Job Description
As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology. **_Job Description_** **Job Title:** Observability Engineer (Splunk) **Locations:** Jacksonville, FL; Boston, MA; Kanas City, MO | Hybrid 6x a month **About the Role** As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology. **Why Join SS &C ** SS&C combines proprietary technology with deep industry expertise to support complex financial and health care operations. Our teams design, implement, and operate solutions that help clients manage data, automate processes, and scale their businesses with confidence. You will work with industry experts, modern platforms, and evolving technologies, gaining exposure to real-world operational challenges and large-scale enterprise environments. **_How You Will Make an Impact_** **Splunk Platform (On‑Prem)** * Assist in the day-to-day health, reliability, and performance of Splunk Enterprise (on‑prem), including installs, upgrades, monitoring, backups, and recovery. * Design, operate, and evolve distributed Splunk architectures, including Search Head Clusters (SHC) and Indexer Clusters. * Manage ingestion and indexing pipelines end-to-end, including forwarders, parsing rules, and index design/retention. * Develop and maintain SPL searches, dashboards, alerts, and data models that are operationally meaningful and actionable. * Operate storage and retention strategies; contribute to SmartStore pla
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