Job Information
TEKsystems Senior Splunk Consultant in Ottawa, Ontario
Government of Canada SECRET clearance required for this contract
Description:
Our Government of Canada client is looking for a network security engineer with strong Splunk and networking experience.
As part of the proactive monitoring initiative, the government is building up capabilities for monitoring network infrastructure within all partner environments. One of the capabilities is the collection of infrastructure logs which will be used for network management, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
The resource will be responsible for:
Architecting and deploying Splunk infrastructure for syslog data ingestion and analysis.
Analysis and event management developed through Splunk solutions.
Executing and documenting infrastructure upgrades involving Splunk deployments.
Producing reports and providing in-depth analysis and recommendations related to syslog data.
Participate in the creation and tuning of Splunk queries and alerts to create actionable insights.
Analyzing and working with internet protocols and syslog formats.
Analyzing network alerts to assess and determine the impact and necessary actions.
Developing content and implementing real-time dashboards and alerts based on network performance and health requirements.
Develop, deploy, and maintain log source monitoring capabilities to ensure optimal visibility of network events.
Create trends/queries which identify gaps within network monitoring workflows.
Develop custom action-based dashboards for consumption by network operations teams.
Development of reports, trends, and metrics specific to data utilization within the network monitoring environment.
Secure and configure servers for optimal syslog data ingestion.
Architect, deploy, and administer network devices into multiple environments with varying control and performance requirements (routers, switches, firewalls, etc.).
Configuring and maintaining network devices and appliances (routers, switches, firewalls) for syslog data collection.
Extensive working knowledge and familiarity with the following (but not limited to):
a. Splunk Product Suite
b. Syslog
c. Regex for log parsing
d. Firewalls
e. Routers and Switches
Identify the technical challenges and opportunities in network syslog data ingestion.
Manage the network configuration for optimal syslog data collection.
Analyze network monitoring tools and techniques.
Analyze network data and provide advisories and reports.
Analyze network statistics (including syslog data analysis).
Prepare technical reports such as network monitoring solutions options analysis and implementation plans.
Provide Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) support to network-related projects.
Provide cross-training and knowledge transfer to other support personnel on Splunk and syslog analysis.
Top Skills' Details
1+ project owning a full end to end deployment of Splunk particularly experience building, deploying, caring for, feeding and maintaining the Splunk system.
- 3+ projects experience engineering, implementing and maintaining Splunk infrastructure, creating dashboards and reports, and providing Splunk user support specifically for syslog data
- 1 or more valid and current professional certifications relevant to Splunk, network technologies, or syslog data analysis.
- 2+ projects experience in creating and maintaining documentation for configurations and customization of network-related services and syslog data ingestion equipment.
- 2+ projects experience working in an enterprise organization (public or private) that has 5000+ users, focusing on network syslog data ingestion and analysis.
Skills:
Splunk, Splunk enterprise, Siem, syslog, network infrastructure, network design, network support, documentation
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
Secret Clearance
Experience Level:
Expert Level
If you would like more information, please apply within.
À propos de TEKsystems:
Nous sommes partenaires dans la transformation. Nous aidons les clients à activer des idées et des solutions afin de profiter d’un nouveau monde d’opportunités. Nous sommes une équipe solide de 80 000 personnes, nous travaillons avec plus de 6 000 clients, dont 80 % faisant partie du Fortune 500, partout en Amérique du Nord, en Europe et en Asie. En tant que chefs de file de l’industrie des services technologiques complets, des services aux talents et des applications du monde réel, nous travaillons avec des leaders progressistes pour favoriser le changement. C’est le pouvoir d’un vrai partenariat. TEKsystems est une société du groupe Allegis.
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.