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Splunk Apps & Add-ons Engineer (Tier II / Tier III)
Accepting applicationsCognizant · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
Full-Time Mid Pythonaiasicate
Posted
30 May
Category
Test
Experience
Mid
Country
India
This role is part of Cognizant's engagement with one of our most strategic global technology clients — a world leader in enterprise networking, cybersecurity, and observability. You will work on complex Splunk app and integration environments supporting enterprise-scale data onboarding operations.
About The Role
We are seeking a Splunk Apps & Add-ons Engineer to provide advanced technical support for Splunk app installations, configurations, integrations, and data onboarding pipelines. This is a hands-on role for an engineer comfortable working across diverse data sources, third-party integrations, and complex parsing pipelines.
What You Will Do
Provide technical support for Splunk Apps and Technology Add-ons including installation, configuration, upgrades, and troubleshooting
Diagnose issues related to data ingestion, field extractions, sourcetypes, app compatibility, and configuration errors
Analyse Splunk logs across forwarders, parsing pipelines, indexers, and apps
Assist customers in integrating Splunk Apps/Add-ons with diverse data sources, APIs, cloud services, databases, and third-party tools
Validate data collection configurations, source connectivity, and ingestion pipelines
Ensure CIM compliance and proper data normalisation
Replicate and reproduce issues in lab environments; collaborate with engineering teams for complex escalations
Optimise Apps/Add-ons for efficient data ingestion; identify bottlenecks in parsing pipelines and resource utilisation
Create and maintain knowledge articles, troubleshooting guides, and configuration documentation
What You Bring
Hands-on experience installing, configuring, and upgrading Splunk Apps and TAs
Strong SPL proficiency and understanding of data ingestion and parsing concepts
Knowledge of sourcetypes, inputs, props and transforms configurations
Intermediate experience in Search Head and Indexer Clustering
Unix/Linux skills including file permissions, log analysis, and scripting (Shell/Python)
Basic networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S)
Familiarity with API-based integrations
Technical Skills Splunk Enterprise/Cloud
SPL
Linux
Python
Shell
AWS/Azure/GCP
JIRA
Git
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About The Role
We are seeking a Splunk Apps & Add-ons Engineer to provide advanced technical support for Splunk app installations, configurations, integrations, and data onboarding pipelines. This is a hands-on role for an engineer comfortable working across diverse data sources, third-party integrations, and complex parsing pipelines.
What You Will Do
Provide technical support for Splunk Apps and Technology Add-ons including installation, configuration, upgrades, and troubleshooting
Diagnose issues related to data ingestion, field extractions, sourcetypes, app compatibility, and configuration errors
Analyse Splunk logs across forwarders, parsing pipelines, indexers, and apps
Assist customers in integrating Splunk Apps/Add-ons with diverse data sources, APIs, cloud services, databases, and third-party tools
Validate data collection configurations, source connectivity, and ingestion pipelines
Ensure CIM compliance and proper data normalisation
Replicate and reproduce issues in lab environments; collaborate with engineering teams for complex escalations
Optimise Apps/Add-ons for efficient data ingestion; identify bottlenecks in parsing pipelines and resource utilisation
Create and maintain knowledge articles, troubleshooting guides, and configuration documentation
What You Bring
Hands-on experience installing, configuring, and upgrading Splunk Apps and TAs
Strong SPL proficiency and understanding of data ingestion and parsing concepts
Knowledge of sourcetypes, inputs, props and transforms configurations
Intermediate experience in Search Head and Indexer Clustering
Unix/Linux skills including file permissions, log analysis, and scripting (Shell/Python)
Basic networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S)
Familiarity with API-based integrations
Technical Skills Splunk Enterprise/Cloud
SPL
Linux
Python
Shell
AWS/Azure/GCP
JIRA
Git
Show more Show less