MSS Splunk Specialist

Company Overview:

Arctiq is a leader in professional IT services and managed services across three core Centers of Excellence: Enterprise Security, Modern Infrastructure and Platform Engineering. Renowned for our ability to architect intelligence, we connect, protect, and transform organizations, empowering them to thrive in today's digital landscape. Arctiq builds on decades of industry expertise and a customer-centric ethos to deliver exceptional value to clients across diverse industries.

Position Overview:

Arctiq is currently seeking a candidate to fulfill the role of a Security Splunk Administrator. This position requires expertise in Splunk and related technologies, and a passion for continuous learning. In this role you will have an opportunity to deliver Splunk services to our managed services clients. 

Responsibilities: 

• Develop and assist clients with creating requirements, identifying gaps, and translating business requirements into Splunk solutions 

• Regularly develop methods of improvement for internal processes related to Splunk administration and use case development 

• Maintain Splunk installations, upgrades, patches, and related tickets (outages, service requests) 

• Seize opportunities to make use of Splunk technology to drive greater operational intelligence 

• Create and maintain documentation related to implementations at managed clients  

• Define security use cases based on data sources, and recommend data sources based on security requirements 

Qualifications: 

• Strong background working in the IT and IT Security arena 

• Spunk Enterprise Experience: 5 years of experience implementing or administering large-scale business systems with at least three large-scale implementations 

• Certified Splunk Admin 

• Expertise with MITRE and developing security use cases 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or have a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience 

• Excellent planning and execution skills with a demonstrable history of establishing and meeting impactful goals and objectives with regard to data integration 

• Ability to work in project teams and complete individual tasks in a timely manner 

• Have a sense of personal accountability 

• You must be a citizen/permanent resident working within Canada or the USA and will be subject to standard background checks  

Preferred Skills/Experience: 

• Splunk Certified Architect 

• Possesses Splunk ES, ITSI, or Cloud accreditations 

• Certified Cribl Admin 

• Experience with storage technologies, platform administration on Linux and Windows, computer networks, experience with AWS or Azure, and experience with many of today’s security tool sets 

• Creating production quality dashboards, reports, and threshold alerting mechanisms 

• Experience with other Splunk products (eg. Splunk UBA, Splunk Observability Cloud, Splunk SOAR) 

• Proficiency in developing add-ons or DevOps 

Arctiq is an equal opportunity employer. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know. We celebrate our inclusive work environment and welcome members of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply. 

We thank you for your interest in joining the Arctiq team! While we welcome all applicants, only those who are selected for an interview will be contacted.