Comparable Title: Observability Architect
Overview
Leading AI-driven Global Supply Chain Solutions Software Product Company and one of Glassdoor’s “Best Places To Work”
Seeking a Splunk Architect who will be a member of the Cloud Visibility team based in Dallas. This person needs to have experience designing, developing, and deploying Splunk based solutions in both on premise and cloud-based environments. This person will help design and implement multiple Splunk projects to enhance our log analytics, visualization and analysis initiative that is a key facilitator of our observability platform.
Scope
Core responsibilities include architecting our Observability platform for BlueYonders SaaS Platform focusing on Splunk ITSI.
The SaaS visibility team is a global architecture team created to work with everybody from product development to end customers to provide real-time alerting, analytics and correlation through ML/AI, and insights through advanced dashboarding.
To help move our global monitoring from reactive to preventative.
What you’ll do?
Acting as a senior leader to architect and develop our log analytics, visualization, and analysis initiative.
Build out our use of Splunk ITSI to support hundreds of customers
Use AI/ML to enable preventive insights
Provide creative methods of taking terabytes of information to easily understood visual dashboards and alerts
Will further define and build our observability platform
Develop and document future state.
Help build a collaborative culture through delivery of functionality in a DevOps model.
Be a leader and expert on Splunk practices and components
Be an evangelist of Splunk in the company
Lead, teach and develop Splunk talent throughout the organization.
Design and implement Splunk maintenance and operation standards.
Scope and implement Splunk projects with an emphasis on ITSI, from start-to-finish, including but not limited to:
Gathering requirements
Data ingestion (forwarders, API calls, DB queries, modular inputs)
Mapping data fields to CIM
Dashboard Creation and iteration
What we are looking for:
Minimum 5 years of experience as a Splunk Architect/Engineer in a business critical Splunk environment
Experience with ITSI including full-stack monitoring, event correlation, noise reduction
Experience with ML/AI technologies
Knowledge of IT infrastructure and how components correlate (servers [Windows and Linux], databases, storage arrays, networking equipment, Active directory, etc.)
Have led initiatives and collaboration across global teams
Familiarization with all components of a distributed Splunk environment (search head and index clusters, deployment servers, forwarders, management consoles)
Creation and maintenance of alerts, saved searches, and other knowledge objects
Review and integrate the technical architecture requirements across Cloud infrastructure.
Experience using Splunk to monitor a public cloud (Azure)
Prepares and maintains systems and application support documentation and schematics.
Soft Skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
Excellent problem solving, planning and organizing skills.
Agile thinker with adaptability to changing priorities
Experience with leading a global team
Our Values
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Skills Required
- At least 5 years of experience as a Splunk Architect or Engineer in a business-critical Splunk environment
- Experience with Splunk ITSI, including full-stack monitoring, event correlation, and noise reduction
- Experience with machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies
- Knowledge of IT infrastructure, including Windows and Linux servers, databases, storage arrays, networking equipment, and Active Directory
- Experience leading initiatives and collaborating across global teams
- Familiarity with distributed Splunk environments, including search head and indexer clusters, deployment servers, forwarders, and management consoles
- Experience creating and maintaining alerts, saved searches, and other Splunk knowledge objects
- Ability to review and integrate technical architecture requirements across cloud infrastructure
- Experience using Splunk to monitor Azure public cloud environments
- Experience preparing and maintaining systems and application support documentation and schematics
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong problem-solving, planning, and organizing skills
- Experience leading a global team
Blue Yonder Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is described as generous or “unlimited” in the U.S., alongside paid holidays, sick time, and two paid volunteer days. These policies are often highlighted as strengths that support work–life balance.
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Flexible Benefits — Remote-work options and flexible arrangements are emphasized as part of the package. This flexibility is valued alongside compensation and can help offset middling pay for some roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are provided, with mental health/EAP support and HSA/FSA options referenced. These core coverages are portrayed as solid and comprehensive.
Blue Yonder Insights
What We Do
Blue Yonder is the world leader in digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment. Our intelligent, end-to-end platform enables retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers to seamlessly predict, pivot and fulfill customer demand. With Blue Yonder, you can make more automated, profitable business decisions that deliver greater growth and re-imagined customer experiences. Blue Yonder - Fulfill your Potential Blue Yonder’s tagline “Fulfill Your Potential” reflects the company’s mission to empower every organization and person on the planet to fulfill their potential. Each day, our global teams of associates and business partners work together to accelerate global economic growth, increase sustainability and prosperity with a Sonoran Spirit.
