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# Splunk Platform Engineer (Charlotte, Plano, or Pennington)

- **Company:** Manpower
- **Location:** Plano, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,200.0 - $145,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon S3, Cyber Security, Data Integrity, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Linux System Administration, Performance Tuning, Security Log, Security Information and Event Management, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Splunk, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** October 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3454761466&tx=TT434TYI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 5+ years of hands-on experience administering large-scale Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud environments.
 * Strong expertise in indexer clustering and search head clustering, Universal and heavy forwarder architectures, and SmartStore/S3-compatible object storage.
 * Deep experience with security log ingestion and SIEM use cases, including SPL and search optimization, summary indexing, and data model acceleration.
 * Proven ability to lead production incidents, perform RCA, and drive preventive solutions.
 * Strong Linux administration skills and experience managing Splunk configuration and apps, including props.conf and transforms.conf tuning.

## Description

* Own end-to-end production support for a highly distributed Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud environment, including search head clusters, indexer clusters, deployers, deployment servers, and forwarders.
 * Ensure high availability, performance, and resiliency of the Splunk platform supporting security and operational use cases.
 * Lead incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and service restoration for Splunk and Cribl platforms.
 * Proactively identify risks, capacity constraints, and performance bottlenecks; implement preventive and tuning measures.
 * Enable Information Security and SOC teams by ensuring timely, accurate, and reliable ingestion of security logs and SIEM readiness., * Work as a trusted platform owner, directly improving Splunk availability, scalability, and reliability for mission-critical security use cases.
 * Partner closely with Information Security, SOC, architecture, engineering, and operations teams to strengthen SIEM enablement and data quality.
 * Build and support dashboards, searches, and alerts that enable threat detection, investigations, and reporting.
 * Administer and optimize Cribl data pipeline routing, filtering, enrichment, and cost optimization while maintaining data integrity and performance.
 * Operate in a 24x7 production environment where your calm, decisive execution during high-severity incidents makes a measurable impact.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

 * Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
 * Dental Plan
 * Vision Plan
 * Health Savings Account
 * Health Flexible Spending Account
 * Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
 * Supplemental Life Insurance
 * Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
 * Business Travel Insurance
 * 401(k), Plus Match
 * Weekly Pay