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Contract Duration: 3 months rolling Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Splunk SME/Migration Specialist to lead and support the migration of observability workloads from Splunk to Elasticsearch (ELK Stack) . The ideal candidate will bring hands-on expertise in Splunk architecture, data ingestion, alerting, and dashboarding, along with experience migrating workloads to Elasticsearch. In addition to … performant. This role demands a technically strong individual with excellent stakeholder communication and problem-solving skills. Key Responsibilities: Migration: Develop and implement a comprehensive migration strategy from Splunk to Elasticsearch (ELK Stack). Assess existing Splunk configurations (dashboards, alerts, saved searches, data models) and recreate them in Kibana. Collaborate with Elastic teams to configure alerting and monitoring using Kibana … Elasticsearch Watcher, or third-party tools. Ensure migration plans include validation, rollback procedures, and knowledge transfer. Platform Operations & Incident Response: Maintain Splunk infrastructure in both Production and Non-Production environments. Support Splunk SRE and Application teams in incident investigation and resolution. Proactively monitor system health and performance metrics. Upgrades and Change Management: Plan and execute upgrades to Splunk components. More ❯

Splunk Specialist - Migration to Elasticsearch (Kubernetes Environment) P roject Context: Our customer is undertaking a major migration initiative from Splunk to an Elasticsearch-based solution (ELK Stack) deployed on Kubernetes . This role is critical to design, plan, and lead the migration efforts while also supporting current Splunk operations. Key Responsibilities: Lead the end-to-end migration of … document the current Splunk setup - ingestion pipelines, dashboards, alerting rules, data models, etc. Design a detailed migration roadmap , including milestones, risk assessments, and fallback plans. Collaborate with Elastic/Elasticsearch platform teams to implement equivalent observability tooling (eg, Watcher, Kibana dashboards). Act as the primary Splunk SME supporting the customer's existing team of two during the transition. … Must-Have Experience: 6-8 years of experience in daily Splunk administration , operations, and architecture in a production environment. Proven experience leading or executing a migration from Splunk to Elasticsearch , including dashboard and alert conversion. Strong understanding of Splunk architecture , including indexers, search heads, forwarders, and data models. Working knowledge of ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) in production More ❯