Lead Splunk Engineer (Contract) – SC Cleared

Lead Splunk Engineer (Contract) – SC Cleared Duration: 6 months Location: London - hybrid (50% onsite) Clearance: Active SC Clearance required Overview We’re supporting a high-profile UK financial institution seeking an experienced Lead Splunk Engineer to join their Observability function on a contract basis. This is a key leadership role focused on shaping monitoring and observability strategy, driving automation, and ensuring best-in-class Splunk practices across a complex enterprise environment. The Role As the Lead Splunk Engineer, you will act as a technical authority within the Observability team, leading the design and implementation of scalable monitoring patterns and standards. You will champion an automation-first approach, mentor engineers, and help build long-term capability while collaborating closely with stakeholders across technology teams. Key Responsibilities • Lead the design and implementation of monitoring and observability patterns • Drive adoption of best practices across Splunk and wider monitoring tooling • Develop automated solutions using Terraform and version-controlled frameworks (e.g. GitHub) • Work closely with SMEs to translate requirements into scalable monitoring solutions • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineers • Investigate and leverage new features within the Splunk roadmap • Support incident investigation and resolution across complex platforms • Produce clear and maintainable technical documentation Key Skills & Experience • Strong experience with Splunk Enterprise and Splunk ITSI (design, implementation, administration) • Splunk certification with deep hands-on expertise across use cases and operations • Proven experience building and managing enterprise-scale Splunk platforms • Experience integrating Splunk with diverse data sources, monitoring tools, and ITSM systems • Automation experience using Terraform and Git-based workflows • Strong data analysis and correlation skills across multiple data sources • Experience configuring Splunk ITSI using REST APIs • Strong understanding of observability and monitoring technologies Desirable • Exposure to tools such as Control-M, xMatters, Jira, Confluence, OpenShift • Experience with performance tuning, optimisation, and platform troubleshooting • Knowledge of cloud environments and infrastructure automation • Familiarity with Agile delivery environments To apply for this position please submit your CV.