Splunk Consultant

Job Title: Splunk Consultant Location: Houston, TX Work Arrangement: Hybrid Employment Type: Contract Duration: 24+ months (2 Years) Pay Range: $41.21/hr. to $46.15/hr. on W2 | $53.57/hr. to $60.00/hr. on C2C Domain: Financial Services | IT Infrastructure & Security Analytics Application Deadline: July 15, 2026 SKILLS REQUIRED Primary (Must-Have): ✔️Splunk Enterprise Administration: Advanced experience installing, configuring, and managing Splunk components (Indexers, Search Heads, Deployment Servers, and Universal Forwarders). ✔️Splunk Cluster Architecture: Hands-on experience designing and managing Indexer Clustering and Search Head Clustering (SHC). ✔️Linux OS Administration: Strong core Linux systems administration and command-line proficiency. ✔️Data Ingestion & Onboarding: Expert-level skills in onboarding data using Universal Forwarders, HTTP Event Collector (HEC), regular expressions (Regex), and field extractions. ✔️Splunk Knowledge Objects & Dashboards: Proficient in creating XML-based dashboards, scheduled alerts, lookups, event types, and tags. Secondary (Good to Have): ✔️Cloud Infrastructure: Familiarity with hosting and operating Splunk workloads within enterprise Cloud Environments. ✔️Data Center Migrations: Experience planning and executing full Splunk environment migrations across infrastructure. ✔️Access & License Management: Proven capability in managing user roles, access control, and Splunk license pools/usage reporting. POSITION OVERVIEW We are seeking an Elite Senior Splunk Support Engineer for a 24-month hybrid engagement out of Houston, TX. Bringing 10–12 years of deep technical expertise, the incumbent will serve as the technical architect and administrator for our enterprise log management and analytics infrastructure. This role is highly hands-on, focusing on engineering robust clustering architectures, optimizing data ingestion from diverse enterprise applications, and ensuring high-availability monitoring platforms for the organization's financial services domain. ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES ✔️Architect, deploy, and maintain multi-tier Splunk architectures, including multi-site Indexer Clusters and Search Head Clusters, to ensure high availability and disaster recovery. ✔️Manage the ingestion and onboarding of complex application logs across Windows and Linux servers using Universal Forwarders, HTTP Event Collectors (HEC), and complex Regular Expressions (Regex). ✔️Oversee platform governance, including user roles/access management, index and retention settings, master license optimization, and daily usage reporting. ✔️Build out operational intelligence assets, creating highly optimized XML-based dashboards, real-time scheduled alerts, and automated reports tailored to business and compliance requirements. ✔️Configure, maintain, and upgrade integrated Splunk applications and add-ons such as SplunkDBConnect and WMI. ✔️Support strategic enterprise infrastructure shifts, including driving full Splunk environment lift-and-shifts during data center and cloud migration initiatives. BENEFITS Medical | Dental | Vision | 401(k) EEOC Compliance We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. DISCLAIMER AI Usage Policy: Pacer Group uses AI to assist in screening applications. Final hiring decisions are made by human recruiters based on qualifications and experience.