Splunk Technical Project Manager

📋 Description

• Oversee the complete delivery of Splunk-related projects, encompassing implementations, upgrades, migrations, and optimization efforts.

• Establish project scope, timelines, milestones, and expected deliverables.

• Manage project plans, monitor progress, and guarantee compliance with schedules.

• Identify potential risks, dependencies, and obstacles, and actively pursue solutions.

• Provide consistent status updates to stakeholders and leadership.

• Act as the technical point of contact for Splunk architecture, data onboarding, and platform improvements.

• Work collaboratively with engineers to design and deploy scalable Splunk solutions (indexers, search heads, forwarders).

• Supervise data ingestion pipelines, parsing, and normalization techniques.

• Ensure adherence to best practices concerning performance, scalability, and security.

• Validate technical outputs and confirm alignment with project requirements.

• Coordinate efforts across engineering, infrastructure, security, and business teams.

• Convert business needs into actionable technical strategies.

• Facilitate meetings, workshops, and technical discussions.

• Manage vendor partnerships and external collaborations as necessary.

• Establish and uphold project governance, standards, and documentation.

• Ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory standards.

• Support Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies as suitable.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in technical project management.

• Strong practical knowledge of Splunk Enterprise and/or Splunk Cloud (REQUIRED).

• Profound understanding of Splunk architecture (indexers, search heads, forwarders).

• Experience with data onboarding, parsing (props/transforms), and SPL.

• Knowledge of observability, logging, and/or SIEM use cases.

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, enterprise-level Splunk projects.

• Strong capability to handle multiple workstreams and priorities concurrently.

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management abilities.

• Possession of Splunk certifications (e.g., Splunk Core Certified Power User, Admin, or Architect).

• Familiarity with tools such as Cribl, Kafka, or other data pipeline technologies.

• Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• Experience in regulated sectors (finance, healthcare, government).

• PMP, Scrum Master, or equivalent project management certification.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance.

• Retirement plans.

• Paid time off.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Professional development.