Lead Splunk Administrator

At T. Rowe Price, we identify and actively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. As a premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years of experience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach to investing, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so our clients can feel more confident.

With a career at the firm, you can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in your community. You’ll enjoy resources to support your career path, as well as compensation, benefits, and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you’ll find a collaborative culture that respects and values differences and colleagues who share a spirit of generosity. Join us for the opportunity to grow and make a difference in ways that matter to you.

Role Summary

In this role, you will analyze, design, build and implement Splunk infrastructure solutions for technology needs ensuring that the infrastructure (network, hardware, software, data center, facilities, tools, and related equipment) is sufficiently robust, scalable, and efficient to enable delivery and ongoing operation of the solutions within an SRE organization. You will research problems, conduct installations, and evaluate new technologies.

• Requires specialized knowledge and expertise in your own job discipline and deep experience in integrating related disciplinary knowledge.
• Leads disciplinary or multi-functional program of notable risk; uses sophisticated analytical thought to identify creative solutions.
• Accountable for work of yourself and others; sets standards around which others will operate.
• Works independently with guidance in only the most complex situations.
• Acts as advisor to management and key external partners on broad ranging projects.

Responsibilities

• Technical leader within Log Data Management and Engineering specializing in Splunk Enterprise Platform administration, onboarding and tuning.
• Defines standards for use and management of infrastructure components.
• Guides decisions about infrastructure upgrades, refreshes, and replacement.
• Leads or supports incident response and troubleshooting efforts in more highly complex implementations and across multiple domains.
• Participates in continuous improvement efforts that span multiple multi-functional domains and informs the generation of new standards.
• Identifies non-obvious relationships and anomalies often overlooked by others.
• Detects and overcomes issues before the broader team is aware of them.
• Draws logical and objective conclusions from the data and validates them as the prime cause and contributing factors.
• Mentors other team members.
• Provides feedback and coaching to others who have management responsibility.
• Participates in interviews for new team members.
• Capable of leading a team on large, technically complex projects.
• Able to overcome differences of opinion and drive team alignment around a specific goal or solution.
• Holds associates and teams accountable for adhering to practices and policies.

Business knowledge

• Demonstrates deep knowledge of products/flows within supported businesses.
• Articulates broader business concerns and/or regulatory landscape, including key risks and controls (e.g., GDPR, MIFID, SOX).
• Makes decisions that are cognizant of the firm’s broader business strategy.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND 5+ years of total relevant work experience.
• Expert knowledge of one or more infrastructure components including Cribl, Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud.
• Expert knowledge of Agile/SCRUM utilizing JIRA/Confluence or equivalent.
• Expert knowledge of core infrastructure capabilities: AWS, Linux operating systems, networking, identity, and access.
• Expert knowledge in automation technologies including Ansible/AWX.
• Expert knowledge of tooling used to test and manage infrastructure components.
• Stays ahead of best-of-breed technologies.

Preferred

• Prior experience in the asset management industry.

Work Flexibility

This role is eligible for hybrid work, with up to three days per week from home.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At T. Rowe Price, our associates are our greatest asset. We thrive because our company culture is built on inclusion and because we sustain a work environment where associates can bring their best selves to work every day. The backgrounds, talents, and experiences of our global associates allow us to embrace new ideas and perspectives that move our business priorities forward and enable us to deliver strong client outcomes. Here, you can expect equal opportunity and fair and consistent treatment for all.

T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, colour, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.

T. Rowe Price is an asset management firm focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on–now, and over the long term.