Salary: £41,000 - 69,500 per year
Requirements
- Proven experience leading validation and architectural design, delivering development of use cases through to operational support
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to craft concise, informative user documentation
- Experience researching and developing solutions that modernise or improve service and technology portfolios, automate IT operations, reduce costs, or increase service levels
- Strong experience with Splunk Enterprise and Splunk ITSI implementations
- Deep understanding of Splunk capabilities and its future direction
- Administration experience with Splunk Enterprise and Splunk ITSI
- Demonstrable experience configuring Splunk ITSI using REST API
- Previous experience automating Splunk using Terraform and GitHub
- Understanding of different monitoring technologies and how they can be used to deliver insights and business value
- Experience managing sophisticated Splunk platforms serving multiple business units and use cases, such as Security, IT Operations, and transaction monitoring
- Experience integrating Splunk with data sources and other monitoring, automation, and ITSM tools
- Strong data analysis skills, correlating data from multiple data sources
- Ability to articulate sophisticated designs, code, and applications for large-scale projects into modular chunks
- Demonstrable experience working on multiple workstreams to deadlines, balancing conflicting and changing demands across a sophisticated portfolio
- Ability to analyse and balance a variety of internal and external information sources
- Familiarity with Agile ways of working
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interpret and present information to a variety of audiences, including senior management
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of monitoring and observability patterns and standards within our Observability Team
- Act as a technical authority and ensure best practices are followed
- Take an automation-first approach to delivery and operations
- Mentor the team to build sustainable capability
- Advocate monitoring and observability best practice across the wider technology domain
- Validate and design solutions at an architectural level
- Deliver development of use cases through to operational support
- Configure and maintain Splunk ITSI using REST API
- Automate Splunk processes using Terraform and GitHub
- Integrate Splunk with data sources and monitoring, automation, and ITSM tools
- Analyse and correlate data from multiple sources to generate insights and business value
- Manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities across a complex portfolio
Technologies
- API
- GitHub
- Support
- ITSM
- REST
- Security
- Splunk
- Terraform
- DevOps
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We are a leading finance house seeking a Lead Splunk Engineer to join our Observability Team in London on a hybrid basis. This is a part-time opportunity with hours to suit during core office hours, and the role is inside IR35. You will help shape monitoring and observability standards, act as a technical authority, and mentor the team while promoting best practice across our technology domain. The role requires SC clearance.
last updated 28 week of 2026
Splunk Lead Engineer - Bishopsgate employer: VIQU IT Recruitment
Join a leading finance organization in London that values innovation and collaboration, offering a dynamic work culture where your contributions directly impact critical platforms. With a hybrid working model, employees enjoy flexibility alongside opportunities for professional growth and development, making it an ideal environment for those looking to advance their careers in DevOps. The company fosters a supportive atmosphere, encouraging teamwork and continuous learning, ensuring that every team member feels valued and empowered.
