Senior / Lead Splunk Engineer (hybrid or remote)

• Ref: 16/7/SE

   

  About Us

   

  The world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.

   

  You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.

   

  Allstate operate a very flexible hybrid working policy that will allow you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager with a blend of remote and office working for NI based employees as well as condensed working patterns (4 day week/9 day fortnight). Employees based in GB will be employed on a permanent remote working contract.

   

  Join our team and you’ll find challenge and reward in a culture of innovation, support and balance. 

   

   

  Location

  Belfast / Derry, Londonderry / Strabane / Remote, UK

   

   

  Your role in the team

   

  This is a Senior / Lead level Splunk Engineer role within Allstate's Security Operations Center (SOC).  Responsible for the installation, maintenance, configuration, and integrity of the Enterprise Log Management and Analytics and Security Information and Event Management solution, Splunk.  May also include other/future SOC systems, tools and related software.  You will practice and be the champion of Operational delivery ensuring best practices and the availability of our services.

   

  You will actively drive the decision-making process of the team ensuring that appropriate technology and design is chosen to meet user needs. You will collaborate with engineering partners and coach team members, creating an environment of continuous learning, and constantly challenging and stretching the knowledge of the team.

   

  • Support and Administer Splunk solutions;
  • Integrating Splunk with a wide variety of legacy data sources that use various protocols;
  • Consulting with customers to customize and configure Splunk in order to meet their requirements;
  • Technical writing of formal documentation such as reports, training material, slide decks, and architecture diagrams;
  • Direct, review and validate the work of more junior engineers serving as Subject Matter Expert for requirements within areas of responsibility;
  • Provide leadership and technical guidance in project management, planning, task definition, estimating, reporting, scheduling, and workflow;
  • Develop, update, and advocate for the technical direction of product/solution;
  • Encourage healthy debate between team members and facilitate the decision-making process;
  • Take on distractions to allow the rest of the team to work more effectively;
  • See and find workarounds for challenges the team will face in advance; and

   

   

  So, what are the essential criteria to apply?

   

  • All candidates must evidence an existing right to work in the UK
  • 5+ years’ experience in an IT or security related role
  • Experience in supporting and deploying Splunk Enterprise implementations in medium to large size installations
  • 2+ years’ Spunk Enterprise experience engineering, configuring, deploying, and customizing the tool, preferably both in supporting the application and utilizing the application for information security monitoring, incident response, and compliance
  • Ability to create visualizations in Splunk and custom queries to manipulate views.
  • Excellent skills in systems management and experience with monitoring and alerting solutions
  • Expert knowledge of a scripting language and UNIX command line.
  • Effectively communicate, not only with other engineers, but also with leadership, product managers, stakeholders, designers, and anyone who might have a need to express relevant ideas.
  • Bachelor’s degree in IT related field or equivalent industry experience

   

   

   

  We also have some desirable criteria

   

  • Active knowledge of SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) experience corresponding to maintenance, administration, and utilization of tool a plus.

   

   

  What we offer

   

  As Digital DNA’s Workplace of the Year 2020 winners, we offer a generous benefits package that includes flexible annual leave entitlement, dental and healthcare insurance, an attractive pension package and discounts on gym memberships, public transport and parking.

   

  Allstate invests heavily in your development, as an employee you will have access to multiple world-class learning platforms and courses from our award-winning in-house Learning & Development team.

   

  We pride ourselves in providing clear career paths and opportunities for internal mobility allowing you to further develop within the organisation.

   

  We encourage a better work life balance and you’ll have the opportunity to apply for various flexible working arrangements.

   

   

  Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities

   

  Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants.  This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability.

   

  We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit.

   

  Applicants should note Allstate NI complete AccessNI background checks on all candidates offered a position.

   

  Apply Here: https://bit.ly/3zmn55l  

  The closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday 7^th September 2021