Splunk Developer

Splunk Developer Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid or On-site) About the Role A leading credit card and payments organization is seeking a Splunk Developer to help design, build, and maintain enterprise-scale observability, monitoring, and security analytics solutions. In this role, you'll work closely with engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to transform high-volume transactional and system data into actionable insights. This is a hands-on role focused on Splunk development, data onboarding, dashboarding, alerting, and performance optimization in a highly regulated financial environment. What You'll Do Design, develop, and optimize Splunk dashboards, reports, and alerts for operational, application, and security monitoring Write and optimize complex SPL (Search Processing Language) queries Build and maintain Splunk apps and add-ons , including custom field extractions and data models Onboard and normalize data from multiple sources (applications, APIs, cloud platforms, databases, security tools) Configure and manage Splunk forwarders (Universal and Heavy) Support incident response, root-cause analysis, and compliance reporting Partner with infrastructure, DevOps, and security teams to improve observability and system reliability Ensure Splunk environments meet performance, scalability, and security best practices What You'll Bring 3+ years of hands-on Splunk development experience Strong proficiency in SPL , dashboards, alerts, and visualizations Experience with data onboarding , parsing, and transformations (props.conf, transforms.conf) Solid scripting skills in Python and/or Bash Experience working in Linux-based environments Familiarity with REST APIs and integrating external data sources Understanding of log management, monitoring, and observability concepts Experience working with high-volume transactional data in financial or regulated environments Nice to Have Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) or security use cases Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Experience with CI/CD , Git, and infrastructure-as-code tools Knowledge of PCI DSS , SOX, or financial services compliance Exposure to Kafka, streaming data, or real-time analytics Why This Role Work on mission-critical systems supporting payment and credit card transactions Collaborate with experienced engineers in a data-driven environment Competitive compensation, strong benefits, and long-term growth opportunities Chicago-based role with flexibility depending on team needs J-18808-Ljbffr