Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points". So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you.Role:Splunk is seeking a Data Center Engineer to join the On-Prem Hosting Platform Team. You will be instrumental in building and maintaining solutions for our on-premise infrastructure and hybrid cloud services. The candidate must have technical depth and hands-on experience with data center operations and infrastructure management, using DevOps practices and tools. The Data Center Engineer must be comfortable rolling up their sleeves to conceptualize and build infrastructure constructs, applications, and processes. You must have a solid record of operations and delivery within an enterprise. You must be passionate about automation and help build scalable tools to run our distributed systems. You are empowered to provide Splunk with innovative data center capabilities to accelerate technological progress.Responsibilities:Manage, support, and maintain on-premise virtualization infrastructure, bare metal hardware, server, backup, and storage platforms.Troubleshoot performance and stability issues using a variety of tools, including SplunkInstall applications, agents, and OS patches to ensure smooth, secure operations of server platforms.Maintain critical services and technology lifecycle including licenses, support, and documentation.Follow change management processes and coordinate with stakeholders to minimize the impact.Plan, manage, and execute data center and infrastructure projects.Ability to understand customer problems and provide technical solutions in a timely manner.Have an automation attitude to improve and streamline day-to-day processes.Willingness to work off hours and on-call rotation as needed to support maintenance and incidents.Requirements:Experience supporting an on-premise data center infrastructure.Experience managing VMware for virtualization workloads.Experience working with several Operating Systems, including Linux and Windows.Experience with server configuration management tools like Ansible.Solid understanding of compute, backup, and storage constructs.Solid understanding of public cloud concepts and constructs.Solid understanding of networking concepts and protocols.Motivated by and enjoys technology, automation, and problem-solving.Strong verbal and written communication skills.Team player and collaborative nature.Ability to engage effectively across teams and organizationsPreferred Experience:In-depth knowledge of sophisticated infrastructure environments and deploymentsSolid experience with infrastructure support, including inventory management, monitoring, observability, and loggingExperience with bridging automation ecosystems, including version control, CI/CD, and testing.Education:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience Splunk is an Equal Opportunity EmployerAt Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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