Description
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.
Splunk's Cloud group is looking for an Infrastructure Software Engineer to join teams that are responsible for providing and maintaining an automated platform that enables internal and external customers to easily manage and modify Splunk Enterprise Cloud (SEC) environments. As a member of these teams, you will be responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting Splunk's SaaS system, monitoring system stability and performance, troubleshooting complex problems, performing CSP instance maintenance and system upgrades, and managing CSP server/storage deployments, all while collaborating with various other Splunk Cloud teams. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with exceptional teams, solve interesting problems, grow your cloud experience, and help drive the growth of Splunk Cloud!
Experience Required
- 4 to 5+ years of related experience with a technical Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent practical experience
- Software Development and Data Structures/Algorithms. We code primarily in Golang and Ruby, and work with RESTful APIs.
- Unix/Linux. You will use a command line terminal frequently.
- Cloud and container experience. Building and scaling secure services on different cloud providers.
- Infrastructure or configuration management as code experience. You are familiar with some sort of config management or infrastructure as code, such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Terraform, Amazon CDK, Pulumi, etc.
- Knowledge of technical excellence. You know continuous delivery, testing, security practices, performance, and disaster recovery.
- Problem Solving. You are able to fix a product outage, skilled in identifying performance bottlenecks, spotting anomalous system behavior, and figuring out the root cause of incidents.
- Desire to learn and adapt. Our team has many projects going on at once, and you'll have the opportunity to learn to navigate new code and features.
- Passion. We want you to actively own your work and be excited about your projects.
Nice to haves
- Terraform experience. Any prior work with Terraform is a plus.
- Multi-tenant infrastructure experience. Experience supporting customer facing multi-tenant infrastructure (SaaS) or similar cloud related services.
- Puppet experience. You may write Puppet code and work within configuration management.
- AWS experience. Knowledge of Amazon EC2 including machine image management and storage, as well as an understanding of Amazon EC2 regional centers, availability zones, and HA strategies
- GCP or Azure experience is a plus!
- Python or Bash scripting experience. You may develop scripts and tools in Python/Bash.
- Distributed programming. Experience in working on distributed systems like databases, distributed file systems, distributed concurrency control, consistency models, CAP theorem is an added plus.
What we provide
- Opportunities to develop and grow as an engineer. We are always expanding into new areas and exploring new technologies.
- Fantastic teams. We have exceptionally skilled and dedicated peers and individual contributors in our organization and company.
- Growth and mentorship. We believe in growing engineers through ownership and leadership opportunities. We also believe that mentors help both sides of the equation.
- A stable, collaborative, and inclusive work environment. The teams work together to get things done, and adapt to the changing needs for the team.
- Balance. We don't expect people to work 12 hour days. We trust our colleagues to be responsible with their time and commitment, and believe that balance helps cultivate a positive environment.
- Fun. We are committed to having every employee want to do their best, and have fun while doing it!
Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At 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.
Note:
Base Pay Range
SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area
Base Pay Range: $146,400.00 - 201,300.00 per year
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts
Base Pay Range: $131,760.00 - 181,170.00 per year
All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.
Base Pay Range: $117,120.00 - 161,040.00 per year
Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.
Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off and much more! Learn more about our next-level benefits at splunk.com/benefits.
Thank you for your interest in Splunk!
