SUMMARY

• 7+years of experience in I.T. primarily as a Splunk engineer.
• Expert knowledge in Splunk to build, configure and maintain different environments and in - depth knowledge of log analysis generated by various operating systems like.In-depth understanding of Splunk Architecture.
• Installed and monitored Splunk Forwarders (both heavy and universal) on Windows, UNIX and LINUX servers.
• Used XML, Advanced XML and Search processing language (SPL) for creating Dashboards, views, alerts, reports and saved searches.
• Upgraded and Optimized Splunk setup with new updates.
• Used various Splunk Apps such as Splunk on Splunk, Universal Field Extractor, Splunk App for UNIX/Linux, Splunk DB1 Connect.
• Configurated of SPLUNK data inputs by understanding various parsing parameters like Index, source, source typing, queue sizes, index sizes, index locations, read/write timeout values, line breaks, event breaks, time formats etc. during index-time.
• Skilled in deploying, configuring and administering Splunk clusters.
• Worked with different types of configuration files across different operating systems.
• Developed Time chart attributes such as span, bins, Tag, Event types, creating dashboards, reports using XML.
• Created dashboards from search, Scheduled searches of Inline search vs scheduled search in a dashboard.
• Built various types of charts alert settings knowledge of app creation, user and role access permissions.,
• Creating and managing app, Create user, role, Permissions to knowledge objects
• Developed customized application configurations in Splunk to parse, index multiple types of log format across all application environments.
• Worked with source code organization instruments like CVS, SVN and Git. Presentation to outline organization gadgets like Puppet.
• Familiar in System administration with Windows Servers, Red Hat Linux Enterprise Servers, Solaris and IBM AIX servers.
• Expertise in field using various commands such as IFX, Rex, Regex in configuration files.
• Created and managing the applications, creating users/roles and granting permissions to the respective users on Knowledge Objects.
• Using techniques to optimize searches for better performance, Search Time vs Index Time field extraction and understanding of configuration files, precedence and working.
• Experience developing Splunk queries and dashboards targeted at understanding application performance and capacity analysis.
• Developed customized Shell scripts in order to install, manage, configure multiple instances of Splunk forwarders, indexers, search heads, deployment servers.
• Troubleshooted and handled post production issues, on-site support, worked closely to coordinate and provide all the required information and interacting with the client.
• Raised issues to Splunk via ticketing system.
• Strong qualitative analysis skills to lend insight into highly ambiguous and sensitive business problems. In-depth understanding of processes and technology integration challenges.
• Experience with major relational databases like Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, and My SQL.
• Experience in Shell Scripting, Bash, Python and Ruby.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, analytical, problem solving skills, ability to work independently within a team environment.
• Familiar with TCP/IP, UDP and LDAP protocols.
• Expertise in Field using various commands such as IFX, Rex, Regex in configuration files.
• Create and managing the applications, creating users/roles and granting permissions to the respective users on Knowledge Objects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Splunk: Splunk6.X,Splunk Cloud, SplunkEnterprise,Splunk modules, Splunk DB Connect,SplunkIT Service Intelligence,SplunkWeb FrameworkSplunk, Splunk Hunk, Splunk on Splunk HDFS, splunk apps

Operating systems: IBM AIX (5.1/6.1), RHL Linux, Windows Server 2003/2008 R2, VMWare

Programming languages: Java, J2EE, C++, C, SQL/PL SQL, HTML, DHTML, XML

Databases: Oracle (8i/9i), UDB/DB2, Sybase, MS SQL Server, IBM DB2 scripting: JACL, Python, WSCP, WSADMIN, Korn Shell Script, Perl, JavaScript, CSS, Batch

Framework: MVC, J2EE Design Patterns, Struts

Networking: TCP/IP Protocols, Socket Programming, DNS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Splunk admin/ developer

Responsibilities:

• Optimized Splunk for peak performance by splitting Splunk indexing and search activities across
• Run the Splunk on different machines.
• Extracted complex Fields from different types of Log files using Regular Expressions.
• Created Search Commands to retrieve multiline log events in the form Single transaction giving Start
• Created HTML dscripts with third party javascripts and CSS to create beautiful visualizations.
• Field Extraction, Using Ifx, Rex Command and regex.
• Guarantee high accessibility & execution trough flat scaling and burden adjusted segments.
• Prepared, arranged and tested Splunk search strings and operational strings.
• Created EVAL Functions where necessary to create new field during search run time.
• Provide inputs for identifying best fit architectural solutions - deployment for Splunk project.
• Splunk Engineer/Dashboard Developer responsible for the end-to-end event monitoring infrastructureof business-aligned applications.
• Experience in setting up dashboards for senior management and production support- required to use splunk.
• Maintained and managed assigned systems, Splunk related issues and administrators.
• Worked on DB Connect configuration for Oracle, MySQL and MSSQL.
• Created many of the proof-of-concept dashboards for IT operations, and service owners which areused to monitor application and server health.

Environment: Splunk Enterprise Server 6.x, Splunk Forwarder 5.1, 5.4, XML, VMware, Datameer, Linux, Bash, Perl, Hbase, Hive, Pig, Sed, rex, erex, Splunk Knowledge Objects, Python, regular expressions.

Confidential, Millville,NJ

Splunk Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Splunk installation and administration of Linux servers using Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Enterprise Linux.
• Created Splunk knowledge bundles, Forms/Views/Dashboards
• Buildup of Forwarders and perform Software installation upgrades and upgrading Splunk as and when required using automation tools
• Performed Splunk Indexer/Search Heads upgradation, installation and configuration of Splunk Apps.
• Created shell scripts to install Splunk forwarders on all servers and configure with common configuration files such as Bootstrap scripts, Outputs.conf and Inputs.conf files.
• Configuring and base lining Hardware for Splunk on Linux Hosts.
• Conducting operational testing with Splunk Users.
• Created Bashscripts for automation of Splunk day to day tasks.
• Optimized search queries using summary indexing and used regular expressions for creating tags, event types, field lookups and field extractions.
• Monitored license usage, indexing metrics, Index Performance, Forwarderperformance, death testing.
• Good Understanding of Splunk architecture, Knowledge about various components (indexer, forwarder, search head, deployment server).
• Creation and implementation of shell scripts to take care of Splunk file backup, monitoring alert log and log rotation.
• Installation and configuration of own apps to monitor system performance including Splunk internal logs.
• Handled configuration of advanced dashboard creation and optimization.
• User/Group administration -- Splunk authentication with LDAP for user accounts/groups creation and bindings of LDAP groups to Splunk.
• Dealt with Splunk utilities (bucket rolling, User index creation and management, Source type, forwarder log monitoring input and output configuration).
• Testing new versions within DEV environments and conducting stress tests.
• Created an Active-Passive SPLUNK framework for fulfilling BCP requirements
• Interaction with various application workgroups for requirement gathering, so as to design and plan the software and hardware infrastructure.
• Coordinated with various app support teams, training new hires, support team members.

Environment: Splunk Enterprise Server 6.x, Splunk Forwarder 5.1, 5.4, XML, VMware, Datameer, Linux, Bash, Perl, Hbase, Hive, Pig, Sed, rex, erex, Splunk Knowledge Objects, Python, regular expressions

Confidential, Cecil county, MD

Splunk developer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Splunk installation and administration of Linux servers using Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Enterprise Linux.
• Created Splunk knowledge bundles, Forms/Views/Dashboards.
• Buildup of forwarders and perform software installation upgrades and upgrading Splunk as and when required using automation tools.
• Performed Splunk Indexer/SearchHeads upgradation, installation and configuration of Splunk Apps.
• Created Shell Scripts to install Splunk Forwarders on all servers and configure with common configuration files such as Bootstrap scripts, Outputs.conf and Inputs.conf files.
• Configuring and base lining hardware for Splunk on Linux hosts. Conducting operational testing with Splunk Users.
• Created Bash Scripts for Automation of Splunk day to day tasks.
• Optimized search queries using summary indexing and usedregular expressions for creating tags, event types, field lookups and field extractions.
• Monitored license usage, indexing metrics, index performance, forwarder performance, death testing.
• Good understanding of Splunk architecture, knowledge about various components (indexer, forwarder, search head, deployment server).
• Creation and implementation of shell scripts to take care of Splunk file backup, monitoring alert log and log rotation.
• Installation and configuration of own apps to monitor system performance including Splunk internal logs.
• Handled configuration of advanced dashboard creation and optimization.
• User/Group Administration -- Splunk authentication with LDAP for user accounts/groups creation and bindings of LDAP groups to Splunk.
• Dealt with Splunk Utilities (bucket rolling, User index creation and management, Sourcetype, forwarder log monitoring input and output configuration).
• Testing new versions within DEV environments and conducting stress tests.
• Created an Active-Passive SPLUNK framework for fulfilling BCP requirements.
• Interaction with various application workgroups for requirement gathering, so as to design and plan the software and hardware infrastructure.
• Coordinated with various app support teams, training new hires, support team members.

Environment: Splunk Enterprise Server 6.x, Splunk Forwarder 5.1, 5.4, XML, VMware, Datameer, Linux, Bash, Perl, Hbase, Hive, Pig, Sed, rex, erex, Splunk Knowledge Objects, Python, regular expressions.

Confidential, Owings mills, MD

Splunk engineer

Responsibilities:

• Served as a SME for data analytics.
• Driving complex deployments ofSplunkarchitecture.
• Using SPL for statistical and analytical modeling and reporting
• Customize the input parsing process.
• Utilized knowledge objects for reporting statistics.
• Utilized the Distributed management console to investigate resource usage Configured license pooling.
• Facilitated the development of new Splunk applications using Git.
• Troubleshooting Splunk feed issues and data ingestion for remote locations.
• Deployed new Splunk architecture at disaster recovery site.
• Configure hot, warm and cold buckets hold data for extended period of time.
• Created home dashboards to monitor ingestion and feeds for private network performance.
• Integrated Splunk with LDAP.
• Updating active directory to add new users and set permissions.
• Design and implement syslog network traffic and syslog server.
• Install and configure universal and heavy forwarders.
• Install and configure deployment server and search head deployer.
• Implement wireshark for packet analysis and improved security.
• Creation of a new subnet within private network and integrate instances of Splunk architecture into existing private network.

Environment: Splunk Enterprise Server 6.x, Splunk Forwarder 5.1, 5.4, XML, VMware, Datameer, Linux, Bash, Perl, Hbase, Hive, Pig, Sed, rex, Splunk Knowledge Objects, Python

Confidential

Java developer

Responsibilities:

• Design and development of application and components in Java/J2EE technologies for various business processes in financial division and lead a team of developers and assigning task.
• Worked on creating overall technical documents.
• Created reusable components with RestLet for Odata Services.
• Worked on Spring 3 for creating server-side DAO and business components.
• Worked on different aspects of spring 3 like Spring MVC, Spring Transaction Management.
• Created service components for integrating web applications with Strong Mail API and also createdjava components for batch processing of emails.
• Created the OData services using Restlet.
• Check-Out and Check-In of Projects in Clear Case.
• Deployed the war files inJboss 5.2 Server in Unix Environment
• Worked on changing ofJboss server config files to adapt in different environment.
• Worked on defining and executing the source code management and build process for continuous integration.
• Worked on an agile process.
• Worked on Jboss application server as a container for web/j2ee applications.
• Worked as a lead developer involved in development and mentoring a three-member team.
• Worked on Flex3.0 as the front end.

Environment: JDK 1.6, Windows XP, LINUX, Flex 3.0, MSSQL, IBM RAD