SUMMARY:

• 8 Years of IT and Proficient Splunk Engineer with Splunk 5.x and 6.x product, Distributed Splunk architecture and components including search heads, indexers, forwarders, etc.
• 5 years of experience in Splunk solution design, architect, deployment and configuration of Splunk components (Forwarders, Indexers, Search heads etc.).
• Experienced in Preparing, arranging and testing Splunk search strings and operational strings.
• Worked on capacity planning and license evolution for Enterprise Splunk instance.
• Used techniques to optimize searches for better Performance, Search Time vs Index Time Field Extraction.
• Good Knowledge on Configuration files in Splunk precedence and working Props.conf, transforms.conf, inputs.conf, outputs.conf, distsearch.conf, setting up a forwarder Monitor stanza in inputs.conf.
• Hands on experience in application design, configuration management, performance tuning, code reviews, and object oriented design, release and change management experience.
• Expertise with Splunk architecture and various components (indexer, forwarder, search head, deployment server), Heavy and Universal forwarder, License model.
• Develop custom app configurations (deployment - apps) within SPLUNK in order to Parse, Index multiple types of log format across all application environment. Setup Splunk Forwarders for new application levels brought into environment.
• Acquire good knowledge and capable of doing incident and problem analysis, finding root cause and providing the permanent fix.
• Expertise with the usage of various search commands like stats, chart, time chart, transaction, strptime, strftime, eval, where, xyseries, table etc. &/ Time chart attributes such as span, bins, Tag, Event types, Creating dashboards, reports using XML.
• Experience with the usage of Creating DLP (Data Leakage Prevention) Reports throughSplunk.
• Built the new Indexers and Search heads in Cluster environment on Windows platform withSplunk6.2.
• Excellent experience in Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), Development, Implementation and Testing of various software applications using Java, J2EE
• Expertise in the implementation of Core concepts of Java, J2EE Technologies: JSP, Servlets, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, Java Beans, JDBC, XML, Web Services, Multi-Threading
• Perform Performance tuning of complex SQL queries (Explain Plan, Table Partition, Hints, Indexes).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: C, Java

Technologies: JavaScript, XML

Tool: Splunk, Dynatrace Application Monitoring, App Dynamics, Site Scope

Database: Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, SQL, SQL Server, My SQL

Management Tools: MS Visual Studio

Reporting Tools: MS Excel

Effectively utilized Operating Systems: Windows, Linux

Networking Tools: TCP/IP, Wire Shark

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Splunk Developer/Admin

Responsibilities:

• Expertise with Splunk UI/GUI development and operations roles.
• Prepared, arranged and tested Splunk search strings and operational strings.
• Creating Advanced Dashboards and providing different access levels as per the need, educating the users to use Splunk Search effectively.
• Helped the client to setup alerts for different type of errors.
• Health and availability check of logs and devices in various environments.
• Implement, document, configure, write queries, develop custom apps, support Splunk Indexers, Forwarders, light weight forwarders and Splunk web for Splunk 5.x or search heads for Splunk 5.x/6.X.
• Knowledge about Splunk architecture and various components (indexer, forwarder, search head, deployment server), Heavy and Universal forwarder, License model.
• Installing, Configuring and Administering Splunk Enterprise Server 6.0.4/6.1.1 and Splunk Forwarder 5.0.1/6.2.0 on Redhat Linux and Windows severs.
• To Setup Splunk Forwarders for new application tiers introduced into environment and existing applications.
• Provide regular support guidance to Splunk project teams on complex solution and issue resolution.
• Created Dashboards, report, scheduled searches and alerts.
• Involved in standardizing Splunk forwarder deployment, configuration and maintenance across UNIX and Windows platforms.
• Played a major role in understanding the logs, server data & brought a insight of the data for the users.
• Involved in setting up alerts for different type of errors..
• Analyzed security based events, risks and reporting instances.
• Extensive experience on setting up the Splunk to monitor the customer volume and track the customer activity.
• Have involved as a Splunk Admin in capturing, analyzing and monitoring front end and middle ware applications.
• Complex IFX, rex and Multikv command to extracts the fields from the log files.
• Worked with administrators to ensureSplunkis actively and accurately running and monitoring on the current infrastructure implementation.
• Assisted internal users of Splunk in designing and maintaining production-quality dashboard.
• Installation and Maintenance of Splunk Universal Forwarders, Solving Forwarder Issues, Deployment Server Classes and Apps through Deployment Server.
• Implemented Forwarders (Universal and Heavy) with Load Balancing, Splunk Forwarder Management Managed the Splunk Enterprise Deployment.

Environment: Splunk 6.5.2, Datapower, Weblogic 11g/12c, WebSphere Application Server 8.5, WebSphere MQ, Splunk DB Connect, Splunk App for Unix, Splunk App for WebLogic and WebSphere, Splunk App for JMX, FireBrigade, Splunk on Splunk

Confidential

Splunk Developer/Admin

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide regular support guidance to Splunk project teams on complex solution and issue resolution.
• Created Dashboards, report, scheduled searches and alerts.
• Involved in standardizing Splunk forwarder deployment, configuration and maintenance across UNIX and Windows platforms.
• Maintain, grow and improve the TVX Splunk environment.
• Integrated Service Now with Splunk to generate the Incidents from Splunk
• 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 are used to monitor application and server health.
• Supported on call schedule for Production Support.
• Deployed the applications like formats of WAR, JAR, and EAR in WebLogic 9.x.
• Configuring and Administering JDBC, JMS, JNDI in WebLogic Server 9.x.
• Install, configure and administer BEA WebLogic Server 9.x in various environments.
• Install and configure Apache Web Server in various environments.
• Configure and administered of WebLogic server with Oracle9i database.
• Deployed the applications on multiple WebLogic Servers and maintained Load balancing, High
• Configure Clustering EJB objects, JDBC connections and JMS connection factories.
• Configured Node manager to administer the Managed servers.
• Configuration and administration of Connection pools for JDBC connections.
• Configure LDAP using Sun ONE Directory Server for user authentication.
• Used configuration wizard and configuration builder extensively to create and manage WebLogic domains.
• Setting up the cluster environment for WebLogic Server integrated with multiple workflows.
• Involved in doing a performance benchmark of WebLogic server by using Load Runner.
• Configured and deployed applications in various work environments like Development, System Test and Production.
• Research and Troubleshooting of emerging application issues, from WebLogic configuration to code issues.
• Integrated Service Now with Splunk to generate the Incidents from Splunk.
• Developed ANT build scripts, UNIX shell scripts and auto deployment process.
• Configure JNDI server as repository for EJB Home stubs, JDBC data source, JMS connection factories, queues and topics.
• Integrating and managing solutions with IIS, iPlanet LDAP, and Directory Smart single sign-on.

Environment: Splunk 6.x, Splunk Enterprise and splunk modules, WebLogic server 8.x/9.x/10.x/11g, Tomcat 6.0, IBM HTTP Server, Microsoft IIS 7.0, Apache 2.x, Solaris10, Windows 2008, Oracle 11g/10g, Mercury 7, HP Site scope, web services, LDAP, Oracle Access Manager, JDK 1.7, SOA Suite 11g, Wily Introscope 8.x, JSP, EJBs, JMS, HTML, XML, JRUN, SSL, JDBC, JMS, JNDI

Confidential, Oklahoma City, OK

Splunk Administrator

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Problem determination using local error logs and by running user traces and service traces..
• Installation ofSplunkindexer and forwarders in multiple servers with 2 head servers, Search Head and node servers.
• Integrating theSplunkwith Single Sign-On authentication and Service now ticketing tool.
• Assigning User and role authentication including LDAP authentication and scripted authentication.
• Setting up trusted proxy's for Single Sign-on of the authentication.
• Configuration Management and event trigger using Service-Now.
• Create Alerts, Reports, dashboard and Views inSplunk.
• Indexing and troubleshooting the application errors, troubleshooting non-responding forwarders/servers and documenting.
• Training team mates and providing cross Knowledge Transfers.
• Communicate with development and other teams for successful implementation of software and release activities.
• Implementing Deployment server for controlling, patching and installing updates on slave nodes.
• Push Asset Summary Reporting (ASR) content fromSplunkto RSA Archer based dashboard.
• Maintaining deployment and license in same server inherited with head node.
• Configure search time and schedule Reports.
• Implementing new apps to theSplunkand license distributing across the servers.
• Promising the 100% compliance ofSplunkapplication.
• Installing and configuring server and desktop hardware, as well as Ethernet switches/routers, and network cabling.
• Performing Windows 7/8 Enterprise installation, monitoring, software installation, and virus protection.
• Worked with the N-Tier architecture for the business, presentation and data access layers.
• Expertise in Database Maintenance Plans such as Backups, Index Rebuilds, Stats Updates and Consistence Checks.

Environment: Splunk 5.x/6.x, Apache Tomcat 7.x, LDAP, XML, Oracle 11g, JBoss 5.x, Sun Web server 6.1, CA Site Minder, Apache 2.2, Ant 1.5.1, MySQL 4.1, IBM Lotus Notes 7, Solaris10, Wily Introscope 7.2, HP UX, Red Hat Linux 6.x, AIX.

Confidential

SQL Server DBA/Splunk Developer

Responsibilities:

• Installed SQL Server Management tools using SQL Server Setup Program. Test the Installation of SQL Server.
• Created Database Maintenance Plans for the Performance of SQL Server which covers Database Integrity Checks, Update Database Statistics and Re-indexing.
• Created & managed the Database Users, Login and Security.
• Scheduled database backups and restored the Database from DR.
• Provide 24X7 support to all Production, QA & Development MS SQL Server Environments.
• Worked on Client/Server tools like SQL Server Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer to Administer SQL Server.
• Configured Replication Server, worked on replication server.
• Logical and Physical Data Modeling using Erwin.
• Identified the necessary steps to enhance user response time by checking fragmentation and re-index tables for efficient application access methods.

Environment: SQL Server 2000/2005 Enterprise Edition Advanced Windows 2003 Server, Erwin, SQL RedGate, SQL Backup, and Dell Power Edge 8450.

Confidential

LinuxAdministrator

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Develop PL/SQL Procedures, Functions, Packages, Views, Cursors and Triggers.
• Administered, maintained Red Hat 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 AS, ES, Troubleshooting Hardware, Operating System Application & Network problems and performance issues; Deployed latest patches for,Linux and Application servers, Performed Red HatLinuxKernel Tuning.
• Experience in implementing and configuring network services such as HTTP, DHCP, and TFTP.
• Install and configure DHCP, DNS (BIND, MS), web (Apache, IIS), mail (SMTP, IMAP, POP3), and file servers onLinuxservers.
• AdministeredLinuxservers for several functions including managing Apache/Tomcat server, mail server, and MySQL databases in both development and production.
• Installed Red hatLinuxusing Kick-start and applied security patches for hardening the server based on the company's policies.
• Created users, manage user permissions, maintain User & File System quota on Red hatLinux.
• Bash shell-scripts to automate routine activities.
• Monitored trouble ticket queue to attend user and system calls.
• Experienced working with Preload Assist and PICS projects.
• Migrated database applications from Windows 2000 Server toLinuxserver.
• Installing and setting up Oracle9i onLinuxfor the development team.
• Linuxkernel, memory upgrades and swaps area. Red hatLinuxKickstart Installation..
• Capacity Planning, Infrastructure design and ordering systems.
• Attended team meetings, change control meetings to update installation progress, and for upcoming changes in environment.
• Worked on security management.
• Administrationof monitoring infrastructure consisting of Nagios server with centeron as web interface for configuring and displaying of performance data.
• Diagnosed hardware and software problems and provided solution to them.
• Updated data in inventory management package for Software and Hardware products.

Environment:Red HatLinux3.0,4.0,5.0 AS ES, HP-DL585, Samba, VMware Tomcat 3.x,4.x,5.x, Apache Server 1.x,2.x, Bash.