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Principal Cloud Engineer

  • - Hybrid Remote
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 the 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 stand out!

Role summary

The Cloud Control Plane organization builds robust and resilient auto-scaling platform solutions for hosting Splunk's enterprise software. The focus is always on automation, solving sophisticated challenges that span across multiple groups within Splunk, ensuring smooth and expedient services to Splunk users. This is a great opportunity to apply your existing cloud experience and drive the growth of the Splunk Cloud.

What you'll get to do

  • Extend and maintain our platform infrastructure across various Cloud Providers. Our goal is to enable scalable and secure deployments on various cloud computing platforms (Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure). One of the critical focus areas is to support centralized db management (mainly RDB/Aurora Postgres and MySQL).
  • Based on our current solutions existing on AWS, design, implementation, testing and deployment of their counterparts on Azure.
  • Deploy software that will help improve availability, performance, efficiency, and security. You will be applying a variety of languages used in systems programming, ranging from Go to Python to Terraform as well as Kubernetes environment.
  • Distributed systems programming. Experience in working on and debugging distributed systems like CDNs, Kubernetes infrastructure, databases, data replication, etc.
  • Technical & Operational excellence. You routinely use continuous delivery, testing and security standard methodologies. Diving into data excites you and you make decisions based on numbers rather than assumptions. If an issue arises, you strive to be alerted before our customers notice.
  • Keeping calm and carrying on. Capable of handling 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 agile team has a lot of projects going on at once so you will have many opportunities to learn new areas and new technologies.
  • Passion. Our customers are passionate about Splunk, and we want the same from our engineers. In this role you will actively own your work and be excited about your projects.
  • Mentoring junior engineers & support regular engineers.

What we provide

  • Opportunities to develop and grow as an engineer. We are always expanding into new areas, working with open-source projects and contributing back, and exploring new technologies.
  • A team of capable and dedicated peers, from engineering to product management and customer support.
  • Breadth and depth. You want to work on the area that dynamically scales to meet the needs of our cloud offering.
  • 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 supportive work environment. We build an open environment to get things done, and adapt to the changing needs. We are a supportive and inclusive team that appreciates open communication—this is how we interact with our customers.
  • Balance & Fun. We trust our colleagues to be responsible with their time and commitment, and believe that balance helps cultivate a positive environment. We are committed to having every employee want to give it their all, be respectful and a part of the family, and have a smile on their face while doing it.

What we look for

  • Experience deploying critical cloud infrastructure solutions using innovative engineering principles
  • Experience handling SaaS and/or On-prem applications for large-scale traditional & containerized systems
  • Experience in cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure) service deployments and maintenance
  • Knowledge of cloud based database management (mainly Postgres, MySQL, NoSQL)
  • Experience with scripting for automation using Bash/Python/Go
  • Experience with CI/CD (Gitlab, Jenkins etc.), automation (Terraform etc.), Collaboration (Jira, Confluence), Kubernetes, networking (IP protocols), DNS management, Load Balancing, API Gateways and Service Mesh, TLS infrastructure for securing network communication

Soft and interpersonal skills

  • Experience in Scrum/Kanban or SAFe methodology
  • Fluent English and very good communication skills
  • Openness for learning new topics and people; innovative attitude
  • Willingness to guide and support other colleagues
  • Openness for working in an unstructured and fast changing environment
  • Independence in work and responsible decision making

 

 

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Base Pay Range

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Base Pay: PLN 325,600.00 - 447,700.00 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 comprehensive, competitive benefits package which may include healthcare and retirement plans, paid time off, wellbeing expense reimbursement, and much more! Learn more about our next-level benefits at splunk.com/benefits.

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. 

 

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Splunk turns machine data into answers. Organizations use market-leading Splunk solutions with machine learning to solve their toughest IT, Internet of Things and security challenges.

We value diversity, equity, and inclusion at Splunk and are committed to equal employment opportunity. 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. Click here to review the US Department of Labor’s EEO is The Law notice. Please click here to review Splunk’s Affirmative Action Policy Statement. If you need assistance or an accommodation to apply or during the hiring process, please let us know by completing our Accommodation Request form.

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Splunk is committed to the health and safety of our employees and customers. Splunk is impacted by the mandates outlined for U.S. Government contractors in President Biden’s Path out of the Pandemic: COVID-19 Action Plan. As a result, Splunk requires U.S. employees, whether assigned to an office or 100% remote, to provide proof of full vaccination, as defined by the CDC. Splunk provides reasonable accommodations for employees who have qualifying medical or religious reasons.

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