Senior Splunk/SIEM Architect/Engineer

100% Remote 12+-month contract Web Cam Interview $53.20/Hr - $88.65/Hr on W2 NOTES FROM MANAGER / REQUIRED SKILLS & EXP.:

We are still actively recruiting for this position.

We are looking for highly skilled, senior Splunk Engineers or Architects for this role.

We would like them to possess the Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect or Splunk Core Certified Consultant. This will help us ensure that the candidates have the minimum desired experience with Splunk.

Skill Set 1: Senior Splunk Architecture and Engineering Experience

Skill Set 2: Senior Splunk SIEM Design and Architecture

Skill Set 3: Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect or Splunk Core Certified Consultant

Can this role be fulfilled remotely? Yes

Overview:

Serves as specialist in a group of technologies and services supported within technology.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Technology management, senior Engineers, and support teams on a regular basis to implement and manage the design, development, and execution of technical solutions that meet or exceed current and future needs of the organization.
• Responsibilities may include infrastructure architecture and design, research and development of new or expanded systems, creation of technology standards and policies, thorough analysis of user requirements and operational constraints, unit test and system integration, and user acceptance testing.
• Regularly and independently interact with business partners of varying associate and management levels to ensure clarity of the problem/opportunity and elicit business requirements.
• Coordinate vendor interactions and/or vendor resources as needed.
• Mentor and coach less experienced engineers, technicians, and integrators. Review documentation, proposals, and changes proposed by less experienced staff.
• Seek to expand knowledge and understanding of Financial Services trends, practices, and technologies on a continuous basis.
• Follow and promote use of industry best practices, standards and procedures.
• Maintain a strong aptitude and working knowledge of Bank applications, systems, development environments. Maintain a detailed understanding of vendor technologies and services used by the Bank.
• Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Required:

• Combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture.
• Strong understanding of the system development and infrastructure lifecycle and architecture, vendor best practices, IT Service Management, and systems design.

Education and Experience Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years professional experience in a technical engineering position involving infrastructure design technologies, data management and interchange, system design and/or development for complex applications.
• Ability to translate complex business and functional requirements into structured high quality implementations using any variety of industry standard approaches.
• Advanced technical skills.
• Advanced analytical skills.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.
• Verifiable knowledge and advanced expertise in industry and/or vendor technologies.
• Able to meet with clients of varying levels to gather, document, and analyze system specifications and requirements, work closely with integrators, developers, and testers in the fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others in team environment.
• Ability to use effective facilitation skills and techniques to elicit and review requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders and group size.
• Understanding of how the people, processes and technology within an organization interact in relationships and patterns to create a feasible solution on projects of medium to high complexity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective influencing skills.
• Process-oriented.
• Logical thinker.
• Strong knowledge of server/client and virtual technologies.
• Ability to complete complex tasks with minimal supervision.
• Adaptable.
• Able to learn quickly in a rapid pace environment.

Please provide candidates responses for ALL of the questions below to confirm they have ALL of the required skills/experience (please reply ASAP as submittals to our client are time sensitive):

• Are you currently under contract w/ an employer where you require C2C only?
• If hired, can you work as a W2 employee of our company, for the contract duration (required, no exceptions)?
• Do you have any issues working remotely in Eastern time zone hours (required)?
• LinkedIn profile link?
• Yrs. of IT exp. overall?
• Yrs. of exp. as a Senior Splunk/SIEM Architect and/or Engineer (required)?
• Are you a Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect or Splunk Core Certified Consultant (at least one of these is required, please advise which one you possess)?
• Yrs. of exp. w/ Splunk SIEM Design and Architecture (required)?
• Yrs. of exp. w/ Data Modeling and Parsing (required)?
• Yrs. of exp. working specifically for banks and/or financial institutions?
• Do you possess a combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture (required)?
• Do you possess exceptional communication skills (verbal/written)?