Network Splunk Developer

Network Splunk Developer

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£550 per day | 12-month contract | Chester | Hybrid – 3 days per week

We are looking for an experienced Network Splunk Developer to join a large enterprise network environment, supporting telemetry, monitoring and observability across a complex infrastructure estate.

Key Responsibilities

• Collect, normalise and onboard network device telemetry, metrics, logs and events into Splunk.
• Develop and maintain Splunk dashboards, searches, visualisations and alerts for Network Operations.
• Work closely with Network Engineering teams across routing, switching, wireless and SD-WAN environments.
• Develop alerting strategies to identify network degradation, anomalies and availability risks.
• Support incident triage, root-cause analysis and proactive network monitoring.
• Validate telemetry data quality, identify gaps and work with stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Support onboarding of new network platforms and device types.
• Document telemetry sources, dashboards, alert logic and operational processes.
• Provide support during major network rollouts and changes.

Essential Experience

• 4–6 years' experience in network operations, telemetry, monitoring or data analysis.
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking, including routing, switching, wireless and SD-WAN.
• Hands-on Splunk experience covering data ingestion, searches, dashboards and alerting.
• Experience with SNMP, syslog, telemetry streams, APIs and device metrics.
• Ability to translate network telemetry into actionable operational insights.
• Familiarity with incident, problem and change management.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Desirable

• Python, SPL or API scripting experience.
• Experience with SDN/controller-based networks.
• Exposure to automation, CI/CD and large-scale network environments. xwzovoh
• Understanding of network KPIs, availability and performance metrics.

Please apply today to be considered