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Capital One · 10 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer, Splunk

Deerfield, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$144K/yr - $165K/yr

3+ years exp

Capital One is a leading financial services company that values innovation and collaboration. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on Splunk to develop and maintain dashboards, optimize configurations, and support incident response while collaborating with various teams to enhance observability capabilities.

BankingCredit CardsFinanceFinancial Services

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain Splunk dashboards, queries, and alerts to monitor system performance, application health, and security events

Work with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into effective Splunk visualizations and reports

Optimize and troubleshoot existing Splunk configurations to improve performance and usability

Integrate data sources into Splunk using forwarders, APIs, and custom scripts

Support incident response and root cause analysis by providing relevant Splunk data and insights

Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and Infrastructure teams to ensure comprehensive logging and monitoring coverage

Stay current with Splunk best practices, new features, and industry trends to continuously improve our observability capabilities

Qualification

Splunk developmentSPL proficiencyData integrationFinancial systems experienceScripting languagesLog management toolsAnalytical skillsAgile environment experienceProblem-solving skillsCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree

At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience (Internship experience does not apply)

Preferred

4+ years of hands-on experience with Splunk development, including dashboard creation, query optimization, and alerting

Strong proficiency in SPL (Search Processing Language) and familiarity with Splunk Enterprise Security or ITSI

Experience integrating data from various sources (e.g., syslog, APIs, cloud services) into Splunk

Prior experience working with financial systems or in the banking domain, with an understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., PCI-DSS, SOX)

Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell for data manipulation and automation

Familiarity with log management and observability tools beyond Splunk (e.g., ELK stack, Grafana, Prometheus)

Understanding of security and compliance requirements in logging and monitoring

Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail

Excellent communication skills to translate technical findings into business-relevant insights