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CEDENT

Sr Splunk Administrator

Houston, TX · On-site

Splunk certification * Experience in design, implementation and support of Splunk core components, including indexers, forwarders, search heads, and cluster managers * Experience with configurations ...

Raas Infotek LLC

Senior DevOps Engineer

Texas City, TX · On-site

$111K - $142K/yr

Senior DevOps Engineer Experience: 10+ Years Job Type: W2 Contract Only We are looking for an ... Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, or Datadog . * Knowledge of Kafka, PostgreSQL ...

Cisco

Engineering Product Manager

Houston, TX · On-site +1

$159K - $165K/yr

Your Impact We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead the next evolution of Splunk's Data Pipeline Building experience. This is a high-impact role at the heart of Splunk's transformation ...

Cisco

Engineering Product Manager

Houston, TX · On-site

$159K - $165K/yr

Your Impact We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead the next evolution of Splunk's Data Pipeline Building experience. This is a high-impact role at the heart of Splunk's transformation ...

NAVA Software Solutions

Sr. System Admin

Houston, TX · On-site

$79K - $107K/yr

The Senior Systems Administrator is responsible for the operations of servers, network, and ... Splunk is required. * Strong oral and written technical communication skills are required.

Conch Technologies Inc

SR. System Administrator

Houston, TX · On-site

$82K - $111K/yr

Job Title: SR. System Administrator Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid) Work Location: 601 Travis Street ... Familiarity with monitoring tools such as SolarWinds, Datadog, or Splunk. * Knowledge of ITIL best ...

Stellar IT Group

Sr. System Administrator

Houston, TX · On-site

$82K - $111K/yr

Overview: Sr. System Administrator Houston, TX 6-12+ Months Contract Required Qualifications: * 7+ ... Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as SolarWinds, Datadog, Splunk, or ...

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How much do senior splunk jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 6, 2026, the average yearly pay for senior splunk in Houston, TX is $76,672.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $39,600.00 and $98,400.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Senior Splunk vs Splunk Engineer?

AspectSenior SplunkSplunk Engineer
CertificationsSplunk Certified Power User, Admin, or ArchitectSplunk Certified Power User or Admin
Experience LevelAdvanced, with leadership and project oversightMid-level, focused on deployment and maintenance
Work EnvironmentEnterprise environments, often in leadership rolesOperational teams, deployment, and support
ResponsibilitiesDesign, architecture, strategic planningImplementation, troubleshooting, daily operations

While both roles require Splunk certifications and involve working with Splunk in enterprise settings, Senior Splunk professionals typically focus on architecture and strategic planning, whereas Splunk Engineers handle deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting tasks. The senior role often involves leadership and project management, making it suitable for experienced professionals aiming for higher-level responsibilities.

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Sr Splunk Administrator

CEDENT

Houston, TX • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 23 days ago

Job description

(must be able to convert for permanent employment without sponsorship)
Must Have Skills:
  • 5+ years of experience with Splunk 
  • Splunk certification 
  • Experience in design, implementation and support of Splunk core components, including indexers, forwarders, search heads, and cluster managers 
  • Experience with configurations and administration of Splunk ingestion and forwarding for new and existing applications and data 
  • Experience with troubleshooting Splunk dataflow issues between the various Splunk core components 
  • Experience configuring and deploying data collection for a variety of operating systems and network platforms 
  • Experience creating Dashboards and Analytics within SIEM tools 
  • Experience working with monitoring systems supporting auditing, incident response, and system health 
  • Understanding of networking components and devices, ports, protocols, and basic networking troubleshooting steps 
  • The ability to troubleshoot issues with log feeds, search time, and field extractions 
 
Soft Skills:
  • ability to articulate dashboards through presentations 
  • excellent written and verbal communication skills 
 
Education/certification requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, or a related discipline 
  • Splunk certification 

Day to Day responsibilities:
  • Designing, maintaining and troubleshooting the SIEM environment
  • Develop advanced SIEM correlation rules, reports and dashboards to detect emerging threats
  • Manage, develop and tune the scripts that integrate SIEM
  • Design and generate data parsers as necessary to optimize ingestion of data from a wide variety of devices including servers, firewalls, Cloud Applications
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation of security controls, policies, and procedures for SIEM environment. 
  • Creating workflows for Incident Response within a SIEM Tool
  • Assist with Incident response and Cyber investigations.
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CEDENT strives to attract and retain the best people and provide an environment where they can all develop professionally and build a rewarding career. As a result, we create an inclusive environment that is rich in diversity, acknowledges each individual's uniqueness and promotes respect, personal achievement and stewardship. Our clients are global and so is CEDENT. We build and maintain a global workforce that includes people from different backgrounds, with a vast range of skills and experience all united by a common culture and commitment to help our clients achieve high performance. Cultivating a diverse workforce and inclusive work environment makes business sense. Our peoples varied skills are the talent engine that powers CEDENT, enabling it in turn to deliver the innovative solutions that help our clients outperform competitors.

Industry

It services

Company size

11 - 50 Employees

Headquarters location

Plano, TX, US

Year founded

2008

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