IT Domain Specialist - Splunk

About the role

Telstra is looking for an IT Domain Specialist aligned to Splunk ITSI to design, deliver and support observability and monitoring solutions in Defence environments. The role improves service visibility, monitoring effectiveness and operational reliability, covering service modelling, alerting, data onboarding and operational support. It is a permanent position.

Key responsibilities

• Apply Splunk and ITSI expertise to deliver monitoring and observability solutions
• Configure service models, alerts, dashboards and reporting capabilities
• Support data onboarding and integration of monitoring sources
• Manage monitoring and alerting to ensure service visibility and early fault detection
• Support deployment and optimisation of monitoring solutions across environments
• Identify risks related to monitoring coverage and system performance
• Provide technical support to improve monitoring effectiveness and reliability
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver fit-for-purpose observability solutions
• Contribute to documentation and operational procedures, and support continuous improvement such as alert tuning
• Support the transition from externally delivered services to internal ownership
• Participate in DevSecOps delivery and operational support practices

Required profile

• Five years plus of experience administering observability or monitoring platforms, with preference for Splunk and ITSI
• Splunk certifications desirable
• Experience in production support and development
• Experience in Agile and DevSecOps practices
• AGSVA NV2 security clearance

Required skills

• Splunk platform administration and optimisation
• Splunk ITSI service modelling, alerting, correlation and dashboard development
• Data onboarding and integration
• Agile and DevOps practices, automation systems and scripting
• AWS and Azure
• Stakeholder management and system integration

What we offer

• Performance-related pay
• Access to thousands of learning programs
• Global presence across 22 countries
• Purchased annual leave scheme and an additional Telstra day off
• 30% discount on Telstra products and services
• Toolkit provided (laptop, mobile phone and plan paid for)