Senior Software Engineer, RTP-Remote, Cloud Clustering FedRAMP

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Role Summary

The Cloud Clustering team, part of our Data Platform division, focuses on managing the development and operations of the Cloud Clustering service, a critical component central to orchestrating indexing and search functionalities. With a cutting-edge tech stack featuring Golang, C++, PostgreSQL, Terraform, and Kubernetes, across cloud service providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP, we manage PBs of data for thousands of customers. Our team thrives on end-to-end ownership, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance for all cluster operations while enabling ingestion, indexing, and search elasticity at scale. Dive into a dynamic environment where innovation meets scale, and your contributions make a tangible impact.

What You'll Get to Do

• Develop and deploy software to enhance the availability, performance, and reliability of Splunk's Clustering service, while ensuring full compliance with FedRAMP.

• Analyze and improve scalability of storing, routing, and searching data at scale.

• Identify and resolve bottlenecks in distributed systems, data pipelines, and multi-threaded performance.

• Define technical direction, author design documents, engage in hands-on work, and build consensus for the infrastructure components of the Cloud Clustering service.

• Establish and maintain processes for continuous monitoring and auditing of systems to ensure compliance with FedRAMP controls.

• Automating cloud provider infrastructure via Terraform, and Kubernetes.

• Automate the deployment of our services in new provider regions, including FedRAMP environments.

• Developing code for tools and automation to reduce manual tasks and reduce human error.

• Collaborate in a CI/CD development model for cloud-native deployments.

• Drive development, delivery, and ongoing engineering hygiene.

• Mentor new and less experienced engineers on the infrastructure aspects of the service, helping them develop domain expertise over time.

• Work closely with an amazing team and collaborate with a global engineering organization.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 7+ years of related experience with a technical Bachelor's or Master's degree; or equivalent practical experience.

• Must be a US Citizen and able to apply for a clearance

• Experience developing software using Golang, C++, Java, or Python.

• Solid hands-on cloud infrastructure experience on public cloud platforms specifically AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Knowledge of microservices fundamentals including Service Mesh using Istio, service discovery, deployment strategies, monitoring, scheduling, and load balancing.

• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and/or Helm

• Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting using Python and/or bash scripting.

• Proven experience crafting and building scalable software, with expertise in cloud environments and knowledge of continuous delivery, and security practices

• Excellent problem-solving, triaging, and debugging skills in large-scale distributed systems

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Eagerness to learn and adapt in a dynamic environment with multiple ongoing projects.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience working in environments that adhere to FedRAMP compliance requirements, with a strong understanding of the FedRAMP framework, its controls, and compliance requirements.

• Exposure to working with REST APIs

• Knowledge of Puppet and configuration management practices.

• Extensive expertise in database management, with a consistent track record in handling production database clusters that support large-scale customer bases and high request volumes.

• Experience with CI/CD frameworks and Pipeline-as-Code such as Jenkins, Spinnaker, Gitlab, Argo, Artifactory, etc.

• Familiarity with test-driven development, writing various levels of automated tests, such as unit tests, functional tests, integration tests, system tests, or performance/load test

Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer: At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn't just the right thing to do; it's also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Note

Base Pay Range

SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area

Base Pay Range: $174,800.00 - 240,350.00 per year

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts

Base Pay Range: $157,320.00 - 216,315.00 per year

All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.

Base Pay Range: $139,840.00 - 192,280.00 per year

Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.

Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off and much more! Learn more about our next-level benefits at ~~~ .