KW Kenneth Walters

District Heights, MD ***** 202-***-****

ad411r@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/kw93/ PROFESSIONAL

SUMMARY

8+ years IT Professional with over 5+ years of experience in Splunk engineering, administration, deployment, troubleshooting, on-boarding and maintenance for large-scale network environments. Highly familiar with both Windows and Linux platforms, configuring Splunk deployments, and maintaining a healthy and license efficient environment. Knowledgeable in data on-boarding methods via Network, Monitor, Windows etc.

CERTIFICATIONS Splunk Power User

Splunk Admin

SKILLS Linux

Windows

Client Relations

Python Scripting

REGEX

HEC

SEDCMD

Syslog

SPL

Cluster/Deployment Management

Excel

Active Directory

TCP/UDP

LDAP

AWS

DB Connect

Cribl

Rest API

Ansible

WORK HISTORY SPLUNK ADMIN 11/2021 to CURRENT

HCL Technologies Washington, DC

Promote data security by utilizing SEDCMD to mask client based PII, in which can be configured through stanza edits in transforms.conf, props.conf, and inputs.conf.

Configured UF's through conf files, CLI, GUI (Windows Installation Wizard), and the deployment server.

Configured HF's through both the GUI and outputs.conf; Applying a heavy forwarder license.

Responsible for Installing, configuring, and administering Splunk Enterprise on Linux and Windows servers.

Configured Splunk forwarders to send unnecessary log events to “Null Queue” using props and transforms configuration files to reduce license cost.

Monitor and maintain index integrity by utilizing CLI commands to validate hashes, assuring the data is unaltered.

Created retention policies by editing indexes.conf, insuring the data moves through the index buckets in the specified time or volume per client request.

Configured deployers through servers.conf, then configured search head clusters via CLI by writing advanced commands to initialize individual machines.

Utilized btool for configuration troubleshooting, identifying configuration paths, and checking for grammatical errors in the stanzas. Integrated Splunk with Active Directory, LDAP, and MFA authentication; Map users and user groups to Splunk roles, promoting a secure and organized environment.

Configured deployment servers to manage server classes by sending deployment apps and updates through configuration bundles. Provided network syncing, insuring all machines are properly communicating before configuring a distributed environment, preventing any potential connection issues.

Created and configured network inputs to listen on TCP/UDP ports, enabling Syslog data to be ingested.

Assisted in scripting complex data to make parsing more manageable, as well as manage passwords and credentials.

Configure live data extraction from external client intelligence sites using the HEC.

Assisted in writing Python scripts to optimize data on-boarding, increasing productivity by 21%

Configured AWS system manager to patch instances using tags. Designed and implemented REST APIs for data access and retrieval, reducing development time for new features.

SPLUNK ADMIN 12/2019 to 11/2021

ITECH Solutions McLean, VA

Installed and configured Splunk UF's on both linux and windows servers. Created a backup/recovery policy and monitor network communication to identify and recover critical data and information. Created indexes and updated configuration files in Splunk deployment server based on on-boarding requirements.

Performed troubleshooting, debugging and correct issues related to data ingestion.

Integrated Splunk with Active Directory and LDAP authentication. Utilizing Splunk deployment server to manage and deploy Splunk upgrades and configurations updates.

Use data preview to validate event creation during the parsing phase. Managed the deployment server through configuration files and FMI. Configured monitor inputs using CLI, GUI, and editing inputs.conf. Frequently monitor the fishbucket index, significantly preventing duplicate data which may result in higher license cost and inaccurate search queries. SPLUNK ENGINEER 07/2018 to 12/2019

Phoenix Cyber Phoenix, AZ

Created and configured management reports and dashboards in Splunk for application log monitoring.

Created HEC tokens for new data on-boarding per requirement. Implement Splunk data onboarding best practices to ensure logs are being ingested and parsed correctly.

Use Regex to achieve data normalization during ingestion, improving structure and searchability.

Executed Red Hate Linux tasks supporting Splunk service functionalities. Developed and customized Splunk searches, alerts, and dashboards using SPL.

Worked directly with clients to coordinate and execute architectural improvements to their Splunk infrastructure.

Install Splunk software on local machines through Linux and Windows systems.

DATA ANALYST 04/2017 to 07/2018

Maxar Technologies Washington, DC

Built scalable and deployable machine learning models. Performed exploratory data analysis, finding trends and clusters. Extensively performed large data read/writes to and from csv and excel files using pandas.

Tackled highly imbalanced fraud dataset using under sampling with ensemble method, oversampling and cost sensitive algorithms. Worked extensively with data governance team to maintain data models, metadata and dictionaries.

Analyzed and extracted data from various confidential databases/DataMart using SQL/Oracle (toad) queries/codes.

Maintain data flow documentation and perform object mapping using bI tools and validation.

Created project presentations for business, stakeholders and clients using MS PowerPoint.

HELP DESK TECH 08/2015 to 03/2017

Thrive Washington, DC

Provided end-user technical support for both standard and custom applications.

Used SMS, pc Anywhere, and NetMeeting to troubleshoot users on the LAN.

Monitored systems and reported outages and potential issues to the appropriate desktop technicians, administrators, engineers, and managers. Performed periodic user level maintenance on desktop and laptop computers, printers, and network components; Maintain hardware and software inventories.

Generated and responded to trouble tickets.

Published shared folders, backed up the active directory and restored the active directory.

Set up Active Directory security for OU's and domain security. First and second level support for more than 4,000 clients. Mapped network printers and install local printer for end users. Assist and troubleshoot remote end users with VPN connection. EDUCATION Bachelor of Science Data Science 03/2015 PGCC, Largo, MD

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