Requisition ID: 19884
Join us in building a better future for Arizona!
SRP is one of the largest public power and water utilities in the U.S. providing electricity to approximately one million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. Since its founding in 1903, SRP has fostered a culture of stewardship and customer service consistently ranking as an industry leader in customer service according to J.D. Power and named one of Arizona's best employers by Forbes. SRP continues to adapt to its changing business environment by seeking innovative ways to reimagine utility service and the provision of critical resources essential to the life and economy of Arizona.
Why Work at SRP
At SRP, we foster an inclusive work environment and believe everyone should have a fair chance to work, regardless of who they are. That’s why we value teams with diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to help SRP deliver on its mission of providing reliable, affordable and sustainable water and power.
SRP's success is rooted in our employees' happiness, health, and safety. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and enhance their well-being. In addition to competitive pay and performance incentives, eligible employees can take advantage of the following benefits:
- Pension Plan (at no cost to the employee)
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- Available your first day: Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
- Over 200+ hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)
- Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance
- Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)
- Short and long-term disability plans
- Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs
- 10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking
Summary
The OT Splunk Administrator manages and optimizes SRP's Splunk platform to support Operational Technology (OT) environments. The role enhances OT visibility, ensures dependable logging for security and compliance, and empowers operational teams with accurate, trustworthy data.
As the primary owner of the OT Splunk environment, this position leads platform reliability, data ingestion quality, and content development, partnering closely with enterprise and OT cyber security and compliance teams.
What You'll Do
• Lead the administration, maintenance, and technical direction of the OT Splunk platform, ensuring availability, performance, and resilience.
• Modernize OT logging strategy by improving data quality, optimizing ingestion pathways, and strengthening internal controls.
• Onboard and validate OT data sources supporting operational visibility, security detection, and regulatory expectations.
• Build and maintain dashboards, alerts, and searches supporting OT monitoring and compliance frameworks.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for log health, pipeline performance, ingestion reliability, and troubleshooting.
• Partner with OT security analysts and compliance functions to provide evidence, extracts, and defensible log information as needed.
• Support incident analysis by assisting with queries, timelines, and data availability.
• Participate in general team operational responsibilities, including systems administrations, firewall administration (such as lifecycle tasks and communication troubleshooting) and administration of critical authentication services.
• Maintain documentation, architectural diagrams, and runbooks in a way that supports repeatability and audit readiness.
• Mentor analysts, share knowledge across the team, and help uplift OT logging and monitoring capabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to enhance visibility, strengthen governance, and support continuous improvement.
• Travel to SRP facilities as needed to support OT stakeholders and operational activities.
Education
Experience
This position may be filled at one of three levels outlined below, based on the candidate’s relevant education, experience, or a combination of both that demonstrates the required knowledge, skills, and competencies. Eligibility for advancement (progression) to the next level in the same role is based on overall job performance, mastery of all functional responsibilities, and time in position, as assessed by the supervisor.
Level I — Associate: In lieu of a degree, 4 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience totaling 4 years may be considered.
Level 2 – Journey: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience required. In lieu of a degree, 6 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience totaling 6 years may be considered.
Level 3 – Senior: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience required. In lieu of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience totaling 9 years may be considered.
Additional Requirements and Qualifications
• Experience administering Splunk Enterprise in a technical environment; experience with OT systems is highly beneficial.
• Strong understanding of Splunk configuration, tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with log ingestion pipelines, server administration concepts, and network fundamentals.
• Ability to interpret and support OT architectures while applying sound security and compliance practices.
• Demonstrated experience building dashboards, alerts, and monitoring content.
• Mindset focused on reliability, accuracy, and continuous improvement.
• Clear communication skills, especially in documenting processes and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain NERC CIP access requirements.
• Strong analytical capability and willingness to work in high stakes, operational environments.
• Analytical troubleshooting and technical curiosity
• High accountability and follow through
• Strong documentation habits
• Ability to work with diverse stakeholders in complex OT environments
Commitment to consistency, reliability, and operational excellence• Experience supporting industrial or utility OT systems, control centers, substations, or other critical infrastructure environments.
• Experience developing monitoring content or supporting OT detection workflows.
• Familiarity with regulatory obligations in critical infrastructure environments.
• Experience with scripting for automation or platform optimization.
Hybrid Workplace
SRP currently offers a hybrid workplace, which allows employees whose jobs can be performed remotely, and who have sufficient technical capability, to telework up to three days per week. Although teleworking is available, all employees must live and work in Arizona.
Drug/Alcohol Policy Statement
To promote the safety and well-being of our employees, customers, and the communities we serve, SRP is committed to maintaining a drug/alcohol free work environment. Although marijuana may now be legal in Arizona, except as otherwise specified under Arizona law, SRP considers it to be an illegal drug for the purpose of our drug/alcohol policy because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. Any candidate found to be impaired during the hiring process or who has the presence of an illegal drug or unauthorized substance in their system during the pre-employment drug/alcohol test may be disqualified from further consideration in the hiring process.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
Salt River Project (SRP) is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.
Work Authorization
All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Currently, SRP does not sponsor H1B visas, OPT, or other employment-related visa's.