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Sai Pawan

Splunk Engineer at CANOPIUS US INSURANCE, INC

Hyderabad

8+ years of work experience

Oct 20251 yr 2 mosPresent

Hyderabad

Amazon
May 20214 yrs 5 mosSep 2025

On-site

20214 yrs2025

Environment: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud, AWS, Cribl, Splunk Olly, Anomali, Jira Built, installed, configured, and maintained Splunk on-premises infrastructure from the ground up, including single-site and multisite cluster deployments. Built and maintained Splunk-supported on-premises infrastructure for forwarding and feeding logs into Splunk Cloud environments. Monitored Splunk infrastructure health, capacity, resource utilization, and component performance to support platform availability and operational stability. Onboarded new log sources and performed data parsing, normalization, field extraction, and data quality validation. Built, installed, and configured Splunk Apps and Add-ons to ingest vendor-specific data and enable application views and dashboards. Defined and monitored data retention policies and storage utilization; performed index administration, maintenance, and optimization. Created and fine-tuned security monitoring use cases, dashboards, alerts, and reports to improve logging coverage and proactive detection. Integrated ITSM tools including ServiceNow with Splunk for ticketing and operational workflows. Implemented role-based access control (RBAC) and managed Splunk access and authentication requirements. Performed periodic compatibility validation and upgrades of Splunk versions, Apps, and Add-ons across on-premises infrastructure. Troubleshot log ingestion and log-break incidents across existing data sources and restored ingestion through root-cause analysis and remediation. Reviewed and optimized search scheduling and SPL to reduce search load and improve query efficiency. Troubleshot ITSI summary indexing, KV Store, and KPI search performance issues affecting correlation and alerting processes. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define and monitor SLA-driven KPIs, service health reporting, and major-incident escalation. Worked with Splunk Support on maintenance and enhancement activities for Splunk Cloud environme
Amazon
May 20183 yrs 5 mosSep 2021

Remote

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Education

Sikkim Manipal University (SMU)

Bachelor of Science, Information Technology

Sikkim Manipal University (SMU)

20142 yrs2016
Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

20143 yrs2017

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Headline

Splunk Engineer at CANOPIUS US INSURANCE, INC

About

Amazon leveraged over seven years of contributions as a Splunk Admin, where I worked on projects involving Splunk Enterprise and Cribl. My role included supporting security research efforts and enhancing system operations to ensure data integrity and functionality. Grounded in a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Sikkim Manipal University, I bring a solid academic foundation to my professional endeavors. My work reflects a commitment to leveraging data-driven solutions to optimize processes and support security initiatives.

Location

Hyderabad

AI stack

antigravity

claude code

claude

geminicli

meta

openai

Work experience

Splunk Engineer at CANOPIUS US INSURANCE, INC, Oct 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Hyderabad

Security Operations Center Analyst at Amazon, May 2021 - Sep 2025 · 4 yrs 5 mos, On-site

Lead at Amazon Web Services Team, 2021 - 2025 · 4 yrs, Environment: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud, AWS, Cribl, Splunk Olly, Anomali, Jira Built, installed, configured, and maintained Splunk on-premises infrastructure from the ground up, including single-site and multisite cluster deployments. Built and maintained Splunk-supported on-premises infrastructure for forwarding and feeding logs into Splunk Cloud environments. Monitored Splunk infrastructure health, capacity, resource utilization, and component performance to support platform availability and operational stability. Onboarded new log sources and performed data parsing, normalization, field extraction, and data quality validation. Built, installed, and configured Splunk Apps and Add-ons to ingest vendor-specific data and enable application views and dashboards. Defined and monitored data retention policies and storage utilization; performed index administration, maintenance, and optimization. Created and fine-tuned security monitoring use cases, dashboards, alerts, and reports to improve logging coverage and proactive detection. Integrated ITSM tools including ServiceNow with Splunk for ticketing and operational workflows. Implemented role-based access control (RBAC) and managed Splunk access and authentication requirements. Performed periodic compatibility validation and upgrades of Splunk versions, Apps, and Add-ons across on-premises infrastructure. Troubleshot log ingestion and log-break incidents across existing data sources and restored ingestion through root-cause analysis and remediation. Reviewed and optimized search scheduling and SPL to reduce search load and improve query efficiency. Troubleshot ITSI summary indexing, KV Store, and KPI search performance issues affecting correlation and alerting processes. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define and monitor SLA-driven KPIs, service health reporting, and major-incident escalation. Worked with Splunk Support on maintenance and enhancement activities for Splunk Cloud environme

splunk admin at Amazon, May 2018 - Sep 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos, Remote

Education

Bachelor of Science, Information Technology, Sikkim Manipal University (SMU)

Manipal Academy of Higher Education