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Ashraf Salah

@ashrafsalah

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Solutions-driven IT Professional specializing in Splunk platform administration.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that offers opportunities for growth and innovation, where I can leverage my Splunk expertise to enhance data visibility and security.

I am an IT professional with over 11 years of experience, specializing in Splunk platform administration and enterprise-wide data engineering. My expertise lies in architecting, deploying, and managing Splunk environments across hybrid cloud infrastructures. I have a proven track record of developing custom dashboards, real-time visualizations, and operational analytics that support cross-functional teams in IT, security, and operations.

Throughout my career, I have successfully integrated cloud-native logs and collaborated with SOC and InfoSec teams to build correlation rules and compliance-ready dashboards. My strong background in IT infrastructure and network troubleshooting complements my ability to drive root cause investigations and optimize ingestion pipelines. I am known for delivering enterprise-ready solutions that align with business objectives while mentoring technical teams and authoring detailed SOPs to standardize processes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Splunk Administrator/Engineer

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United States Postal Service

Feb 2022 - Present (3 years 6 months)

Designed scalable and reliable Splunk architectures for on-premises, hybrid, or cloud environments, including data modeling, parsing, and indexing strategies. Developed data onboarding strategies to ensure comprehensive log coverage from systems, applications, and cloud platforms.

Splunk Data Modeling Cloud Architecture Log Management AWS Azure Python REST APIs Linux Windows

Splunk Developer

United Health Care

Jul 2020 - Present (5 years 1 month)

Developed Splunk use cases, dashboards, alerts, and reports to provide actionable insight into system performance and reliability. Designed and implemented advanced dashboards leveraging optimized complex SPL queries, including conditional logic and statistical aggregations.

Splunk SPL Dashboard Development Data Ingestion AWS CloudTrail Azure Activity Logs Zscaler

Splunk Consultant/SME

PNC Bank

Feb 2017 - Present (8 years 6 months)

Conducted capacity planning and performance tuning of Splunk instances, implementing retention policies, index lifecycle management, and storage optimization. Administered distributed Splunk infrastructure components, ensuring high availability across search heads, indexers, and data collection nodes.

Splunk Capacity Planning Performance Tuning SPL System Monitoring Scripting Data Visualization

Senior System Administrator

U-Haul International Inc

May 2014 - Present (11 years 3 months)

Planned, installed, configured, and administered VMware ESXI hosts, vCSA, and virtual machines, managing HA, vMotion, DRS, and iSCSI SAN. Responsible for planning and operating server backups using CommVault, VEEAM, and Azure's Recovery Services Vault.