Infrastructure Engineer Staff

Job Posting End Date

09-25-2025

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

Infrastructure Engineer Staff

Location: 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, OH 43215

Work Designation: Remote

The power of AEP comes from our valued team of unique employees….the best in the business! We’re proud to be one of the largest electric energy companies in the U.S., powering over 5 million homes and businesses, spanning across 11 states. We’re passionate about making an innovative difference in the communities we serve. We’re powering the future – today!

Job Description What You'll Do:

- Lead and deliver high quality infrastructure technology solutions, including installation, deployment and ongoing support of Enterprise Splunk Services.

- Serve as lead architect for Enterprise Splunk tool and manage the entire Splunk environment, including servers, application, access control, and functions.

- Manage implementation of a large, multi-site installation of Enterprise Splunk Services. Bring a curious, innovative mindset to Enterprise Splunk platform, including critical thinking to integrate Splunk to other AEP tools and processes.

- Plan, research, revaluate, design and analyze performance of complex infrastructure systems.

- Provide advanced level technical support and analysis, operations, administration and troubleshooting activities.

- Mentor and provide functional/technical leadership and work direction to staff.

Remote (where AEP has presence) work from home policy applies.

What We're Looking For:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field and 8 years of experience in Splunk platform that includes 5 years of the following:

- Installation, configuration management, data integration and transformation, field extraction, and application management of Splunk platform.

- Diagnostic testing and troubleshooting Splunk indexers, search heads, heavy forwarders and forwarder issues.

- Designing core scripts to automate Splunk alerts for routine maintenance and tasks.

- Design and implementation of Splunk Universal Forwarder deployment, configuration, and maintenance for Linux and Windows.

- Implementation of Cribl toolset.

- Using Cribl for data management in large distributed systems.

- Designing and developing Cribl packs to support data sources including syslog, VMWare, Windows, and Palo-Alto.

- Deploying distributed deployment architecture for Cribl across multiple data center environments.

What You'll Get:

Compensation Range: $146,730 to $180,592 annually

In addition to a competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Candidates will be considered based on their qualifications and the candidate’s ability to work from an approved work location. Although the location is flexible, AEP does not have a presence in all states and localities. The following locations are NOT currently approved for this position: AK, CO, CT, DE, HI, IA, ID, KS, MA, ME, MS, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, RI, SD, UT, VT, WY, US Territories or international work locations. AEP will consider qualified candidates who are willing to relocate to an approved work location, at the candidate’s expense, provided the relocation can be completed within a timeframe that meets AEP’s staffing needs. NOTE: All remote work locations require vetting and final approval prior to offer and/or start date. Any work locations listed as preferred or unapproved relate specifically to the requirements for this position and are not necessarily applicable to other posted positions.

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