Peter Royle is a Senior Consultant for the JDS Splunk practice. He is a Splunk Core Certified Consultant and Administrator with more than 25 years’ experience in a variety of IT roles including Enterprise Operations Management, Team Leadership, Senior Unix Administration and Database Administration.

Data normalisationSecurity data analytics and event correlation.Development of notable events for use with Enterprise Security.Creating playbooks for event triage.Documenting Splunk processes for the Agency.Development of Splunk TA’s for improved data inputsField extraction and data manipulation using advanced props and transforms.

 Consolidating and streamlining existing Splunk dashboards, reports and alerting. Mainframe data analytics and event correlation. Performance management and optimisation of all aspects of Splunk. Installation, configuration and management of Splunk as a platform. Document existing Splunk environments. Structuring and packaging existing and proposed configurations as apps. Field extraction and data manipulation at forwarders or indexers using advanced props and… Show more  Consolidating and streamlining existing Splunk dashboards, reports and alerting. Mainframe data analytics and event correlation. Performance management and optimisation of all aspects of Splunk. Installation, configuration and management of Splunk as a platform. Document existing Splunk environments. Structuring and packaging existing and proposed configurations as apps. Field extraction and data manipulation at forwarders or indexers using advanced props and transforms. Working closely with business and support teams to develop criteria for gaining greater value from Splunk. Correlation of events from different systems and application to gain deeper operational and business insights. Show less

 Data collection and normalisation.  Field extraction and data manipulation at forwarders or indexers using advanced props and transforms. Data analysis to extract candidates for analysis through Splunk Enterprise Security. Volume and resource requirements gathering and estimation from both existing and proposed environments. Installation, configuration and management of Splunk as a platform. Definition and implementation of role-based access control, integration with… Show more  Data collection and normalisation.  Field extraction and data manipulation at forwarders or indexers using advanced props and transforms. Data analysis to extract candidates for analysis through Splunk Enterprise Security. Volume and resource requirements gathering and estimation from both existing and proposed environments. Installation, configuration and management of Splunk as a platform. Definition and implementation of role-based access control, integration with AD/LDAP. In depth knowledge of Splunk search commands, statistical functions, report development, dashboard development, charts, forms, exports and Splunk's Simple XML. Show less

 Design and development of Splunk solutions to meet customer requirements. Supporting the application environment during the ongoing development of the platform. Assisting in the development of best practice processes and tools to expedite project delivery around the solution. Splunk integration into existing monitoring solutions. The development of simplified Splunk Dashboards for various functions. These would be developed for levels 1-3 support and would include some… Show more  Design and development of Splunk solutions to meet customer requirements. Supporting the application environment during the ongoing development of the platform. Assisting in the development of best practice processes and tools to expedite project delivery around the solution. Splunk integration into existing monitoring solutions. The development of simplified Splunk Dashboards for various functions. These would be developed for levels 1-3 support and would include some consulting on how each level should leverage APM to fulfil their role to increase buy in. Extending application monitoring components that are to be added in work packages with the goal of 2-week delivery cycles. Understanding and defining the business value of the project. Understand customer behaviour and measure how users are using the application. Determine whether application usage and performance is meeting the business requirements. Help understand key metrics on how the app is working. This includes trends such as improved / reduced performance and usage patterns for capacity planning. Defining what information should be collected for possible future measurements. Show less

 Managing employees to develop a positive culture and improved collaboration within and between teams to achieve business objectives. Developing capacity management strategies to enable effective forecasting and provisioning. System generated capacity outputs are recorded on a monthly basis for comparison to easily determine growth over the short, medium and long term across all infrastructure areas. Effectively engaging external vendors to deliver IT products and… Show more  Managing employees to develop a positive culture and improved collaboration within and between teams to achieve business objectives. Developing capacity management strategies to enable effective forecasting and provisioning. System generated capacity outputs are recorded on a monthly basis for comparison to easily determine growth over the short, medium and long term across all infrastructure areas. Effectively engaging external vendors to deliver IT products and services. Design, development and implementation of Splunk Enterprise for operational intelligence, visibility in system development life cycles, dashboards for testing and business intelligence groups. Engaging effectively with project management to deliver large complex projects such as the EMC2 storage upgrade and HP RM8 implementation. Work with business stakeholders to effectively manage requirements and deliver desired outcomes. This has involved working closely and developing relationships with every team in IT, greatly improving delivery areas such as build deployment through collaboration. Develop and implement disaster recovery strategies for SRO’s core revenue management systems, maintaining documentation and performing routine scheduled DR testing. Encouraging staff to voice concerns, and taking positive action to address them. Leading by example and providing moral and technical support on a daily basis Enabling staff development through formal and informal training initiatives, cross skilling team members and eliminating single points of failure. Implemented improved system monitoring to allow proactive alerting and prevent unnecessary callout to reduce costs. Developing strategies to consolidate databases using Oracle clonedb, sub-setting and masking to improve capacity and performance. Show less

Providing detailed technical inputs for the project management office to initiate complex projects for infrastructure upgrades and changes.Implementing and developing Splunk for centralised logging and service monitoring.Level 2 operational and on-call support for the SRO core revenue management production & development systems.Development of automation processes for server build and application deployment.System Upgrades and Patching.Developing disaster… Show more Providing detailed technical inputs for the project management office to initiate complex projects for infrastructure upgrades and changes.Implementing and developing Splunk for centralised logging and service monitoring.Level 2 operational and on-call support for the SRO core revenue management production & development systems.Development of automation processes for server build and application deployment.System Upgrades and Patching.Developing disaster recovery plans and testing DR scenarios.Backup administration and maintenance of secure offsite backups.Active Directory integration with Oracle Middle-ware Apps and Linux for authentication and authorization. Show less

Engage with project management in server build and configuration for enterprise project delivery.Provide second level support and troubleshooting for ANZ production systems.Sun M Series & E25k admin and configuration.Developing capabilities with Solaris Zones & Branded Zones.

Provide technical and team leadership to the infrastructure build team for the delivery of services to external clients.Design and develop automation technologies to enhance the infrastructure build process, using virtual machines and deployment tools.Developing documentation and guidelines for infrastructure delivery to streamline the build process and eliminate double handling and recurring errors.Work with business stakeholders to effectively manage requirements and… Show more Provide technical and team leadership to the infrastructure build team for the delivery of services to external clients.Design and develop automation technologies to enhance the infrastructure build process, using virtual machines and deployment tools.Developing documentation and guidelines for infrastructure delivery to streamline the build process and eliminate double handling and recurring errors.Work with business stakeholders to effectively manage requirements and deliver desired outcomes.Providing level 3 support and technical advice for the IBM build centre, delivering hundreds of new servers every month for customers such as Telstra.Mentoring staff and developing skills within the team locally and with IBM staff from overseas. Show less

Implementation of infrastructure projects for primary production systems.Development of new capabilities for online services.Second Level support and troubleshooting.After hours support.

Infrastructure planning, capacity forecasting, service design and implementation.Mentoring and support for operations team members.Hardware maintenance and administration.Backup and disaster recovery planning and implementation.Project planning and documentation.Incident, Change and Problem management.Third level support.