The primary responsibility of the Log Analytics Engineer is to design, deploy, and maintain metrics and advanced analytics via logging platform solutions to support observability and monitoring efforts for Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Requirements
- Proficiency in detection engineering, and data correlation techniques.
- Proficiency in scripting languages like PowerShell, Python, and Bash.
- Proficiency in query languages such as SQL and KQL for data manipulation and analysis.
- Demonstrated experience in using popular log analytics tools such as Azure Log Analytics, Elasticsearch, Splunk, Logstash, or AWS CloudWatch Logs.
- Understanding of data pipelines, data ingestion techniques, and data quality best practices.
- Familiarity with system administration concepts to effectively manage log collection agents and infrastructure.
- Understanding of Azure Data Collection Rules.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the design, build, and maintenance of centralized monitoring and alerting strategies.
- Identification of data sources and potential metrics available across the Enterprise estate.
- Strategically develop correlations between various metrics and organize services views to determine underlying problems or concerns for monitoring, trending and alerting.
- Responsible for the analysis of logged data, and mining for information trends to enable proactive actions to avoid downtime.
- Design and implement robust log collection pipelines, including agent configuration, data ingestion, and normalization to ensure accurate data capture from various system sources.
- Structure and organize log data into meaningful data models within a log analytics platform, creating optimized data structures for efficient querying and analysis.
- Craft complex SQL or platform-specific queries to extract actionable insights from log data, enabling effective analysis and troubleshooting.
Other
- At least 21 years of age.
- Proof of authorization to work in the United States.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant discipline.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain any certification or license, as required by law or policy.
- Must have strong organizational skills, customer service focus, attention to detail, and process orientation.
