Certifications
To date, the Splunk community categorizes certifications by a generalized area discussed in the following sections.
Knowledge manager
A knowledge manager manages (and develops) knowledge objects. Knowledge managers might work at the project level, organization level, or practice level to manage:
- Saved searches
- Event types
- Transactions
- Tags
- Field extractions and transformations
- Lookups
- Workflows
- Commands
- Views
A Splunk knowledge manager will have a deep understanding of Splunk, its user interfaces, the objective of each type of knowledge object, and so on. Knowledge managers must also look beyond personal use or a particular project, extending the Splunk environment, through the management of a Splunk knowledge object library.
Administrator
As a Splunk administrator, you need to provide hands-on daily support of (perhaps) several Splunk installations, requiring hands-on knowledge of the best or proven practices and configuration techniques, and in addition, be able to construct and manage...
