Splunk Enterprise Certified Administrator
Splunk Enterprise Certified Administrator is an in-depth, hands-on course designed to prepare learners to configure, manage, and maintain Splunk Enterprise environments at scale. This course is ideal for professionals responsible for ensuring that Splunk operates reliably, securely, and efficiently across complex infrastructures. You will learn the full range of administrative capabilities—from installation and data ingestion to indexing, clustering, and system optimization.
Through guided exercises and real-world scenarios, you’ll gain practical experience with Splunk’s administrative tools, deployment architecture, configuration files, and best practices for managing enterprise environments. This course equips you with the technical expertise required to support operational analytics, security monitoring, and high-availability Splunk deployments in enterprise settings.
What You’ll Learn
Splunk Enterprise architecture and key deployment components
Installing, configuring, and upgrading Splunk environments
Managing data inputs, parsing, indexing, and forwarder configuration
Authentication, authorization, and user/role management
Monitoring system health, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
Implementing distributed search, indexer clustering, and search head clustering
Licensing, scalability planning, and maintenance best practices
Who This Course Is For
Splunk administrators and engineers
IT operations and infrastructure professionals
Security teams managing Splunk as a SIEM
DevOps engineers supporting log and metrics pipelines
Anyone preparing for the Splunk Enterprise Certified Administrator exam
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Administer and optimize Splunk Enterprise environments
Configure and manage data ingestion pipelines and forwarders
Implement clustering, distributed search, and high-availability architectures
Manage security, access controls, and system-wide configurations
Troubleshoot and maintain Splunk deployments with confidence