Accreditations Overview
Accreditations are role-based Splunk credentials that focus on Sales, Services, and Sales Engineering roles. Each accreditation series has checkpoints allowing you to validate your skills and abilities. Most Splunk credentials, such as accreditations and certifications, have Continuing Education Unit (CEU) values. Many accreditations are also part of the enablement requirements for Partnerverse Program Badges.
Each quarter, Splunk update the Accreditation program to evolve with Splunk’s growing business needs. We strongly encourage you to access the Accreditation Learning paths through the home page of the Splunk Partner Learning Centre https://partners.splunk.com to ensure you are always viewing the most current and valid learning path.
This learning path provides information to help SEs assist with technical demos and presentations during the sales cycle. It covers Splunk sales messaging, how to position Splunk platform solutions (Splunk Cloud and Splunk Enterprise) plus Splunk premium solutions (Splunk ITSI, Splunk ES, Phantom, UBA). You will learn how to communicate the technical details of Splunk, conduct a Splunk demo, and uncover customer pain points.
This learning path provides information to help SEs assist with proof and evaluation exercises during the sales cycle. It covers how to conduct customer-facing workshops, verify Splunk validated architectures, discuss ways to customize Splunk, and how to conduct a custom data load, POC, or POV
This learning path is designed to help Data Operations Analysts in implementing Splunk core onboarding data, developing use-cases and building dashboards. It covers how to convey Splunk messaging, differentiators and use-cases, Properly onboard relevant data from multiple sources including custom data loads and creating and modifying dashboards and Configure and use Phantom and UBA
This learning path is designed to help SEs assist account teams with discovery and standard overviews/demos related to the Security domain. It covers how to sell and position Splunk Security Solutions (ES, UBA, Phantom), complete a SIEM integration or replacement, conduct a demo, POC, and Security Workshop, and provides an overview of the security models and SOC personas.
This learning path is designed to help to perform the role of Security Analyst at a Security Operations Center (SOC) environment using the relevant tools of Splunk Security suite. Learn how to use Splunk at a foundational level, Identify and track security incidents, analyze security risks, use predictive analytics and threat discovery using Splunk Enterprise Security and tools.
This learning path’s will help you learn to onboard data following Splunk's Common Information Model (CIM), Correctly install Enterprise Security and configure with necessary correlation data and Implement basic security use cases in the ES product.
This learning path provides guidance to help consultants install and configure the Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) application to best practices and design. It also covers how to install the ITSI app and bring data in following best practices, how to configure the app to support the customer's needs and bring them the most value.
This learning path helps students learn to perform the necessary workshops such as Service Identification and Service Decomposition to solution, model and document the service model requirements. The outcomes of the workshops are a comprehensive set of service model requirements and ITSI program planning artifacts.
This learning path helps you to be able to bring customers together in deep-dive workshops to determine what is valuable in their current SIEM and how we are going to improve upon that functionality in Splunk. Learn how to deliver SIEM Replacement workshops, backed by the Use Case Library and Splunk Professional Services' SIEM replacement approach. Architect large Splunk Enterprise Security deployments.
This learning path helps you learn to install, configure, and tune Splunk's User Behavior Analytics (UBA) product. You will learn to prepare a customer for a UBA installation, including how to prepare their data sources. Install UBA per the latest best practices. Tune UBA after its necessary model build times. Interface with the UBA support team for assistance.
Sales Engineer Accreditations
Splunk Accredited Technical Selling Foundations
(NEW September 2023)
Skill: This accreditation provides you with an overview of Splunk offerings and pricing, an introduction to the Splunk resources available to Sales Engineers, and knowledge on how to deliver meaningful demos.
Time: 4-5 hours
Prerequisite: N/A
Objectives:
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Understanding of the overall product portfolio
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Knowledge of where to find Sales Engineer resources, from the demo environments to technical decks
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Ability to deliver effective demos
Splunk Accredited Platform SE I (NEW September 2023)
Skill: This accreditation teaches you about the Splunk Platform products. You will learn about the on-prem and cloud platform offerings, the basics of the Search Processing Language (SPL), and how to get data into Splunk.
Time: 18 to 28 hours
Prerequisite: Splunk Accredited Technical Selling Foundations
Objectives:
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Know the benefits and functionality of both the on-prem and cloud platform offering.
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Be able to perform SPL searches.
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Be able to demo the Splunk platform product.
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Be able to have meaningful conversations with customers about how Splunk can be applied in their environment.
Splunk Accredited Observability SE I
(NEW September 2023)
Skill: This accreditation teaches you the Splunk Observability products. You will get an overview of the Observability products and then have a chance to do a deeper dive into the Splunk Observability products of your choice. You will learn how to get data in, how to navigate and use the products, how to demo, and how customers can utilize these tools to meet their business needs.
Time: 16 to 23 hours
Prerequisite: Splunk Accredited Technical Selling Foundations
Objectives:
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Understand the overall Splunk Observability portfolio
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Be able to demo the products
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Be able to have meaningful conversations with customers about how Splunk can be applied in their environment.
Splunk Accredited Splunk Cloud and Splunk Enterprise Developer
Skill: This Accreditation teaches you how to develop higher quality Splunk Apps for our ecosystem to benefit our mutual customers.
Time: 5 hours
Prerequisite: N/A
Objectives:
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Understand Splunk Apps & Add-ons
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Learn proper ways to develop Splunk Add-ons for Splunk Cloud and Apps for Splunk Enterprise
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Package, publish, and maintain Splunk Apps
Splunk Accredited Sales Engineer I (to be discontinued October 2023)
Skill: This Accreditation teaches you how to assist with technical demos and presentations during sales cycles.
Time: 36 hours
Prerequisite: Splunk Core Certified Power User
We suggest candidates looking to prepare for their Core Certified Power User exam complete the following Single subject courses https://www.ingeniq.com.au/core-certified-power-user. These are available as free e-learning for Partners.
Objectives:
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Convey Splunk sales messaging
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Position Splunk platform solutions (Splunk Cloud; Splunk Enterprise)
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Position Splunk premium solutions in ITOps, Security, and Observability
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Convey technical details of Splunk
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Conduct a Splunk demo
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Discover customer pain in use cases
Splunk Accredited Sales Engineer II
Skill: This Accreditation teaches you how to help with proof and evaluation exercises during sales cycles.
Time: 79 hours
Prerequisite: Splunk Accredited Sales Engineer I or Splunk Accredited Platform SE I and either [Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin or Splunk Cloud Certified Admin] Splunk Core Certified Power User and either Splunk Certified Administrator or Cloud Administrator.
Objectives:
● Conduct customer-facing workshops
● Verify Splunk validated architectures
● Discuss ways to customize Splunk
● Conduct a custom data load, POC or POV
Professional Services Accreditations
Splunk Accredited ES Implementation
Skill: This Accreditation teaches you how to design and implement Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) following best practices.
Time: 144 hours
Prerequisites: Splunk Core Certified Consultant and Accreditation Labs (3)
Objectives:
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Onboard data following Splunk's Common Information Model (CIM)
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Correctly install Enterprise Security and configure with necessary correlation data
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Implement basic security use cases in ES product
Splunk Accredited ITSI Implementation
Skill: This Accreditation teaches you how to install and configure Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) application to best practices and design.
Time: 145 hours
Prerequisites: Splunk Core Certified Consultant and Accreditation Labs (8)
Objectives:
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Install IT Service Intelligence app and bring in data following best practices
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Configure IT Service Intelligence app to the customer's needs to bring them the most value
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Configure advanced capabilities of ITSI
Splunk Accredited UBA Implementation
Skill: This Accreditation teaches you how to install, configure, and tune Splunk's User Behavior Analytics (UBA) product.
Time: 129 hours
Prerequisites: Splunk Core Certified Consultant
Objectives:
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Prepare a customer environment for a UBA installation, including how to prepare their data sources
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Install UBA per latest best practices
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Tune UBA after its necessary model build times
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Interface with UBA support team for assistance
Splunk Accredited Zero Trust Security Consultant
Skill: This Accreditation teaches you how to deliver Splunk Security solutions to customers leveraging (overlaying) Zero Trust Security methodologies to enable customers to achieve their Security initiatives.
Time: 43 hours
Prerequisites: Splunk Core Certified Consultant, Splunk Enterprise Security Admin, Splunk SOAR Automation Developer, Splunk Accredited ES Implementation and Splunk Accredited UBA Implementation
Objectives:
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Establish their ability to understand and provide strategic advice and planning for Zero Trust use cases
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Leverage formal processes for quality assurance to achieve desired customer outcomes
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Provide comprehensive detection, monitoring, analytics, and automation solutions across Splunk Security portfolio that meet Zero Trust strategy and architecture
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Conduct a Zero Trust Security workshop with customers
Splunk Accredited Security Suite Integration Consultant
Skill: This Accreditation teaches you how to integrate Splunk Security products following best practices.
Time: 10 hours
Prerequisites: Splunk Core Certified Consultant and Splunk Accredited ES Implementation
Objectives:
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Implement and integrate Splunk Security products including ES, SOAR and UBA
Splunk Accredited Splunk SOAR Consultant
Skill: This Accreditation teaches you how to integrate Splunk Security Security products following best practices.
Time: 10 hours
Prerequisites: Splunk Core Certified Consultant and Splunk Accredited ES Implementation
Objectives:
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Implement and integrate Splunk Security products including ES, SOAR and UBA
Splunk Accredited Observability Consultant I
Time: 40 hours
SIEM Replacement
Skill: This Accreditation teaches you how to bring customers together in deep-dive workshops to determine what is valuable in their current SIEM and how we are going to improve upon functionality in Splunk.
Time: 20 hours
Prerequisites: Splunk Accredited ES Implementation
Objectives:
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Deliver SIEM Replacement workshops, backed by Use Case Library and Splunk Professional Services' SIEM replacement approach
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Architect large Splunk Enterprise Security deployments
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Develop SIEM Replacement Assessment reports to hand off to the client stating architecture and use case/data source priorities agreed in the workshop
Observability Consultant I (Partner)
Skill: This Accreditation teaches you to assist in implementing the Observability Cloud Suite including Infrastructure Monitoring.
Time: 40 hours
Prerequisites: The following credentials are required pre-requisites for this accreditation and must be completed before access to the accreditation final assessment will be granted: Infrastructure Monitoring - Foundational (Partner) and Observability Cloud - Foundational (Partner)
Objectives:
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Create Dashboards Alerts and Detectors
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Onboard Metrics Traces and Logs Using the Splunk Open Telemetry Collector
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Implement advanced Signal Flow for customer use cases