Senior Splunk / Observability Platform Engineer

Senior Splunk / Observability Platform Engineer

Location: Warren, NJ (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)

Duration: Long-Term Contract

Interview Process: 1st Round Virtual | Final Round Onsite

Work Authorization: U.S. Citizens or Green Card Holders only

Local Candidates Only

Rate :- OPEN

Splunk Enterprise Architecture, OpenTelemetry (OTel), Splunk Observability Cloud (SignalFx), Dynatrace/AppDynamics, Splunk Dashboard Studio, Telemetry & Data Ingestion Pipelines, Windows/Linux/AIX, Enterprise Observability, Distributed Tracing, CI/CD, DevOps, and 8+ years of Platform Engineering experience.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Splunk / Observability Platform Engineer to design, architect, and implement enterprise-scale observability solutions. This is a highly technical engineering role focused on building modern monitoring platforms and telemetry pipelines—not a traditional Splunk Administration, SOC, Security Analyst, or Data Analyst position.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience architecting enterprise observability platforms using Splunk technologies, OpenTelemetry, and cloud-native monitoring solutions. Candidates should be able to clearly explain architectural decisions, implementation strategies, and best practices during the interview process.

Required Skills

Expert-level experience with Splunk Enterprise Architecture

Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry (OTel)

Experience with Splunk Observability Cloud (SignalFx)

Experience with Dynatrace or AppDynamics

Experience designing and building enterprise telemetry and data ingestion pipelines

Strong experience with Splunk Dashboard Studio

Experience monitoring and supporting Windows, Linux, and AIX environments

Strong understanding of enterprise monitoring, observability, logging, metrics, and distributed tracing

Ability to architect scalable, high-availability observability platforms

Preferred Skills

Experience with LogicMonitor

Infrastructure automation and scripting experience

Experience integrating cloud and on-premise monitoring platforms

Knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices

Key Responsibilities

Architect, design, and implement enterprise observability platforms using Splunk technologies.

Build scalable telemetry, logging, metrics, and tracing pipelines.

Design and develop advanced dashboards and monitoring solutions using Splunk Dashboard Studio.

Integrate OpenTelemetry instrumentation across enterprise applications.

Optimize platform performance, scalability, and reliability.

Collaborate with infrastructure, application, DevOps, and engineering teams to establish observability best practices.

Document architectural designs, standards, and implementation strategies.

Lead platform modernization initiatives and mentor engineering teams on observability practices.

Required Experience

8+ years of experience in Observability, Monitoring, or Platform Engineering.

Proven experience architecting enterprise-scale Splunk environments.

Strong hands-on experience implementing OpenTelemetry and modern observability platforms.

Experience designing enterprise monitoring strategies across Windows, Linux, and AIX environments.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to discuss architecture, design decisions, and implementation approaches during technical interviews.