Senior Observability Engineer

Monmouth County, NJ - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 16 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position: Senior Observability Engineer (Splunk / AppDynamics / Zenoss)
Location: Holmdel NJ & Bethlehem PA
Mode: Contract W2
Hybrid 3 Days onsite / 2 Days remote
Duration: 6 Months (Possible extension)
Pay rate: 75-78/hr. on W2

Job Overview

We are seeking a Senior Observability Engineer with strong expertise in Splunk administration and monitoring platforms to join the Enterprise Observability Engineering team.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for configuring administering and maintaining enterprise observability tools including Splunk (primary) AppDynamics OpenTelemetry and Zenoss to ensure reliability visibility and optimal performance of enterprise IT systems.

This role involves working closely with DevOps infrastructure and application teams to implement monitoring strategies and improve system observability.

Key Responsibilities

Observability Platform Administration

Administer and configure Splunk AppDynamics OpenTelemetry (OTEL) and Zenoss platforms.
Implement monitoring solutions aligned with enterprise observability standards.
Perform upgrades patching and security hardening of observability tools.

Monitoring & System Reliability

Monitor the performance and health of observability platforms.
Ensure high availability and data integrity of monitoring systems.
Troubleshoot and resolve monitoring platform issues.

Dashboard & Alert Management

Design and maintain monitoring dashboards alerts and reports.
Collaborate with stakeholders to define monitoring requirements.
Implement alerting mechanisms for proactive issue detection.

Data Management & Optimization

Manage data ingestion and onboarding into monitoring systems.
Optimize platform performance through configuration tuning.
Manage resource utilization and storage within observability platforms.

Incident Response & Troubleshooting

Support incident investigation and root cause analysis.
Leverage observability data (metrics logs events traces) to resolve issues.
Collaborate with IT and DevOps teams during incident response.

Documentation & Best Practices

Maintain documentation for monitoring configurations and procedures.
Establish observability standards and best practices across the organization.

User Support & Training

Provide technical support to internal teams using monitoring platforms.
Conduct training sessions to improve observability tool adoption.

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field.
57 years of experience in Observability Monitoring or Site Reliability Engineering.
Strong hands-on experience with:
- Splunk (Administration configuration and implementation)
- AppDynamics
- Zenoss

Technical Skills

- Strong understanding of MELT framework:
  - Metrics
  - Events
  - Logs
  - Traces
- Experience with OpenTelemetry including:
  - Instrumentation patterns
  - Context propagation
  - Collectors
  - Sampling
- Experience with Kubernetes observability
- Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure applications and networking
- Experience with scripting or automation (Python Bash)
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with monitoring tools such as:
  - Prometheus
  - Grafana
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Ansible)
- Familiarity with Git-based workflows

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Contract

Position: Senior Observability Engineer (Splunk / AppDynamics / Zenoss)Location: Holmdel NJ & Bethlehem PAMode: Contract W2Hybrid 3 Days onsite / 2 Days remoteDuration: 6 Months (Possible extension)Pay rate: 75-78/hr. on W2Job OverviewWe are seeking a Senior Observability Engineer with strong exper...