Senior Observability (Splunk) Engineer
Job Location:
Monmouth County, NJ - USA
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Job Summary
Role: Senior Observability (Splunk) Engineer
Client: Guardian Life Insurance
Rate: $60 - $70/hr. on w2 or $80/hr. on c2c
Visa: USC GC (Local candidates only. We will not accept remote candidates or candidates who need to relocate.)
Location: Holmdel NJ or Bethlehem PA office (Hybrid - 2-3 days a week)
Duration: CTH (6 Months Contract)
MOI: Video
Local candidates only - no remote or relocation. Current location must appear on resume.
Non-Negotiable Skills & Experience:
- Strong hands-on experience with AppDynamics
- Strong hands-on experience with Splunk
- Strong hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry
- 8 years of experience in Observability SRE Monitoring or Platform Engineering
- Strong AWS and Kubernetes observability experience
- Experience building and maintaining Enterprise Observability Platforms
- Experience with CI/CD and Automation Scripting (Python Bash or JavaScript)
We are seeking a Senior Observability Engineer with strong expertise in AppDynamics Splunk OpenTelemetry AWS and DevOps practices. This role will focus on building maintaining and optimizing enterprise observability platforms to provide full-stack visibility across cloud-native and infrastructure environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer and optimize AppDynamics Splunk and OpenTelemetry platforms
- Implement MELT-based observability solutions across AWS services (EKS ECS Lambda S3 CloudWatch SNS/SQS)
- Build dashboards alerts and reporting for actionable monitoring insights
- Integrate observability into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Jenkins and ArgoCD
- Automate operational tasks using Python Bash or JavaScript
- Support incident response troubleshooting and root cause analysis
- Maintain documentation onboarding guides and operational standards
Required Qualifications:
- 8 years in Observability SRE Monitoring or Platform Engineering
- Hands-on experience with AppDynamics Splunk and OpenTelemetry
- Strong AWS and Kubernetes observability experience
- Experience with CI/CD GitOps and automation scripting
- Strong troubleshooting communication and collaboration skills
