Senior Splunk Observability Engineer

Job Title: Engineering (US) - Systems Engineer 3

Start/End Dates: 12/1/2025 - 10/23/2026

Location: Remote

Pay Rate: $ 80.00 /hr on W2

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Job Description: Splunk Observability Engineer

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Splunk Observability Engineer with a strong System Administration and Infrastructure Automation background. The ideal candidate will design, build, and manage large-scale observability solutions across hybrid cloud environments, leveraging Splunk Observability Cloud, OpenTelemetry, and automation tools to enable end-to-end visibility, incident response, and performance insights.

Technical Expertise

• Education & Experience:

◦ Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (preferred)

◦ 8–10 years of relevant experience in infrastructure operations, observability, or DevOps engineering.

◦ Proven experience in managing environments with 10,000+ compute systems across RHEL, OpenStack, and VMware.

• Core Infrastructure Expertise:

◦ Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux — build, configuration, hardening, patching, and lifecycle operations.

◦ Working knowledge of VMware vSphere, Cisco UCS compute infrastructure, and OpenStack environments.

◦ Deep understanding of networking fundamentals, firewalls, iptables, and system security best practices.

• Automation & Configuration Management:

◦ Expertise with Ansible, Terraform, and Puppet for OS provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle automation.

◦ Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins, or similar tools for automated delivery and testing.

◦ Strong scripting and automation background in Python or Ruby.

•Security & Compliance:

◦ Understanding of OS hardening, CIS benchmarks, and security patch management.

◦ Experience working with InfoSec and compliance teams to remediate vulnerabilities and maintain secure build standards.

• Observability & Monitoring:

◦ Experience designing and managing Splunk Observability Cloud, Splunk Enterprise, or equivalent monitoring platforms.

◦ Ability to instrument applications and systems using OpenTelemetry, Telegraf, or custom agents.

◦ Knowledge of metrics, logs, traces, and events correlation to build actionable insights and alerts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate actively in Agile scrum ceremonies and sprint planning.

• Design and implement automated provisioning pipelines for RHEL and observability agents using Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD workflows.

• Manage the Splunk Observability platform — ingestion pipelines, detectors, dashboards, and alerting.

• Monitor, diagnose, and resolve complex infrastructure performance issues.

• Drive observability adoption across systems and applications, improving MTTR and SLO compliance.

• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and configuration repositories for infrastructure and observability systems.

Non-Technical / Behavioral Skills

• Proven experience working in Agile environments with globally distributed teams.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.

• Demonstrated problem-solving and troubleshooting ability in complex distributed environments.

• Self-motivated and proactive with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

• Experience with open-source ecosystems and community-driven development practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Splunk certifications (e.g., Splunk Certified Admin / Observability Engineer / Core Certified Power User).

• Exposure to Kubernetes, AWS CloudWatch, or Grafana/Prometheus integration.

• Experience implementing AIOps, anomaly detection, or predictive alerting solutions.