Senior Observability Engineer

Job summary

Seeking a Senior Observability Engineer to administer and maintain observability tools like Splunk, AppDynamics, and Zenoss, ensuring optimal performance and reliability of IT systems.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5–7 years in Observability/Monitoring/Site reliability engineering
• Proven experience in implementing, managing and maintaining observability tools
• Proficiency in Splunk and AppDynamics
• Proficiency in Zenoss
• Strong in MELT, Metrics, Events, Logs and Traces
• Hands-on troubleshooting and support
• Experience with OpenTelemetry instrumentation patterns
• Maintain platform reliability, upgrades, patching, and security hardening
• Exposure to Kubernetes observability
• Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure, applications, and networking
• Experience with scripting and automation tools
• Familiarity with cloud environments
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment
• Experience with other monitoring and observability tools
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on Infrastructure-as-Code and Git-based workflows

Responsibilities

• Administer and configure Splunk, AppDynamics, OTEL and Zenoss platforms
• Perform regular updates, patches, and upgrades to observability tools
• Continuously monitor the health and performance of the Splunk, APPD and Zenoss systems
• Ensure data integrity and availability within the observability platforms
• Provide support to internal users, assisting with troubleshooting and resolving issues
• Develop and deliver training sessions for users
• Create and manage dashboards, reports, and alerts
• Work with stakeholders to define monitoring requirements
• Manage onboarding and alert creation
• Optimize system performance by tuning configurations
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of configurations, processes, and procedures
• Develop and enforce best practices for monitoring and observability
• Collaborate with IT and DevOps teams
• Participate in incident response efforts

Skills

Degrees

Relocation