Hybrid Contract to Hire Role of Sr. Splunk Observability & APM Integration Engineer in Warren, NJ

Position: Sr. Splunk Observability & APM Integration Engineer/Architect

Location: Warren, NJ - 3 days a week on-site is a must

Duration: 6+Months Contract to Hire

Local Consultant Only 

Job Description

Must have the following: Advanced Splunk Engineering, expert SPL, OpenTelemetry, APM and distributed tracing, Splunk APM/SignalFx, Dynatrace, synthetic monitoring, shell scripting, PowerShell, LogicMonitor, AutoSys, enterprise observability, logs, metrics, traces, SLOs, alerting, and dashboard development.

Requirements:

• Advanced Splunk administration experience with expert-level SPL skills.
• Strong background in log observability, operational monitoring design, and enterprise dashboard development.
• Hands-on APM, application instrumentation, and distributed tracing experience.
• Strong knowledge of OpenTelemetry, including Collector, OTLP, telemetry pipelines, and instrumentation patterns.
• Experience with Splunk APM/SignalFx and Dynatrace, including synthetic monitoring capabilities.
• Strong shell scripting and PowerShell automation skills.
• Experience with LogicMonitor and AutoSys, or comparable monitoring and workload automation platforms.
• Solid understanding of logs, metrics, traces, SLOs, alerting, incident response, and modern observability practices.
• Ability to instrument difficult-to-monitor platforms and normalize telemetry into a unified observability framework.
• Strong application assessment skills, including identifying logging opportunities and translating findings into dashboards and monitoring strategies.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills with a collaborative approach to documentation and knowledge transfer.