Senior Splunk ITSI Observability & Automation Lead

Telstra Corporation

Australia

On-site

AUD 150,000 - 230,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Telstra is seeking a Senior IT Domain Specialist to lead Splunk ITSI observability for Defence environments. You will own architecture, data onboarding, dashboards and health views to enable proactive service management.

You will drive end-to-end lifecycle management, automate validation processes and mentor engineers, aligning outcomes with security, resilience and continuity requirements. Telstra offers flexible options and a strong learning culture.

Qualifications

Eight+ years delivering, operating or optimising observability and monitoring platforms.
Experience with Splunk ITSI and relevant certifications desired.
Experience in Agile and DevSecOps environments.
Exposure to secure or regulated environments such as Defence is desirable.

Responsibilities

Lead design and delivery of complex Splunk ITSI observability solutions for Defence.
Own observability architecture, service modelling standards and roadmaps.
Design, develop and maintain ITSI services, KPIs and health views.
Lead data onboarding and monitoring uplift across platforms and interfaces.
Build dashboards, alerts and reporting views for incident response and service assurance.
Oversee monitoring coverage for critical integrations and interface health.
Own lifecycle activities: upgrades, patching, release planning and config management.
Drive automation to reduce manual effort and improve reliability.
Mentor engineers and influence stakeholders across teams.