LEAD ADMINISTRATOR L1(CONTRACT)

Wipro; Raritan (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental benefits

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Wipro Limited is seeking a Splunk O11Y- Observability Engineer to lead the design, deployment, and enablement of observability across applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments. The role focuses on instrumentation, telemetry pipelines, and service health modeling.

You will collaborate with SRE, DevOps, and platform teams to deliver full‑stack visibility, define SLIs/SLOs, and onboard new teams into the observability ecosystem with best practices and workshops.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience implementing Splunk Observability Cloud (APM, Infra Monitoring, RUM, Log Observer).
• Strong understanding of OpenTelemetry (collectors, processors, exporters, instrumentation).
• Experience with distributed tracing, span analysis, and service dependency mapping.
• Familiarity with Splunk Enterprise and ITSI for integrated observability use cases.
• Strong Linux/Unix skills and scripting (Python, Bash).
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS, and Azure).

Responsibilities

• Observability Architecture & Implementation: design and implement observability solutions using Splunk Observability Cloud.
• Application & Service Onboarding: onboard services into O11y and ITSI; define SLIs/SLOs and KPIs; build dashboards and alerts.
• ITSI & Splunk Core Integration: implement ITSI service models and integration with Splunk Core.
• Telemetry Pipeline Engineering: deploy and configure OTel collectors across environments; optimize pipelines for cost and reliability.
• Enablement & Best Practices: develop onboarding guides and run workshops for engineers.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: collaborate with SRE, DevOps, Cloud, and Applications teams to embed observability.

Skills

Observability engineering

Distributed tracing

Linux scripting

OpenTelemetry

SRE collaboration

Tools

Splunk Observability Cloud

OpenTelemetry

Splunk Enterprise

ITSI

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

Job description

Job Title: LEAD ADMINISTRATOR L1(CONTRACT)

City: Raritan

State/Province: New Jersey

Posting Start Date: 10/13/26

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future‑ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever‑changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.

Job Description:

Splunk Observability Engineer

We are building a next‑generation Enterprise Observability Platform using Splunk Enterprise, ITSI, and Splunk Observability Cloud (O11y) for our clients. We are seeking a Splunk O11Y- Observability Engineer to lead the design, deployment, and enablement of observability capabilities across applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments.

This role focuses on instrumentation, telemetry pipeline engineering, service modeling, APM rollout, and onboarding new teams into the observability ecosystem. The engineer will work closely with application owners, SRE, DevOps, and platform engineering teams to deliver full‑stack visibility and accelerate observability adoption.

Key Responsibilities

Observability Architecture & Implementation

• Design and implement observability solutions using Splunk Observability Cloud (APM, Infrastructure Monitoring, RUM, Log Observer).
• Build and optimize OpenTelemetry (OTel) collector pipelines for metrics, traces, and logs.
• Define instrumentation strategies for applications (auto‑instrumentation, SDKs, agents).
• Develop service maps, dependency graphs, and distributed tracing configurations.

Application & Service Onboarding

• Partner with application teams to onboard services into O11y and ITSI.
• Define SLIs/SLOs, KPIs, and service health indicators.
• Build dashboards, detectors, alerts, and anomaly detection rules tailored to each service.
• Ensure consistent tagging, metadata, and observability standards across teams.

ITSI & Splunk Core Integration

• Implement ITSI service models, KPIs, correlation searches, and glass tables.
• Integrate O11y telemetry with Splunk Enterprise and ITSI for unified service health.
• Collaborate with Splunk Core SMEs to align ingestion, retention, and data modeling.

Telemetry Pipeline Engineering

• Deploy and configure OTel collectors across VMs, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud services.
• Implement processors, exporters, and routing logic for efficient telemetry flow.
• Optimize pipelines for performance, cost, and reliability.

Enablement & Best Practices

• Develop onboarding guides, instrumentation patterns, and observability standards.
• Conduct workshops, demos, and training sessions for engineering teams.
• Provide architectural guidance on observability adoption across the enterprise.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Work with SRE, DevOps, Cloud, and Application teams to embed observability into CI/CD and deployment workflows.
• Support modernization initiatives such as microservices, Kubernetes, and cloud migrations.
• Influence platform roadmap and observability strategy.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

• Hands‑on experience implementing Splunk Observability Cloud (APM, Infra Monitoring, RUM, Log Observer).
• Strong understanding of OpenTelemetry (collectors, processors, exporters, instrumentation).
• Experience with distributed tracing, span analysis, and service dependency mapping.
• Familiarity with Splunk Enterprise and ITSI for integrated observability use cases.
• Strong Linux/Unix skills and scripting (Python, Bash).
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS, and Azure).

Mandatory Skills: AIOPS Splunk Observability.Experience: 5-8 Years. The expected compensation for this role ranges from $60,000 to $135,000. Final compensation will depend on various factors, including your geographical location, minimum wage obligations, skills, and relevant experience. Based on the position, the role is also eligible for Wipro's standard benefits including a full range of medical and dental benefits options, disability insurance, paid time off (inclusive of sick leave), other paid and unpaid leave options. Applicants are advised that employment in some roles may be conditioned on successful completion of a post‑offer drug screening, subject to applicable state law. Wipro provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Applications from veterans and people with disabilities are explicitly welcome. Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end‑to‑end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention.

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