Senior Splunk Administrator

PRI Technology; Holmdel Township (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer to join their team in Holmdel, NJ. The role focuses on the administration and maintenance of tools like Splunk and AppDynamics to ensure optimal system performance. Candidates must possess at least 5 years of experience in observability engineering, strong problem-solving skills, and familiarity with cloud environments. This position offers a chance to contribute to a critical area of IT systems reliability.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5–7 years in Observability/Monitoring/Site reliability engineering.
• Proven experience in Implementing, Managing and Maintaining observability tools.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the administration and maintenance of observability tools.
• Ensure optimal performance and reliability of IT systems.
• Maintain platform reliability, upgrades, patching, and security hardening.

Skills

Splunk

AppDynamics

Zenoss

OpenTelemetry

Python

Bash

Prometheus

Grafana

Kubernetes

Infrastructure-as-Code

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Looking for an Observability Engineer who has experience working in Splunk Administration, AppDynamics, OTEL, Zenoss platforms!

This role is open in either Holmdel, NJ or Bethlehem, PA (NON-LOCAL CANDIDATES WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE REJECTED)

You are:

We are seeking a dedicated and detail oriented Senior Observability Engineer with expertise in Splunk, App Dynamics, Open Telemetry and Zenoss to join our Enterprise Observability Engineering team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the administration, configuration, and maintenance of our observability tools to ensure optimal performance and reliability of our IT systems.

You have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5–7 years in Observability/Monitoring/Site reliability engineering with a focus on Splunk, AppDynamics and Zenoss.
• Proven experience in Implementing, Managing and Maintaining observability tools.
• Proficiency in Splunk and AppDynamics (including configuration, administration, and implementation).
• Proficiency in Zenoss (including setup, configuration, and maintenance).
• Strong in MELT, Metrics, Events, Logs and Traces; hands‑on troubleshooting and support
• OpenTelemetry: instrumentation patterns, context propagation, collectors, sampling etc
• Maintain platform reliability, upgrades, patching, and security hardening
• Exposure to Kubernetes observability (cluster/workload metrics, events, service discovery)
• Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure, applications, and networking.
• Experience with scripting and automation tools (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Familiarity with cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure) is required.
• 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 (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands‑on Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Ansible) and Git‑based workflows