Splunk & Splunk Observability Cloud Consultant

Nextiya LLC; Charlotte, Frisco (NC, TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Nextiya LLC is seeking a hands-on Splunk & Splunk Observability Cloud Consultant to migrate on-prem Splunk to Splunk Cloud and expand monitoring across AWS workloads.

The role focuses on administering Splunk platforms, configuring Observability Cloud, and integrating OpenTelemetry across applications and AWS services. Collaboration with AI/GenAI workloads is anticipated.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years hands-on Splunk administration (SPL, data onboarding, props/transforms, dashboards).
• Experience migrating on-prem Splunk to Splunk Cloud.
• Hands-on with Splunk Observability Cloud (SignalFx) APM.
• Working knowledge of OpenTelemetry and setting up Collectors.
• Experience with AWS services (CloudWatch, X-Ray).

Responsibilities

• Administer Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud: onboarding, forwarders, indexes, apps, dashboards, alerts.
• Migrate on-prem workloads to Splunk Cloud: app remediation, forwarder re-pointing, data validation.
• Configure Splunk Observability Cloud: APM, infrastructure monitoring, dashboards, detectors.
• Instrument applications with OpenTelemetry and manage Collectors.
• Integrate AWS services with Splunk and Splunk Observability Cloud.
• Document configurations and runbooks; support incident troubleshooting.

Skills

Splunk administration

SPL language

Data onboarding

Dashboards & alerts

OpenTelemetry

AWS experience

Tools

Splunk Enterprise

Splunk Cloud

Splunk Observability Cloud

OpenTelemetry Collector

AWS CloudWatch

AWS X-Ray

Job description

Splunk & Splunk Observability Cloud Consultant

New Jersey, Charlotte NC, Frisco TX, United States | Posted on 09/28/2026

We're looking for a hands-on consultant to support our Splunk Platform and Splunk Observability Cloud environments. The main work is migrating Splunk on-prem to Splunk Cloud and expanding APM and OpenTelemetry-based monitoring across AWS workloads.

Responsibilities

• Administer Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud: data onboarding, forwarders, indexes, apps, dashboards and alerts.
• Support the migration of Splunk on-prem workloads to Splunk Cloud: app remediation, knowledge object migration, forwarder repointing and data validation.
• Configure Splunk Observability Cloud: APM, infrastructure monitoring, dashboards and detectors.
• Instrument applications with OpenTelemetry, and deploy and manage OpenTelemetry Collectors.
• Integrate AWS services (CloudWatch, X-Ray, CloudTrail) with Splunk and Splunk Observability Cloud.
• Support observability for AI/GenAI workloads, including Amazon Bedrock and AI agents.
• Document configurations and runbooks, and support incident troubleshooting.

Requirements

Required skills

• 3-5+ years of hands-on Splunk administration (SPL, data onboarding, props/transforms, dashboards).
• Experience migrating Splunk on-prem to Splunk Cloud.
• Hands-on experience with Splunk Observability Cloud (SignalFx) APM.
• Working knowledge of OpenTelemetry, including setting up Collectors.
• Experience with AWS, including CloudWatch and X-Ray.