Splunk SRE: Observability Engineer & Dashboards

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union; Aliso Viejo (CA); On-site; USD 64,609 - 103,375; Full time

Job summary

SchoolsFirst FCU is seeking a Splunk Administrator (Site Reliability Engineer) to deploy and optimize the Splunk platform for enterprise apps, security operations, and observability. You will onboard data, craft SPL queries, and build dashboards to power IT and security functions.

The role requires 5–7 years of relevant experience, strong Java EE/.NET knowledge, and hands‑on experience with Splunk and APM. This is an on‑site position with a 40‑hour workweek and on‑call rotation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 5–7 years of relevant experience in Splunk/SRE environments.
• Strong knowledge of Java EE and .NET frameworks and debugging tools.
• Experience with Linux (RedHat) and Windows Server environments.
• Security best practices for multi‑tier systems and application security.
• Experience with Splunk and application performance monitoring (APM).

Responsibilities

• Deploy, manage, and optimize the Splunk platform for enterprise apps, security operations, and observability.
• Onboard machine data, build SPL queries, and design dashboards for IT and security functions.
• Monitor environmental health, detect anomalies, and assist in incident triage.
• Serve as SME for Splunk, ensuring reliability, availability, performance, and security.
• Ingest new data sources, normalize data to the Splunk CIM, and manage ingestion pipelines.
• Monitor indexers, search heads, storage, and clustering; resolve bottlenecks.
• Create real‑time dashboards, alerts, reports, and visualizations providing actionable insights.
• Tune SPL searches, optimize queries, and reduce noise; configure automated alerts.
• Support a 24×7 production environment, including on‑call rotation and incident response.
• Lead root‑cause analysis, post‑incident reviews, and corrective actions.

Skills

Java EE

NET Frameworks

Debugging tools

Application tuning

Security best practices

APM experience

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Python

Jenkins

Git

Ansible

Quay

Artifactory

Job description

SchoolsFirst FCU is seeking a Splunk Administrator (Site Reliability Engineer) to deploy and optimize the Splunk platform for enterprise apps, security operations, and observability. You will onboard data, craft SPL queries, and build dashboards to power IT and security functions.

The role requires 5–7 years of relevant experience, strong Java EE/.NET knowledge, and hands‑on experience with Splunk and APM. This is an on‑site position with a 40‑hour workweek and on‑call rotation.