Sr. Splunk Observability & APM Integration Engineer/Architect

IntoneCCM; New Jersey; On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Intone Inc is seeking a Senior Splunk Observability & APM Integration Engineer/Architect for a 6-month contract in Warren, NJ. You will build an enterprise observability framework, centralize analytics in Splunk, and integrate existing monitoring tools and telemetry data.

You will establish APM capabilities with OpenTelemetry, develop dashboards, and guide buy-versus-build decisions across Splunk APM/SignalFx and Dynatrace. Strong scripting and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Advanced Splunk administration with expert-level SPL skills.
• Strong background in log observability, operational monitoring design, and enterprise dashboard development.
• Hands-on APM, instrumentation, and distributed tracing experience.
• Strong knowledge of OpenTelemetry, including Collector, OTLP, telemetry pipelines, and instrumentation patterns.
• Experience with Splunk APM/SignalFx and Dynatrace, including synthetic monitoring capabilities.
• Strong shell scripting and PowerShell automation skills.
• Experience with LogicMonitor and AutoSys, or comparable monitoring/workload automation platforms.
• Solid understanding of logs, metrics, traces, SLOs, alerting, incident response, and modern observability practices.
• Ability to instrument difficult-to-monitor platforms and normalize telemetry into a unified observability framework.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills with a collaborative approach to documentation and knowledge transfer.

Responsibilities

• Build Splunk dashboards, correlation searches, and SPL-based views for a single-pane monitoring model.
• Integrate LogicMonitor, AutoSys, OpenTelemetry, and custom data collectors into Splunk.
• Establish practical APM capabilities with distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry.
• Assess buy-versus-build options across Splunk APM/SignalFx and Dynatrace.
• Design synthetic monitoring for critical user journeys with SLOs and alerting workflows.
• Develop automation using shell scripting and PowerShell across Windows and Linux.
• Identify logging, metrics, and tracing opportunities in applications.
• Create tactical dashboards for operational visibility and strategic dashboards for incident response.
• Develop architecture docs, implementation patterns, and runbooks.
• Develop telemetry solutions for legacy/custom platforms.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver measurable monitoring outcomes.

Skills

Splunk Admin

SPL

OpenTelemetry

APM instrumentation

Distributed tracing

Shell scripting

PowerShell

LogicMonitor

AutoSys

Dynatrace

Telemetry pipelines

Tools

Splunk (platform)

OpenTelemetry

LogicMonitor

AutoSys

Dynatrace

PagerDuty

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Splunk Observability & APM Integration Engineer/Architect for a 6-month contract position based in Warren, New Jersey. This is a hands‑on role focused on building an enterprise monitoring and observability framework from the ground up, establishing Splunk as the central analytics and dashboarding platform while integrating existing monitoring tools, application telemetry, infrastructure data, batch pipelines, and messaging platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build Splunk dashboards, correlation searches, and SPL-based operational views that support a single-pane monitoring model.
• Integrate LogicMonitor, AutoSys, OpenTelemetry, and custom data collectors into Splunk.
• Establish practical APM capabilities, including distributed tracing using an OpenTelemetry-first approach.
• Assess and advise on buy-versus-build decisions across Splunk APM/SignalFx and Dynatrace.
• Design synthetic monitoring for critical user journeys, including SLOs, alerting, escalation workflows, and PagerDuty routing.
• Develop automation using shell scripting and PowerShell across Windows and Linux environments.
• Assess applications to identify meaningful logging, metric, and tracing opportunities.
• Build tactical dashboards for immediate operational visibility and strategic dashboards for long-term support and incident response needs.
• Create architecture documentation, implementation patterns, operational runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials.
• Develop telemetry solutions for legacy, custom, unconventional, or unsupported platforms.
• Partner with technical and operational stakeholders to deliver measurable monitoring outcomes.

Qualifications

• Required
  • Advanced Splunk administration experience with expert-level SPL skills.
  • Strong background in log observability, operational monitoring design, and enterprise dashboard development.
  • Hands-on APM, application instrumentation, and distributed tracing experience.
  • Strong knowledge of OpenTelemetry, including Collector, OTLP, telemetry pipelines, and instrumentation patterns.
  • Experience with Splunk APM/SignalFx and Dynatrace, including synthetic monitoring capabilities.
  • Strong shell scripting and PowerShell automation skills.
  • Experience with LogicMonitor and AutoSys, or comparable monitoring and workload automation platforms.
  • Solid understanding of logs, metrics, traces, SLOs, alerting, incident response, and modern observability practices.
  • Ability to instrument difficult-to-monitor platforms and normalize telemetry into a unified observability framework.
  • Strong application assessment skills, including identifying logging opportunities and translating findings into dashboards and monitoring strategies.
  • Clear verbal and written communication skills with a collaborative approach to documentation and knowledge transfer.
  • Ability to work effectively with engineering, infrastructure, operations, and support stakeholders.
• Preferred
  • Experience with PagerDuty.
  • Experience with fintech platforms.
  • Experience in regulated environments.
  • Experience with enterprise incident-response dashboards.