Jobs → Engineering → Splunk Observability Engineer

About the Role We are building a next-generation Enterprise Observability Platform using Splunk Enterprise, ITSI, and Splunk Observability Cloud for our clients. We are seeking a Splunk Observability Engineer to lead the design, deployment, and enablement of observability capabilities across applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments. Key Responsibilities • Design and implement observability solutions using Splunk Observability Cloud (APM, Infrastructure Monitoring, RUM, Log Observer). • Build and optimize Open Telemetry collector pipelines for metrics, traces, and logs. • Define instrumentation strategies for applications (auto instrumentation, SDKs, agents). • Partner with application teams to onboard services into Observability 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. • Implement ITSI service models, KPIs, correlation searches, and glass tables. • Integrate Observability telemetry with Splunk Enterprise and ITSI for unified service health. • 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. • Work with SRE, DevOps, Cloud, and Application teams to embed observability into CI/CD and deployment workflows. Requirements • Hands-on experience implementing Splunk Observability Cloud (APM, Infra Monitoring, RUM, Log Observer). • Strong understanding of Open Telemetry (collectors, processors, exporters, instrumentation). • 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).