Senior Observability Architect
$128,000–$216,000 year
On-siteAlpharetta, Georgia, United States or Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, United States
Job Summary
Design enterprise observability solutions across logs, metrics, traces, and events by architecting telemetry pipelines using Splunk, Dynatrace, Cribl, and OpenTelemetry. Lead Splunk and Dynatrace engineering, optimization, and administration efforts while developing automation and cost optimization strategies. Promote SRE, operational excellence, security, and governance standards across engineering teams through technical leadership and mentoring. This on-site role in New Jersey or New York requires 10+ years of experience in observability, monitoring, logging, or platform engineering, with specific expertise in Splunk, Dynatrace, Linux administration, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years in observability, monitoring, logging or platform engineering
- 7+ years of Splunk engineering or architecture experience
- 5+ years of Dynatrace administration experience
- 3+ years with Cribl, OpenTelemetry or telemetry pipeline engineering
- 7+ years of Linux administration experience
- 5+ years of cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- 5+ years of Ansible, Terraform, Python and JavaScript experience
- Bachelors degree in IT or relevant experience
- This role is on-site Monday through Friday
- This role requires use of a computer and audio equipment
Desired Qualifications
- Splunk Architect, Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin, or related Splunk certifications
- Dynatrace Professional or Dynatrace Associate certification
- Experience implementing OpenTelemetry standards and instrumentation frameworks
- Experience with Kubernetes, container platforms, and cloud-native observability
- Experience supporting Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies
- Experience within highly regulated industries such as financial services, banking, healthcare, or technology
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