What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Observability (Spunk) Engineer position at PRI Technology?
Senior Observability Engineer
Location: Holmdel, NJ or Bethlehem, PA (Hybrid: 2–3 days onsite weekly)
Local candidates only — no remote or relocation. Current location must appear on resume.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future. Contract-to-hire role.
We are seeking a Senior Observability Engineer with strong expertise in AppDynamics, Splunk, OpenTelemetry, AWS, and DevOps practices. This role will focus on building, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise observability platforms to provide full-stack visibility across cloud-native and infrastructure environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer and optimize AppDynamics, Splunk, and OpenTelemetry platforms
- Implement MELT-based observability solutions across AWS services (EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, SNS/SQS)
- Build dashboards, alerts, and reporting for actionable monitoring insights
- Integrate observability into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Jenkins, and ArgoCD
- Automate operational tasks using Python, Bash, or JavaScript
- Support incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
- Maintain documentation, onboarding guides, and operational standards
Required Qualifications:
- 5–7 years in Observability, SRE, Monitoring, or Platform Engineering
- Hands-on experience with AppDynamics, Splunk, and OpenTelemetry
- Strong AWS and Kubernetes observability experience
- Experience with CI/CD, GitOps, and automation scripting
- Strong troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills