Senior Splunk Observability Engineer

Akkodis is seeking a – “Splunk Observability Engineer” for a Contract position with a client located in Remote (EST Preferred).

Pay Range: $60-$70/hr. (The rate/salary may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.).

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Splunk Observability Engineer with a strong System Administration and Infrastructure Automation background. The ideal candidate will design, build, and manage large-scale observability solutions across hybrid cloud environments, leveraging Splunk Observability Cloud, OpenTelemetry, and automation tools to enable end-to-end visibility, incident response, and performance insights.

Technical Expertise

Education & Experience:

◦ Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (preferred)

◦ 8–10 years of relevant experience in infrastructure operations, observability, or DevOps engineering.

◦ Proven experience in managing environments with 10,000+ compute systems across RHEL, OpenStack, and VMware.

Core Infrastructure Expertise:

◦ Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux — build, configuration, hardening, patching, and lifecycle operations.

◦ Working knowledge of VMware vSphere, Cisco UCS compute infrastructure, and OpenStack environments.

◦ Deep understanding of networking fundamentals, firewalls, iptables, and system security best practices.

Automation & Configuration Management:

◦ Expertise with Ansible, Terraform, and Puppet for OS provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle automation.

◦ Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins, or similar tools for automated delivery and testing.

◦ Strong scripting and automation background in Python or Ruby.

Security & Compliance:

• Understanding of OS hardening, CIS benchmarks, and security patch management.
• Experience working with InfoSec and compliance teams to remediate vulnerabilities and maintain secure\build standards.

Observability & Monitoring:

◦ Experience designing and managing Splunk Observability Cloud, Splunk Enterprise, or equivalent monitoring platforms.

◦ Ability to instrument applications and systems using OpenTelemetry, Telegraf, or custom agents.

◦ Knowledge of metrics, logs, traces, and events correlation to build actionable insights and alerts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate actively in Agile scrum ceremonies and sprint planning.

• Design and implement automated provisioning pipelines for RHEL and observability agents using Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD workflows.

• Manage the Splunk Observability platform — ingestion pipelines, detectors, dashboards, and alerting.

• Monitor, diagnose, and resolve complex infrastructure performance issues.

• Drive observability adoption across systems and applications, improving MTTR and SLO compliance.

• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and configuration repositories for infrastructure and observability systems.

Non-Technical / Behavioral Skills

• Proven experience working in Agile environments with globally distributed teams.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.

• Demonstrated problem-solving and troubleshooting ability in complex distributed environments.

• Self-motivated and proactive with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

• Experience with open-source ecosystems and community-driven development practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Splunk certifications (e.g., Splunk Certified Admin / Observability Engineer / Core Certified Power User).

• Exposure to Kubernetes, AWS CloudWatch, or Grafana/Prometheus integration.

• Experience implementing AIOps, anomaly detection, or predictive alerting solutions.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.

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· The California Fair Chance Act

· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

· San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance