Site Reliability Engineering SRE Consultant Splunk​/Instana​/AppDynamics

The SRE Consultant – Observability & APM is responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing large-scale observability and application performance monitoring platforms to ensure the reliability, performance, scalability, and availability of mission-critical enterprise systems. The role applies Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles across logging, monitoring, APM, and observability domains, acting as a subject matter expert for platforms such as Splunk, Instana, and App Dynamics, while driving automation, performance engineering, and operational excellence across hybrid and cloud-native environments.

• Architect, deploy, and operate enterprise-grade observability and APM platforms, including Splunk, Instana, and/or App Dynamics, across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Apply SRE principles by defining and managing SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets to ensure platform reliability and service performance.
• Lead performance analysis, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis (RCA) for complex application and platform-level issues.
• Design and maintain dashboards, alerts, health rules, and analytics use cases to provide end-to-end system visibility.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and scalability assessments for observability and APM platforms.
• Drive automation initiatives using scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to improve reliability, consistency, and operational efficiency.
• Integrate observability platforms with ITSM, CI/CD pipelines, SIEM, and incident management tools.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to SRE, Dev Ops, and operations teams.
• Advise engineering and leadership teams on observability best practices and platform strategy.
• Maintain platform documentation, standards, and operational runbooks.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in SRE, IT Operations, Dev Ops, or application performance/observability roles.

• Strong foundation in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), observability, and modern application architectures.
• Proven hands‑on experience with at least one of the following platforms:
  Splunk, Instana, or App Dynamics, in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep hands‑on expertise in observability, logging, and APM platforms (Splunk, Instana, App Dynamics).
• Strong understanding of APM, metrics, logs, traces, and performance engineering concepts.
• Proficiency in SRE practices, including reliability measurement, automation, and incident management.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes / Open Shift).
• Strong automation and scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash, Power Shell).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Puppet) is highly desirable.
• Solid knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows operating systems, networking, and system performance.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Relevant platform or cloud certifications (e.g., Splunk Architect, Instana, App Dynamics, Cloud/SRE certifications) are a plus.