AppDynamics Administrator/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 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 •