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# Senior Technical Lead

- **Company:** HCL America, Inc.
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $78,000.0 - $148,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Linux, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Python (Programming Language), Log Analysis, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Prometheus, Ruby, Istio, Grafana, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Apache Kafka, Kibana, Terraform, Splunk, Network Server, Dynatrace, Docker, Service Stack, Golang
- **Published:** October 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7ee9478a0be72d66

## About the Role

* 7+ years in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps.
 * Hands-on experience administering Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud.
 * Strong knowledge of Splunk SPL.
 * Experience with Elasticsearch/ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Grafana Tempo, distributed tracing, OpenTelemetry, and Kafka.
 * Experience implementing metrics, logs, and traces as part of a modern observability strategy.
 * Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
 * Programming experience in Python, Go, Ruby, or Bash.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Splunk certification.
 * Experience with Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP, Ansible, Consul, CI/CD pipelines, and service mesh technologies.
 * Experience supporting FedRAMP or regulated environments.

Technology Stack

Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud, Elasticsearch, ELK, Kibana, Prometheus, Grafana, Grafana Tempo, OpenTelemetry, Distributed Tracing, Kafka, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Python, Go, Ruby, Bash, AWS, Ansible, Consul., * 7+ years in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps.

 * Hands-on experience administering Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud.
 * Strong knowledge of Splunk SPL.
 * Experience with Elasticsearch/ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Grafana Tempo, distributed tracing, OpenTelemetry, and Kafka.
 * Experience implementing metrics, logs, and traces as part of a modern observability strategy.
 * Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
 * Programming experience in Python, Go, Ruby, or Bash.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Splunk certification.
 * Experience with Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP, Ansible, Consul, CI/CD pipelines, and service mesh technologies.
 * Experience supporting FedRAMP or regulated environments.

Technology Stack

Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud, Elasticsearch, ELK, Kibana, Prometheus, Grafana, Grafana Tempo, OpenTelemetry, Distributed Tracing, Kafka, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Python, Go, Ruby, Bash, AWS, Ansible, Consul.

Must Have Skill

Splunk Enterprise, * 7+ years in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps.

 * Hands-on experience administering Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud.
 * Strong knowledge of Splunk SPL.
 * Experience with Elasticsearch/ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Grafana Tempo, distributed tracing, OpenTelemetry, and Kafka.
 * Experience implementing metrics, logs, and traces as part of a modern observability strategy.
 * Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
 * Programming experience in Python, Go, Ruby, or Bash.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Splunk certification.
 * Experience with Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP, Ansible, Consul, CI/CD pipelines, and service mesh technologies.
 * Experience supporting FedRAMP or regulated environments.

## Description

* Design, deploy, and operate enterprise observability platforms.
 * Build and maintain Splunk Enterprise/Splunk Cloud infrastructure including Indexers, Search Head Clusters, Heavy Forwarders, and Deployment Servers.
 * Deploy and operate large-scale Elasticsearch clusters for log analytics and search.
 * Design, deploy, and support distributed tracing platforms using Grafana Tempo and Open Telemetry.
 * Build and maintain end-to-end tracing pipelines, instrumentation standards, and trace retention strategies.
 * Scale Prometheus, Grafana, Kafka, Tempo, and OpenTelemetry-based monitoring solutions.
 * Develop dashboards, alerts, analytics, and trace visualizations using Splunk SPL, Grafana, Kibana, and Tempo.
 * Automate infrastructure using Terraform and configuration management tools.