APM Developer (RARR Job 5342)

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain custom APM scripts to monitor application health, transactions, and performance metrics
• Design, build, and optimize dashboards in Splunk and Kibana for real-time insights and troubleshooting
• Create automated alerts, correlation rules, and thresholds using Splunk scripting and APM tools
• Integrate APM tools with CI/CD pipelines and monitoring frameworks
• Write Splunk queries (SPL) and custom scripts to extract insights from logs and metrics
• Work closely with DevOps, SRE, and development teams to identify performance bottlenecks
• Troubleshoot application issues using data from Splunk, Kibana, and APM logs
• Document monitoring standards, custom scripts, and dashboard logic
• Support performance testing teams with instrumentation and observability scripts

Key Skills & Technologies:

APM & Monitoring:

• Experience with APM tools (such as New Relic, AppDynamics, or custom solutions)

• Strong understanding of APM scripting for metrics collection and synthetic transactions

• Proficiency in instrumenting applications (via agents, APIs, or code-level integrations)

Logging & Visualization:

• Hands-on experience with Splunk (SPL, dashboards, reports, alerts, scripted inputs)

• Working knowledge of Kibana, ElasticSearch, and log data visualization

Scripting & Automation:

• Experience writing Splunk scripts (e.g., modular inputs, saved searches, custom alerts)

• Basic to intermediate scripting in Python, Shell, or JavaScript is a plus

• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD integration is a plus