Junior Observability Engineer Job in Hyderabad at Eli Lilly & Company

Eli Lilly & Company is hiring for the role of Junior Observability Engineer!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Assist in setting up data ingestion pipelines into Splunk Cloud from various sources.
• Ensure data quality and consistency across ingestion workflows.
• Support OpenTelemetry integration for collecting traces, metrics, and logs.
• Contribute to the configuration of ITSI components including:
• Basic service tree mapping and KPI creation.
• Development of simple Glass Tables and dashboards.
• Initial setup of anomaly detection and thresholding rules.
• Help troubleshoot Splunk-related issues such as data discrepancies and dashboard errors.
• Maintain documentation for observability configurations and workflows.
• Follow and promote observability best practices.
• Work with application teams, SREs, and developers to understand monitoring needs.
• Translate basic business requirements into technical observability solutions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1–3 years of experience working with Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud in an operational or support role.
• Familiarity with Splunk SPL (Search Processing Language) for basic queries and dashboarding.
• Exposure to OpenTelemetry and observability principles.
• Awareness of Logs as a Code (LaaC) concepts and version-controlled configuration practices.
• Eagerness to learn and grow in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.