Observability Engineer

DevOps Observability Engineer
Location: 100% Remote (U.S. Only)
Employment Type: Long-term Contact (36 months+)
Authorization: U.S. Citizen Only

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated DevOps Observability Engineer to join our evolving team. This is a critical role focused on building, enhancing, and maintaining robust monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions as we transition our infrastructure from on-premise environments to Microsoft Azure. You will be instrumental in ensuring the performance, reliability, and health of our systems, providing deep insights that drive operational excellence and proactive problem-solving.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and Implement Observability Solutions: Architect, implement, and manage comprehensive monitoring, logging, and tracing systems for both existing on-premise infrastructure and new Azure cloud environments.
• Azure Migration Support: Play a key role in the migration to Azure, specifically designing and deploying observability tools and practices within the Azure ecosystem.
• Tooling Expertise: Utilize and optimize tools such as Dynatrace, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), and other relevant platforms to capture and visualize system metrics, logs, and traces.
• Automated Alerting & Reporting: Develop and configure automated alerts, dashboards, and reports to provide real-time insights into system health, performance bottlenecks, and potential issues.
• Performance Optimization: Analyze observability data to identify performance degradation, troubleshoot complex incidents, and recommend solutions for system optimization and stability.
• Scripting & Automation: Write and maintain automation scripts (primarily in Python) for integrating observability tools, automating data collection, and streamlining operational tasks.
• Incident Response & Root Cause Analysis: Support incident response efforts by providing critical data and analysis, facilitating rapid root cause identification and resolution.
• Collaboration & Best Practices: Collaborate closely with development, operations, and security teams to embed observability best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 5-7 years of progressive experience in DevOps roles.
• Dedicated Observability Experience: Minimum of 2 years of dedicated experience specifically in DevOps Observability, focusing on implementing and managing monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions.
• Cloud Proficiency: Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services, particularly those related to infrastructure, networking, and monitoring.
• Observability Tools: Expert-level proficiency with Dynatrace, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
• Scripting: Strong programming and scripting skills, particularly in Python, for automation and data manipulation.
• Problem-Solving: Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Communication: Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex technical information to diverse audiences.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with other monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Datadog).
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Azure Resource Manager templates).
• Background working with hybrid cloud environments (on-premise to cloud migration).