Observability Engineer (Logging & Monitoring)

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled Observability and Monitoring Engineer to establish and sustain hybrid cloud monitoring systems within enterprise settings. This position involves architecting comprehensive observability frameworks that encompass metrics, logging, and alerting to enhance system visibility, reliability, and performance. Collaboration with DevOps, Infrastructure, and Cloud teams is essential to foster proactive monitoring and leverage advanced analytics.

Primary Responsibilities

• Deploy and oversee observability and monitoring solutions across hybrid infrastructures, including on-premises and AWS environments.
• Create and manage alert systems and metrics visualizations for various services and settings.
• Develop sophisticated log processing workflows and integrate diverse data inputs.
• Craft and sustain custom dashboards utilizing tools such as Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus.
• Implement strategies for long-term log storage and archiving leveraging S3 and ELK platforms.
• Work jointly with engineering groups to set observability protocols and refine performance tracking.

Key Qualifications

• Practical experience with monitoring and observability platforms including Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and ELK stack.
• Deep knowledge of metrics acquisition, logging pipeline construction, and alerting systems.
• Proven ability to manage monitoring infrastructures in hybrid settings merging on-premises and cloud resources.

Desirable Skills

• Insight into monitoring containerized applications using Kubernetes, Docker, and microservices architectures.
• Competence with infrastructure-as-code solutions like Terraform and Ansible for automation in observability.
• Programming skills in scripting languages such as Python and Bash for automation or data extraction tasks.