Senior Observability Engineer
Core
Design and advance observability capabilities to transform operational data into actionable insights for executive decision makers and technology leaders.
Role type
Senior IC observability engineer (SRE/Platform)
Builds
Unified 'single pane of glass' dashboards, SLO/SLI frameworks, and operational intelligence models
Domain
Internet infrastructure / Cloud / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Observability engineering, SLO/SLI definition, Data analysis, Dashboard design, Distributed systems, Telemetry instrumentation, Infrastructure as code, Cloud platforms, Microservices, Statistical analysis
Preferred skills
Enterprise observability program modernization, Reliability engineering, Incident management, Capacity planning, FinOps, Service mapping, Predictive analytics, Kubernetes, Docker, Reliability certifications
Technologies
Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Nagios, Kafka, Jira, ServiceNow, Kubernetes, Docker
Responsibilities
Design and maintain unified observability dashboards consolidating metrics, logs, traces, and events; Define and implement application SLIs, SLOs, and error-budget policies; Analyze observability data to identify performance degradation and root causes; Develop health scores, trend analyses, and predictive indicators; Coach engineering teams on instrumentation and data-driven problem-solving; Lead technical evaluations regarding observability platforms.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership
