Sr Principal Observability Engineer

Major accountabilities:

• Implement observability tools and practices across product and service teams to ensure comprehensive monitoring and insight.
• Collaborate with different product teams and their respective owners to create observability solutions that meet diverse requirements, with a focus on aligning with business KPIs.
• Develop solutions for logging, metrics, and traces using tools like Open Telemetry (OTEL), ensuring efficient and effective data collection and analysis.
• Rapidly diagnose and resolve service faults, troubleshoot and fix performance issues, and communicate resolutions to users as appropriate.
• Engage in continuous improvement and learning by taking on various projects and consistently evaluating and adopting new technologies.
• Contribute to maintaining the pattern catalogue in the respective domain, ensuring alignment with best practices and evolving needs.

Essential Requirements:

• 10 years of work experience in monitoring setup using any of the following tools: Dynatrace, Datadog, ELK stack, Splunk, AppDynamics, Grafana/Prometheus, New Relic. This experience must have been accrued in critical production environments.
• At least 5-6 years of professional experience in end-to-end observability covering technical, user experience, and business outcome metrics.
• Prior experience working with private cloud and Cloud-native public-cloud platforms (particularly AWS) hosted applications.
• Hands-on administrative knowledge of Linux, Chef, Jenkins, and Bitbucket is required.
• Strong understanding of Prometheus, OTEL, and Grafana is a must.
• Fair understanding of Application and Infra monitoring is mandatory.
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and driving large-scale observability projects from concept to completion.
• Ability to architect and implement robust observability solutions that align with industry best practices and organizational goals.
• Experience as a technical lead or architect in designing and building observability frameworks and platforms.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with a focus on performance tuning and optimization.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Emphasis on the ability to adapt and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating resilience and flexibility in the face of change.

Desirable Requirements:

• Observability and Monitoring Tools (e.g., Open Telemetry, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Data Analysis and Visualization.
• Troubleshooting and Problem-Solving.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Management.
• Metrics, Logging, and Tracing Implementation.
• Scripting and Automation (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Performance Tuning and Optimization.
• Cloud Platforms and Services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of Microservices and Container Orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• Communication and Documentation.
• Continuous Improvement and Learning.

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