Job title

Principal Observability Engineer

Duration

12-month contract (extension possible)

Role status

Current opening

Principal tasks and responsibilities include:
Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise observability solutions and monitoring frameworks.
Develop and enhance dashboards, alerting, and monitoring capabilities using Splunk, Splunk Observability, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS CloudWatch.
Design and support observability across cloud and Kubernetes-based environments, driving platform performance and reliability.
Develop infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), scripting, and configuration management tools.
Provide technical leadership, establish observability best practices, and mentor engineering teams.

Our client: A large global enterprise organization

Qualifications and pre-requisites:
10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Systems Engineering, or a related infrastructure discipline.




Solid hands-on experience with Splunk and contemporary observability platforms, including Splunk Observability, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS CloudWatch.
Deep expertise with AWS, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Python, or Bash.
Proven experience designing scalable monitoring and observability solutions within large enterprise environments.
Solid communication and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.

Additional information or perks:
Experience with additional cloud platforms (Azure or GCP), Red Hat technologies, virtualization, storage, backup, or identity management is considered an asset.
Relevant certifications such as Splunk, AWS, or Kubernetes are highly desirable.

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