Senior DevOps Engineer (Observability)

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Requirements:

• Strong expertise in observability tools, particularly the LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir) or similar.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes and its observability ecosystem.
• Programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages for building observability tools.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Bash) for automation tasks.
• Experience improving metrics, logs, and traces pipelines for better data quality and reliability.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, microservices, and CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Experience with observability tools like Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or Jaeger.
• Knowledge of reusable libraries or templates for observability integration.
• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work with developers and stakeholders to improve their experience with observability.

Responsibilities:

• Enhancing and maintaining the observability stack with a focus on usability, scalability, and capacity planning.
• Working with teams to improve the quality, consistency, and value of metrics, logs, and traces.
• Developing tools and processes to simplify the integration of observability into developer workflows.
• Building meaningful, actionable dashboards and alerts tailored to teams’ needs.
• Collaborating with developers to define SLIs and SLOs that align with business goals.
• Investigating and resolving gaps or bottlenecks in the observability pipeline.
• Advocating for and driving the adoption of observability best practices across the organization.
• Staying up to date on emerging trends in observability and recommending improvements.