Senior Observability Engineer

Position Overview

Join Autodesk as a Senior Observability Engineer driving the architecture, scale, and evolution of our global observability platform engineering team. You will lead technical strategy, platform innovation, and cross-functional collaboration to elevate telemetry across the engineering org.

Responsibilities

Architect scalable, secure, and resilient logging platforms across hybrid / multi-cloud

Lead OpenTelemetry adoption with standardized instrumentation and deployment models

Define robust onboarding strategies for cloud, hybrid, and edge telemetry sources

Integrate observability tooling (Splunk, Dynatrace) to deliver unified insights

Evaluate emerging technologies; develop custom observability solutions as needed

Contribute to open-source or internal observability tooling and standards

Drive documentation, training, and cross-team knowledge sharing

Collaborate with app teams to embed observability into new service architectures

Work with security teams on logging compliance, threat detection, and governance

Partner with platform teams on CI / CD observability integration and enterprise telemetry architecture

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's in CS, Engineering, or related field

5–8 years in Observability, SRE, or DevOps with deep logging platform expertise

Advanced skills in Splunk (admin, dev, architect), and OpenTelemetry in production

Strong Python or Go development background; expert in Linux and networking

Hands-on with AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3) and containerized environments (Kubernetes, service mesh)

Proven experience in designing large-scale, secure observability systems

Preferred Qualifications

Splunk Admin, Architect, or Developer certifications

Contributions to OpenTelemetry or other open-source observability projects

Experience with multiple platforms (Datadog, Elastic, Prometheus, New Relic)

Exposure to machine learning in observability (e.g., predictive alerting)

Familiarity with logging-related compliance standards (SOC2, GDPR, PCI)

Proficient with IaC and GitOps-based deployments

Background in multi-cloud and hybrid cloud telemetry strategies

Technical leadership or project ownership experience

Strong communicator with writing / speaking experience in observability forums

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