Job descriptionThis role is for one of the Weekday's clients Salary range: Rs 500000 - Rs 1700000 (ie INR 5 - 17 LPA) Min Experience: 6+ years Location: Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune JobType: full-time We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Observability Engineer to design, implement, and scale enterprise-grade observability platforms that provide deep visibility into distributed systems. This role is ideal for professionals passionate about improving system reliability, performance, and operational excellence through modern observability practices. As a key member of the engineering team, you will lead the design and deployment of comprehensive monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions while driving the migration from traditional monitoring platforms to a modern observability ecosystem. You will collaborate closely with platform, infrastructure, and application teams to establish best practices and improve the overall health and resilience of mission-critical systems. Requirements Key Responsibilities - Design, develop, and manage scalable end-to-end observability solutions covering metrics, logs, traces, and alerting across enterprise environments. - Lead the migration from legacy monitoring platforms to modern observability frameworks and cloud-native monitoring solutions. - Deploy, administer, and optimize observability platforms running on Kubernetes or OpenShift environments. - Build reusable dashboards, alerts, and monitoring standards to improve operational visibility and incident response. - Develop and maintain Helm charts for deployment and lifecycle management of observability components. - Implement automation for deployment, configuration management, and operational workflows using Python or Bash scripting. - Collaborate with engineering and application teams to define observability standards and integrate monitoring into development workflows. - Analyze system performance, identify bottlenecks, and recommend improvements that enhance platform reliability and scalability. - Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and strategic recommendations for observability initiatives. - Support production operations by troubleshooting complex monitoring and infrastructure issues. - Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and drive adoption of observability best practices across engineering teams. Requirements Must-Have Skills - Strong hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry for instrumentation and telemetry collection. - Expertise in the Grafana Enterprise Stack, including Mimir, Loki, and Tempo. - Experience administering and scaling ITRS Geneos in enterprise environments. - Strong knowledge of Prometheus and PromQL. - Hands-on experience with Grafana, including dashboard creation, alerting, and data source management. - Experience administering OpenShift or Kubernetes clusters. - Expertise in developing and managing Helm Charts for Kubernetes deployments. - Experience designing, deploying, and scaling enterprise observability platforms. Good-to-Have Skills - Experience with Google Cloud Observability or other cloud-native monitoring solutions. - Automation and scripting experience using Python or Bash. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and enterprise deployment processes. - Experience implementing observability in cloud-native or microservices-based architectures. Preferred Qualifications - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. - 8–15 years of experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or Observability Engineering. - Proven experience implementing observability solutions at enterprise scale. - Strong understanding of distributed systems, container platforms, and cloud-native technologies. Soft Skills - Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. - Strategic thinking with the ability to influence technical direction. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. - Ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams. - Strong leadership, mentoring, and relationship-building capabilities. - Service-oriented mindset with a focus on operational excellence. - Ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
