Job Description
Job Description
Job Title : Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Datadog Observability
Experience Required : 8+ years overall in SRE and Infrastructure Operations with minimum 3 + years hands-on experience in Datadog
Location : Hyderabad preferable but open for Pune and remote
Job Summary :
We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to lead end-to-end SRE implementation initiatives with a strong focus on Datadog Observability . The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise in building reliable, scalable, and observable systems, with hands-on experience in integrating enterprise applications and middleware
Key Responsibilities :
- Drive end-to-end SRE implementation , ensuring system reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Design, configure, and manage Datadog dashboards , monitors, alerts, and APM for proactive issue detection and resolution.
- Utilize the Datadog Roles API to create and manage user roles, global permissions, and access controls for various teams.
- Collaborate with product managers, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to identify observability gaps and design solutions using Datadog.
- Implement automation for alerting, incident response, and ticket creation to improve operational efficiency.
- Work closely with business and IT teams to support critical Financial Month-End, Quarter-End, and Year-End closures .
- Leverage Datadog AI
- Provide technical leadership in observability, reliability, and performance engineering practices
Required Skills and Experience :
8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, ObservabilityMinimum 3+ years of hands-on experience with Datadog (dashboards, APM, alerting, log management, Roles API, and monitoring setup).Proven experience implementing SRE best practices —incident management, postmortems, automation, and reliability metricsExcellent stakeholder management and communication skills ; experience collaborating with business and IT teams .Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to work in high-pressure production support environments.Preferred Qualifications :
Certification in Datadog or related observability platforms.Knowledge of CI / CD tools and automation frameworks.Experience in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or OCI).Exposure to ITIL-based production support processes.