Observability Engineer
Ryan Specialty
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Williamsville • Illinois, Montana, New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $92,000 - $115,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AzureCloudPythonSplunk
About the role
- Lead the design, deployment, and management of observability tools including Datadog, Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, and Splunk
- Develop and maintain dashboards, alerts, and reports to provide actionable insights into system health and performance
- Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and DevOps teams to define observability standards and best practices
- Drive integration of observability platforms with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native environments
- Analyze telemetry data to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for optimization
- Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of observability across the organization
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend enhancements to the observability stack
- Ensure compliance with security and governance policies in monitoring implementations
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience in infrastructure monitoring, observability, or site reliability engineering
- Hands-on expertise with Datadog, Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, and Splunk
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms (especially Microsoft Azure) and hybrid environments
- Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for automation and data manipulation
- Experience with log aggregation, distributed tracing, and metrics collection
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. and we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time
Benefits
- Paid time off for company holidays, vacation, sick and personal days
- Paid parental leave
- Mental health services and more
- Comprehensive and best-in-class benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
infrastructure monitoringobservabilitysite reliability engineeringscripting languagesPythonPowerShelllog aggregationdistributed tracingmetrics collectioncloud platforms
Soft skills
problem-solvingcollaborationmentoring