Observability Engineer
virtual vocationsDenver (CO)
Observability Engineer
Posted 3 days ago
virtual vocationsDenver (CO)
SENIORITY
Senior
About the role
Building the observability practice from the ground up, the full-time Observability Engineer will define monitoring strategies, create dashboards and alerting systems in Datadog and PagerDuty, and enhance visibility across enterprise systems in a remote work environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Define monitoring criteria and establish alerting protocols for enterprise systems
Develop dashboards and monitors in Datadog for performance and capacity tracking
Implement alert routing and escalation processes in PagerDuty to ensure timely issue resolution
Required Qualifications:
3+ years of experience building observability functions, including dashboards and alerting
Hands-on experience with Datadog and PagerDuty
Proficient in scripting and API usage (e.g., Python) for data extraction
Demonstrated ability to create observability solutions in environments with limited visibility
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