ObservabilityEngineer

Title ObservabilityEngineer

Location : Montreal, QC - Canada

Job Description

Position Description:

We are seeking an experienced and motivatedengineerto join theObservabilityfleet which focuses on delivering tools in private and public cloud environments. The role focuses on developing and modernizingObservabilityplatforms for cloud-native and hybrid applications.

This role involves designing, integrating, and maintaining solutions for collecting, transporting, and visualizing telemetry (tracing, metrics, and logging) to improve the reliability and uptime of our applications. You will closely collaborate with software developers, SRE, infrastructure, and security teams to drive automation and implement best-in-classobservabilitysolutions supporting both development and operations in a hybrid cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and support the modernization and integration ofobservabilitytools in private and public cloud offerings (Google Cloud Platform, AKS, EKS).

• Design, implement, and automate telemetry, logging, and monitoring solutions including dashboards, alerts, and CI/CD integration.

• Enable teams to leverageobservabilitydata for reliability, performance, and security use cases; provide actionable recommendations.

• Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, and security teams to share best practices and support adoption ofobservabilitystandards.

• Mentor and upskill client teams through knowledge transfer and participate in on-call activities as required.

Required Skills

• Experience with any one of the public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google).

• At least 5 years of relevant experience inObservability, Logging, and Monitoring in enterprise environments.

• Hands-on experience withobservabilitytools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Cortex, Tempo, ElasticSearch, Datadog, Splunk, or equivalents.

• Experience working with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration platforms (GKE or similar).

• Proficiency in setting up and configuring dashboards, alerts, and alarms on telemetry data.

• Skilled in configuring and establishing monitoring for applications deployed in public cloud environments.

• Experience in integratingobservabilitytools with CI/CD pipelines and automating through scripting (Python, Bash, JSON, YAML, Terraform, or similar).

• Excellent communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills.

• Proficiency with Linux operating systems and databases (MySQL, DB2, MSSQL, or similar).

• Solid understanding of how enterprise service delivery components interact (web servers, application servers, databases, web services, storage, security).

Nice to Have

• Experience with application instrumentation for distributed tracing, metric, and log collection.

• Experience with Go programming language is a plus.

• Experience with DevOps tooling and automation.

• Prior experience with Application Performance Management (APM) solutions.

• Experience integrating end-user applications with monitoring and APM tools.

• Understanding of enterprise-architecture concepts: 3-tier architecture, high-availability/disaster recovery, active active data centers, etc.

• Familiarity with networking concepts and protocols (OSI model, TCP/IP, HTTP, firewalls, load balancers).