Observability and Monitoring Engineer

Hybrid in Des Moines, IA, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 1 day ago

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Hybrid

Depends on Experience

Palmer Group

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Job Details

Skills

Python
Bash
SolarWinds
Splunk
Zabbix
Computer Science
Dashboard
KPI
Windows PowerShell

Summary

Our West Des Moines client is seeking a seasoned Observability and Monitoring Engineer to design and enhance enterprise-wide monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability solutions for their AWS-based systems. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with excellent architecture skills and proficiency in consolidating various monitoring tools into a unified observability framework. If you meet the qualifications below, apply today to learn more!

Work model:

Hybrid

What you will do:

Define and implement standards for logging, metrics, event correlation, tracing, and alerting across various environments
Develop centralized dashboards and alerting policies to deliver unified visibility across applications and services, databases (MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.), operating systems, file transfer systems (SFTP, managed transfer tools), AWS services (EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, etc.), batch jobs, and scheduled processes
Develop noise-free, actionable alert thresholds, escalation procedures, and runbooks
Consolidate current tools (Graylog, Dynatrace, SolarWinds, Zabbix, Splunk) into a well-integrated ecosystem
Assess current tool usage and provide modernization and consolidation recommendations as needed
Maintain monitoring and logging platforms, automate deployments with IaC (CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines, and build reusable templates for fast application onboarding
Create self-service dashboards and reports for technical and business stakeholders and document monitoring standards, logging schemas, dashboard naming, and alerting guidelines
Establish SLIs, SLOs, and reliability KPIs for essential services
Collaborate with scrum, security, and infrastructure teams to enhance reliability and reduce MTTR; assist with incident resolution, problem management, and root cause analysis

What you will need to be successful:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
5+ years of hands-on experience in monitoring and observability utilizing Dynatrace
Practical experience with monitoring and logging tools, including Graylog, SolarWinds, Zabbix, Splunk, or equivalents
5+ years of hands-on expertise with AWS architecture and services
High-level comprehension of event correlation, logs, metrics, traces, and distributed tracing
Proven experience in designing dashboards and KPIs across infrastructure, applications, and databases
Excellent scripting and automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash) and working knowledge of CloudFormation or Terraform
Strong comprehension of systems architecture, network monitoring, and performance tuning
Experience with ITIL frameworks for incident and problem management

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Dice Id: palmeria
Position Id: 48171-1
Posted 1 day ago

Company Info

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