Infrastructure Observability Lead

Title: Infrastructure Observability Lead

Location: Grand Rapids, MI - Onsite

Duration: 7-11 months (Mid Term)

Rate: $ 65 on w2

Recruiting Focus: An Enterprise Observability Architect / Lead who can define and drive enterprise-wide observability strategy, architecture, standards, and governance. The ideal candidate should have deep expertise in OpenTelemetry, hands-on experience with enterprise monitoring platforms, and a strong Infrastructure & Operations background across cloud, hybrid, and Kubernetes environments.

The candidate must be capable of leading observability transformation, integrating multiple monitoring tools, establishing reliability metrics, enabling AIOps initiatives, and communicating architecture recommendations to executive stakeholders.

Top Priorities:

·         OpenTelemetry: Expert knowledge of OpenTelemetry architecture, instrumentation, and enterprise adoption.

·         Observability Platforms: Strong experience with Observe, Dynatrace, SolarWinds, Splunk, Datadog, or similar platforms.

·         Observability Architecture: Experience designing enterprise-scale observability architectures and telemetry pipelines.

·         Infrastructure & Operations: Deep understanding of Linux, Windows, cloud platforms, networking, and databases.

·         Container Platforms: Experience with Kubernetes and OpenShift environments.

·         Telemetry Engineering: Experience with metrics, logs, traces, events, APIs, and automation.

·         Reliability Engineering: Knowledge of SLOs, SLIs, service health monitoring, reliability KPIs, and root cause analysis.

·         Technical Leadership: Strong stakeholder engagement, executive communication, architecture roadmaps, and governance experience.

Experience Guidelines:

·         12–18+ years of overall IT Infrastructure/Operations experience.

·         5+ years of observability/monitoring architecture experience.

·         Enterprise-scale environment experience; Fortune 500 experience preferred.