Observability Engineer
Spectraforce
US
Remote
2 hours ago
Job Description
Job Title-: Observability Engineer
Location-: Remote
Duration-: 10 Months
Overview
The Observability Engineer is responsible for helping migrate from SignalFX to Datadog stakeholders through a value-driven migration from legacy monitoring platforms (e.g., SignalFX/Splunk Observability Cloud) to modern observability solutions such as Datadog. This role emphasizes rationalization, optimization, and enablement—ensuring that migrated dashboards and metrics are cost-efficient.
What you will be Doing
The Observability Engineer is responsible for helping migrate from SignalFX to Datadog
stakeholders through a value-driven migration from legacy monitoring platforms (e.g.,
SignalFX/Splunk Observability Cloud) to modern observability solutions such as Datadog. This
role emphasizes rationalization, optimization, and enablement—ensuring that migrated
dashboards and metrics are cost-efficient.
Key Responsibilities
? Assessment & Rationalization
? Work with customers to help them decide which dashboards to migrate,
refactor, or retire based on business impact.
? Datadog Optimization
? Map legacy dashboards to Datadog’s native templates and features.
? Leverage AWS integrations and out-of-the-box dashboards to reduce custom
build effort.
? Stakeholder Enablement
? Educate Infra, App, and DevOps teams on Datadog’s capabilities and best
practices.
? Ability to collaboratively train and document supporting long-term dashboard
ownership.
Required Skills & Experience
? Proven expertise in Datadog, including AWS integrations and dashboard templating.
? Experience with SignalFX/Splunk Observability Cloud and legacy monitoring
paradigms.
? Experience working across Infra, App, and DevOps teams to create relevant metrics.
? Experience with applying SRE concepts
? Strong understanding of AWS architecture and cloud-native observability.
? Strong understanding of monitoring distributed systems
? Familiarity with OpenShift or Kubernetes
? Familiarity with Ansible
? Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code concepts
? Familiarity with OpenTelemetry
? 3 years of Python development experience
? Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
? Certifications in Datadog, AWS, or related observability platforms.
? Experience in enterprise-scale monitoring transformations.
Engagement Flow Example
1. Mapping: Align legacy dashboards with Datadog’s AWS-native templates.
2. Rationalization: Recommend migration priorities and dashboard retirement.
3. Implementation: Collaborate with Red Hat teams on efficient migration execution.
4. Enablement: Train stakeholders on dashboard creation, maintenance, and
optimization.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 70.00/hr.
Location-: Remote
Duration-: 10 Months
Overview
The Observability Engineer is responsible for helping migrate from SignalFX to Datadog stakeholders through a value-driven migration from legacy monitoring platforms (e.g., SignalFX/Splunk Observability Cloud) to modern observability solutions such as Datadog. This role emphasizes rationalization, optimization, and enablement—ensuring that migrated dashboards and metrics are cost-efficient.
What you will be Doing
The Observability Engineer is responsible for helping migrate from SignalFX to Datadog
stakeholders through a value-driven migration from legacy monitoring platforms (e.g.,
SignalFX/Splunk Observability Cloud) to modern observability solutions such as Datadog. This
role emphasizes rationalization, optimization, and enablement—ensuring that migrated
dashboards and metrics are cost-efficient.
Key Responsibilities
? Assessment & Rationalization
? Work with customers to help them decide which dashboards to migrate,
refactor, or retire based on business impact.
? Datadog Optimization
? Map legacy dashboards to Datadog’s native templates and features.
? Leverage AWS integrations and out-of-the-box dashboards to reduce custom
build effort.
? Stakeholder Enablement
? Educate Infra, App, and DevOps teams on Datadog’s capabilities and best
practices.
? Ability to collaboratively train and document supporting long-term dashboard
ownership.
Required Skills & Experience
? Proven expertise in Datadog, including AWS integrations and dashboard templating.
? Experience with SignalFX/Splunk Observability Cloud and legacy monitoring
paradigms.
? Experience working across Infra, App, and DevOps teams to create relevant metrics.
? Experience with applying SRE concepts
? Strong understanding of AWS architecture and cloud-native observability.
? Strong understanding of monitoring distributed systems
? Familiarity with OpenShift or Kubernetes
? Familiarity with Ansible
? Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code concepts
? Familiarity with OpenTelemetry
? 3 years of Python development experience
? Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
? Certifications in Datadog, AWS, or related observability platforms.
? Experience in enterprise-scale monitoring transformations.
Engagement Flow Example
1. Mapping: Align legacy dashboards with Datadog’s AWS-native templates.
2. Rationalization: Recommend migration priorities and dashboard retirement.
3. Implementation: Collaborate with Red Hat teams on efficient migration execution.
4. Enablement: Train stakeholders on dashboard creation, maintenance, and
optimization.
Applicant Notices & Disclaimers
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 70.00/hr.