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OBSERVABILITY ENGINEERER
- Halifax, NS, Canada
$55 to $60 CAD / hour · Contract
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- $55 to $60 CAD / hour
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Pay Range: CAD 55-60/hr
We are seeking an experienced Observability Engineer to join our EnterpriseKubernetes Platform team at a leading financial services organization. Youllown the complete observability stack across 50+ production Kubernetes clusters|providing metrics| logging| tracing| and alerting capabilities that ensureexceptional reliability and performance for mission-critical applications.This role combines deep technical expertise in modern observability tools withemerging AI/ML capabilities to build intelligent monitoring solutions|predictive alerting| and self-healing infrastructure.========================================================================WHAT YOULL DO========================================================================OBSERVABILITY STACK OWNERSHIP-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Design| deploy| and maintain enterprise-scale observability infrastructureincluding Prometheus| Grafana| Thanos| Loki| and modern collection agents Manage observability deployments using GitOps principles and infrastructureas code Implement long-term metrics storage solutions with cloud object storage Maintain and upgrade observability components across development| QA| UAT|production| and DR environments Configure distributed observability architecture spanning multiple datacenters and cloud providersMETRICS & MONITORING-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Design and implement Prometheus monitoring strategies for Kubernetesinfrastructure and containerized applications Create ServiceMonitors| PodMonitors for automated metrics collection Develop rules for intelligent alerting with minimal false positives Configure multi-cluster metrics federation and aggregation Optimize metrics cardinality| storage e_iciency| and query performance Implement recording rules for pre-aggregated metrics and SLI calculationsDASHBOARDS & VISUALIZATION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Build comprehensive Grafana dashboards for infrastructure health| applicationperformance| and business metrics Create reusable dashboard templates and libraries for development teams Implement dashboard-as-code Configure multiple datasources Design executive dashboards with SLO/SLI tracking and business KPIs Implement role-based access control and multi-tenancy in GrafanaLOGGING INFRASTRUCTURE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deploy and manage centralized logging solutions (Loki| ELK| Splunk| orsimilar) Configure log collection agents (Promtail| Fluentd| FluentBit| Vector| etc.) Design log retention policies balancing cost| compliance| and operationalneeds Create LogQL/Lucene queries and log-base
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Responsibilities
Own and maintain the observability stack across more than 50 production Kubernetes clusters, including metrics, dashboards, alerting, and centralized logging. Build reliable, scalable monitoring and storage solutions across environments and locations, using automation and intelligent monitoring capabilities.
Requirements
The role calls for mid-to-senior-level experience with enterprise observability systems and Kubernetes, including tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Thanos, and Loki. Candidates should be able to design monitoring and alerting strategies, optimize metrics and queries, manage logging infrastructure, and apply GitOps and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Skills
- Observability
- Kubernetes
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Thanos
- Loki
- GitOps
- Infrastructure as Code
- Metrics Monitoring
- Alerting
- Dashboard as Code
- Distributed Tracing
- Centralized Logging
- LogQL
- SLI/SLO Tracking
- AI/ML Monitoring
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Categories
- Technology
- Software
- Engineering
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- Enterprise Kubernetes
- Observability
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Thanos
- Loki
- ELK
- Splunk
- Promtail
- Fluentd
- Fluent Bit
- Vector
- GitOps
- Infrastructure as Code
- Cloud Object Storage
- Metrics Federation
- Metrics Cardinality
- Recording Rules
- Grafana Dashboards
- Dashboard as Code
- LogQL
- Lucene
- Distributed Observability
- Alerting
- AI/ML
- Predictive Alerting
- Self-Healing Infrastructure
- SLI
- SLO
- Multi-Tenancy