Cloud Observability Engineer

TMC; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent employment contract

Profit sharing

One-on-one coaching and training

Supportive network

Entrepreneurial lab for innovation

Job summary

A high-tech consultancy company in Montreal is seeking an experienced engineer to join their Observability fleet. This role focuses on developing and modernizing observability platforms for cloud-native and hybrid applications, collaborating closely with software developers and infrastructure teams. Responsibilities include building and integrating observability tools, automating telemetry solutions, and mentoring client teams. The ideal candidate has a solid background in cloud services, container technologies, and observability tools, with a strong focus on best practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Observability, Logging, and Monitoring.
• Experience with telemetry, logging, and monitoring solutions.
• Skilled in configuring dashboards, alerts, and alarms.

Responsibilities

• Build and support observability tools in cloud offerings.
• Design, implement, and automate telemetry and monitoring solutions.
• Mentor teams and participate in on-call activities.

Skills

Experience with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google)

5+ years in Observability, Logging, and Monitoring

Hands-on experience with observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus)

Experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Proficiency in scripting for automation (Python, Bash)

Proficiency with Linux operating systems

Experience integrating tools with CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Loki

Datadog

ElasticSearch

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and motivated engineer to join the Observability fleet which focuses on delivering tools in private and public cloud environments. The role focuses on developing and modernizing Observability platforms 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-class observability solutions supporting both development and operations in a hybrid cloud environment.

Responsibilities

The role involves the following tasks and responsibilities :

• Build and support the modernization and integration of observability tools in private and public cloud offerings (GCP, AKS, EKS)
• Design, implement, and automate telemetry, logging, and monitoring solutions including dashboards, alerts, and CI/CD integration.
• Enable teams to leverage observability data for reliability, performance, and security use cases; provide actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, and security teams to share best practices and support adoption of observability standards.
• Mentor and upskill client teams through knowledge transfer and participate in on call activities as required.

What do we expect from you ?

The minimum required skills necessary for this role :

• Experience with any one of the public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google)
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in Observability, Logging, and Monitoring in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with observability tools 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 integrating observability tools with CI/CD pipelines and automating through scripting (Python, Bash, JSON, YAML, Terraform or similar).
• 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)
• Open to work in on call rotation (+- every 6 weeks)

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).

What can you expect from TMC ?

TMC is an international high-tech consultancy company that brings expertise to their clients in order to support them with the realization of their technological challenges. As such, TMC is operating as an expert center at the disposition of its clients and we help them to be more competitive in an ever more global and faster changing technological world.

At TMC we believe that people are the driving force behind technological innovation. That is why we want to create the best possible conditions for tech talents to thrive in. We offer you a challenging and stimulating work environment in which you can be the director of your own career. As an Employeneur you are part of our TMC family. Next to our outstanding technical expertise, fun and engagement are meaningful parts of our culture.

We are truly unique thanks to our Employeneurship model which is a true innovation for the High Technology consulting business. It is the business relationship of the 21th century for high skilled technical professionals. It is built around 5 main pillars :

• You will have a permanent employment contract, offering you stability and security ;
• You will get to know your market value and have a share in the profit your work generates thanks to the individual profit sharing;
• We will support you with a one-on-one coaching and trainings designed to help you develop your entrepreneurial skills ;
• The competence cells structure, provides you with a strong meaningful and relevant network ;
• The entrepreneurial lab: a playground for new ideas and a potential launching for start-ups.

TMC is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.