Principal Observability Engineer

ISG Search Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Azure or GCP experience

Red Hat technologies

Virtualization

Backup capabilities

Identity management experience

Certifications (Splunk/AWS/Kubernetes)

Job summary

ISG Search Inc. seeks a Principal Observability Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise observability across cloud and Kubernetes environments.

You will build and improve dashboards, alerts, and monitoring using Splunk, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS CloudWatch, while guiding teams and driving reliability. The candidate brings 10+ years in platform/SRE roles, deep AWS/Kubernetes expertise, and IaC tooling such as Terraform and Ansible, plus strong

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, Systems Engineering, or related infrastructure discipline.
• Hands-on with Splunk and modern observability platforms including Splunk Observability, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS CloudWatch.
• Deep expertise with AWS, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Python, or Bash.
• Proven experience designing scalable monitoring and observability solutions within large enterprise environments.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise observability solutions and monitoring frameworks.
• Develop and enhance dashboards, alerting, and monitoring capabilities using Splunk, Splunk Observability, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS CloudWatch.
• Design and support observability across cloud and Kubernetes-based environments, driving platform performance and reliability.
• Develop infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), scripting, and configuration management tools.
• Provide technical leadership, establish observability best practices, and mentor engineering teams.

Skills

Observability

Leadership

Architecture

Cloud

SRE

Monitoring

Tools

Splunk

Splunk Observability

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Prometheus

AWS CloudWatch

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Job description

Principal Observability Engineer (BBBH11976) Toronto, Canada

Job title:

Principal Observability Engineer

Duration:

12-month contract (extension possible)

Role status:

Principal tasks and responsibilities include:

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise observability solutions and monitoring frameworks.
• Develop and enhance dashboards, alerting, and monitoring capabilities using Splunk, Splunk Observability, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS CloudWatch.
• Design and support observability across cloud and Kubernetes-based environments, driving platform performance and reliability.
• Develop infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), scripting, and configuration management tools.
• Provide technical leadership, establish observability best practices, and mentor engineering teams.

Our client:

A large global enterprise organization

Qualifications and pre-requisites:

• 10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Systems Engineering, or a related infrastructure discipline.
• Strong hands-on experience with Splunk and modern observability platforms, including Splunk Observability, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS CloudWatch.
• Deep expertise with AWS, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Python, or Bash.
• Proven experience designing scalable monitoring and observability solutions within large enterprise environments.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.

Additional information or perks:

• Experience with additional cloud platforms (Azure or GCP), Red Hat technologies, virtualization, storage, backup, or identity management is considered an asset.
• Relevant certifications such as Splunk, AWS, or Kubernetes are highly desirable.

isgSearch does not use artificial intelligence throughout the hiring process.