Technical Lead Observability

Cognizant; Madrid; A distancia; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cognizant is seeking an Observability Expert to strengthen the monitoring and reliability capabilities for a leading energy client. You will instrument applications for metrics, build tracing and logging pipelines, and collaborate with stakeholders to define SLIs and SLOs that matter.

You will bring Datadog and AWS expertise and translate reliability into actionable KPIs and dashboards. This fully remote role emphasizes Python, TypeScript and Java, with dashboards translating telemetry into

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in CS, telecom or related field.
• Strong experience with Datadog and AWS.
• Proven ability to define SLIs/SLOs from business needs.

Responsabilidades

• Instrument applications for functional and technical metrics.
• Build distributed tracing and logging pipelines.
• Define SLIs/SLOs with stakeholders and translate telemetry into dashboards.
• Instrument Python, TypeScript and Java apps across services.
• Create high-level business dashboards from telemetry data.
• Ensure reliable monitoring using Datadog SDK and logs.

Conocimientos

Datadog APM

Datadog custom metrics

Distributed Tracing

Logs as metrics

AWS

Python

TypeScript

Java

Datadog SDK

SLI/SLO definitions

Dashboard design

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Power BI

Descripción del empleo

As an Observability Expert, you will design and implement end-to-end monitoring, tracing and alerting solutions for critical applications at a leading company in the energy sector. Join a fully remote role at the intersection of platform reliability and business insight.

OBSERVABILITY AT SCALE

DATADOG & AWS

FULLY REMOTE

LEARNING & GROWTH

Don't tick every box? If you meet around 70% of the requirements above, we'd still encourage you to apply.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an Observability Expert to strengthen the monitoring and reliability capabilities of a leading energy sector company. In this role, you will instrument applications for functional and technical metrics, build distributed tracing and logging pipelines, and work closely with business stakeholders to define the SLIs and SLOs that matter most. You will bring both deep technical expertise in Datadog and AWS and the business acumen to translate reliability into meaningful KPIs and dashboards.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Instrument applications for both functional and technical metrics using Datadog APM, custom metrics and Distributed Tracing.
• Use logs as a source of metrics, leveraging CloudWatch and/or Datadog metric generation.
• Define SLIs and SLOs, guiding the definition of functional KPIs in collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Implement and define structured logging across applications and services.
• Design high-level business dashboards that translate technical telemetry into actionable insight.
• Instrument applications across multiple languages, primarily Python, with TypeScript and Java where required.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Hands-on experience with Datadog APM, Datadog custom metrics and Distributed Tracing.
• Experience instrumenting applications for both functional and technical metrics using Datadog.
• Experience using logs as a source of metrics (CloudWatch and/or Datadog metric generation).
• Strong understanding of SLI and SLO definitions, with the ability to guide the definition of functional KPIs in collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Solid AWS knowledge and practical experience.
• Ability to instrument applications using Python (mandatory), with TypeScript and Java as a plus.
• Strong expertise with the Datadog SDK.
• Experience implementing and defining structured logging.
• Ability to design high-level business dashboards.

NICE TO HAVE

• Knowledge of OpenTelemetry.
• Experience with Grafana (visualization layer).
• Experience with service-to-service traffic control and monitoring.
• Experience with Power BI (data visualization).
• Experience gathering business requirements related to SLO definition.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications Engineering or a related field.

PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect / Developer Associate.
• Datadog certifications, a plus.

WORKING MODEL

Fully remote position.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.