Observability Engineer

Weekday (YC W21); Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentBridge is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer to design, implement, and scale enterprise-grade observability platforms. You will drive visibility across distributed systems and lead migration from legacy monitoring to modern cloud-native solutions.

Join a collaborative engineering team, shaping best practices for metrics, logs, traces, and alerting. Strong OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenShift/Kubernetes, and Helm expertise are required.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on experience with observability tooling and architectures.
• Strong experience designing and deploying end-to-end observability stacks.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes/OpenShift and cloud-native monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and scale end-to-end observability solutions across enterprise environments.
• Lead migration from legacy monitoring to modern observability stacks.
• Build dashboards, alerts, and standards to improve incident response.

Skills

OpenTelemetry

Grafana Enterprise

Prometheus/PromQL

Grafana dashboards

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Helm charts

Observability platforms

SRE/DevOps

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

ITRS Geneos

Mimir

Loki

Tempo

Grafana

Job description

This role is for one of our clients

Company Name: TalentBridge

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Min Experience: 6+ years

Location: Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune

JobType: full-time

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We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Observability Engineer to design, implement, and scale enterprise‑grade observability platforms that provide deep visibility into distributed systems. This role is ideal for professionals passionate about improving system reliability, performance, and operational excellence through modern observability practices.

As a key member of the engineering team, you will lead the design and deployment of comprehensive monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions while driving the migration from traditional monitoring platforms to a modern observability ecosystem. You will collaborate closely with platform, infrastructure, and application teams to establish best practices and improve the overall health and resilience of mission‑critical systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and manage scalable end-to-end observability solutions covering metrics, logs, traces, and alerting across enterprise environments
• Lead the migration from legacy monitoring platforms to modern observability frameworks and cloud‑native monitoring solutions
• Deploy, administer, and optimize observability platforms running on Kubernetes or OpenShift environments
• Build reusable dashboards, alerts, and monitoring standards to improve operational visibility and incident response
• Develop and maintain Helm charts for deployment and lifecycle management of observability components
• Implement automation for deployment, configuration management, and operational workflows using Python or Bash scripting
• Collaborate with engineering and application teams to define observability standards and integrate monitoring into development workflows
• Analyze system performance, identify bottlenecks, and recommend improvements that enhance platform reliability and scalability
• Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and strategic recommendations for observability initiatives
• Support production operations by troubleshooting complex monitoring and infrastructure issues
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and drive adoption of observability best practices across engineering teams

Must‑Have Skills

• Strong hands‑on experience with OpenTelemetry for instrumentation and telemetry collection
• Expertise in the Grafana Enterprise Stack, including Mimir, Loki, and Tempo
• Experience administering and scaling ITRS Geneos in enterprise environments
• Strong knowledge of Prometheus and PromQL
• Hands‑on experience with Grafana, including dashboard creation, alerting, and data source management
• Experience administering OpenShift or Kubernetes clusters
• Expertise in developing and managing Helm Charts for Kubernetes deployments
• Experience designing, deploying, and scaling enterprise observability platforms

Good‑to‑Have Skills

• Experience with Google Cloud Observability or other cloud‑native monitoring solutions
• Automation and scripting experience using Python or Bash
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and enterprise deployment processes
• Experience implementing observability in cloud‑native or microservices‑based architectures

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 8-15 years of experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or Observability Engineering
• Proven experience implementing observability solutions at enterprise scale
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, container platforms, and cloud‑native technologies

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities
• Strategic thinking with the ability to influence technical direction
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively across cross‑functional teams
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and relationship‑building capabilities
• Service‑oriented mindset with a focus on operational excellence
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast‑paced environment