Observability Engineer (Datadog) III

The Standard India; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive bonus

Health benefits

Paid time off

Career development

Growth opportunities

Collaborative culture

Job summary

The Standard India is seeking an Observability Engineer (Datadog) to consolidate the monitoring estate on Datadog and migrate from AppDynamics. You will instrument services, build dashboards, and set up monitors and SLIs to support incident response.

This hybrid role is based in Bengaluru with on-site requirements for key engagements; you will run Datadog in production, manage ingestion, and enable teams to self-serve.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering/IS or related field is required.
• 2–6 years in Observability, Infra/Platform Engineering, or SRE.
• Hands-on Datadog in production, including dashboards, monitors, alerting, APM, logs, and integrations.
• Experience with Terraform or similar IaC tools.
• Experience in Azure, Linux, or Kubernetes environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Instrument services, build monitors, dashboards, and SLIs.
• Migrate instrumentation and coverage onto Datadog service-by-service.
• Run Datadog platforms, keep signals clean, control ingestion, enable self-service.

Skills

Observability

Terraform

Python

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Datadog

AKS

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Job description

The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with Standard India

A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams across the nation, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture, focused on operational excellence, thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

Job Summary

The Observability Engineer (Datadog) plays a central role in consolidating a fragmented monitoring estate onto Datadog as our single observability platform and migrating application performance monitoring off AppDynamics. This role does the engineering that makes that real: instrumenting services, standing up integrations, and building the monitors, dashboards, and service level objectives that teams actually use during an incident.

The work has two phases and you will do both: migration, moving instrumentation and coverage onto Datadog service by service and retiring what it replaces; and platform operations, running Datadog well, keeping the signal clean, controlling what we ingest, and enabling other teams to self-serve. Our outcome measure is business impact minutes: everything this team builds is judged on whether it helps us detect a problem before a customer does and diagnose it faster once we are on the call. This is a hands‑on engineering role, not a monitoring or command center role.

• Ability to work on‑site in Bengaluru, India is a requirement of the role.

Mode of Working:

This role follows a hybrid work model, with a primary base in Bengaluru. While on‑site presence is essential for key engagements, flexibility is offered for remote work based on business needs and team alignment.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field is required.

Skills and Background You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field is required.

Experience

• 2 to 6 years of experience in Observability, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
• Hands‑on experience implementing and supporting Datadog in production environments, including dashboards, monitors, alerting, APM, log management, and integrations.
• Experience using Terraform or similar Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools to deploy, configure, and maintain monitoring and observability platforms.
• Experience working in Azure, Linux, or Kubernetes (AKS) environments.
• Basic scripting and automation skills using Python, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Datadog migrations from AppDynamics, Dynatrace, New Relic, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry.
• Experience integrating Datadog with ServiceNow or other ITSM platforms.
• Experience working in a large enterprise environment.

Preferred Certifications

• Datadog Certification
• Terraform Associate Certification
• Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) or equivalent

Why Join Standard India?

• A rich benefits package that supports your health, well‑being, and financial goals
• An annual incentive bonus plan tied to both individual and organizational performance
• Paid time off including earned leave, sick/casual leave, and public holidays, in accordance with the company’s leave policy
• A supportive, responsive management approach that empowers you to grow
• Opportunities for career advancement through learning, coaching, and leadership enablement
• A culture where your voice matters - your ideas shape our future, and we win as one
• Purpose‑driven work that makes a difference for our customers, communities, and each other

In addition to a competitive salary, our employee‑focused benefits are designed to support work‑life balance, personal growth, and long‑term impact.

Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on a variety of factors including individual and organizational performance.

StanCorp Global Services India Private Limited is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, caste, HIV status or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws of India.