Senior Observability Engineer

Prudent Technologies and Consulting, Inc.; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Prudent Technologies and Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer with hands-on experience in Datadog, Splunk, and monitoring solutions to ensure application performance, infrastructure reliability, and production stability.

You will configure Datadog dashboards, develop Splunk queries and dashboards, implement end-to-end observability across cloud, Kubernetes, and API layers, and collaborate with DevOps, SRE, and infrastructure teams to improve system reliability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Datadog, Splunk, and monitoring solutions.
• Experience with APM, log management, dashboards, alerts, and observability concepts.
• Experience with Linux, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and application monitoring.
• Knowledge of scripting, incident management, and production troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, and Terraform preferred.

Responsibilities

• Configure and manage Datadog dashboards, monitors, alerts, APM, and infrastructure monitoring.
• Develop Splunk SPL queries, dashboards, reports, and alerts for log analysis.
• Implement end‑to‑end observability using metrics, logs, and distributed traces.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure, applications, APIs, and Kubernetes environments.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and support incident management.
• Automate monitoring tasks using Python/Bash and Terraform.
• Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, application, and infrastructure teams to improve system reliability.

Skills

Datadog experience

Splunk experience

Kubernetes

Monitoring concepts

Root cause analysis

Tools

Datadog

Splunk

Python

Bash

Terraform

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Job Description: Senior Observability Engineer – Datadog & Splunk

Experience: 5+ Years

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Observability Engineer with hands‑on expertise in Datadog, Splunk, and monitoring solutions to ensure application performance, infrastructure reliability, and production stability.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and manage Datadog dashboards, monitors, alerts, APM, and infrastructure monitoring.
• Develop Splunk SPL queries, dashboards, reports, and alerts for log analysis.
• Implement end‑to‑end observability using metrics, logs, and distributed traces.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure, applications, APIs, and Kubernetes environments.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and support incident management.
• Automate monitoring tasks using Python/Bash and Terraform.
• Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, application, and infrastructure teams to improve system reliability.

Required Skills

• Strong hands‑on experience with Datadog and Splunk.
• Knowledge of APM, log management, dashboards, alerting, and observability concepts.
• Experience with Linux, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and application monitoring.
• Knowledge of scripting, incident management, and production troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Open Telemetry, and Terraform is preferred.