Senior Data Engineer

Volition; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Volition is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Telemetry & Observability practice. You will design and implement comprehensive observability solutions for complex distributed systems and help organizations gain deep insights into system behavior for operational excellence.

You will design architectures, instrument with OpenTelemetry, and build pipelines across metrics, logs, traces and events. You will mentor client teams and lead engagements from discovery to handoff.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in SRE, DevOps, or observability roles.
• Fluent in Swedish and English.
• Strong expertise with observability tools (Splunk, Cribl, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jaeger, New Relic).
• Experience with OpenTelemetry or similar instrumentation frameworks.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservices architectures.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Go, Python, Java).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Kubernetes experience and cloud-native patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design observability architectures for large-scale distributed systems.
• Implement OpenTelemetry instrumentation across stacks.
• Build telemetry pipelines for metrics, logs, traces & events.
• Create dashboards and alerts for actionable insights.
• Mentor client teams on telemetry best practices.
• Lead client engagements from discovery through implementation and handoff.

Skills

SRE/DevOps experience

Observability domain knowledge

OpenTelemetry

Distributed systems

Programming: Go/Python/Java

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Kubernetes

Swedish & English fluency

Tools

Splunk

Cribl

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Jaeger

New Relic

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Profile

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our growing Telemetry & Observability practice. You’ll work directly with clients to design and implement comprehensive observability solutions for complex distributed systems, helping organizations gain deep insights into their system behavior and improve operational excellence.

What You’ll Do

• Design observability architectures for large-scale distributed systems
• Implement OpenTelemetry instrumentation across diverse technology stacks
• Build telemetry pipelines that collect, process, and route metrics, logs, traces & events
• Create dashboards and alerts that provide actionable insights
• Mentor client teams on telemetry and observability best practices
• Lead client engagements from discovery through implementation and handoff

Who You Are

Required Experience

• Fluent in both Swedish and English
• 5+ years in SRE, DevOps, or observability / data engineering roles
• Strong expertise with observability tools (Splunk, Cribl, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jaeger, New Relic, etc.)
• Experience with OpenTelemetry or similar instrumentation frameworks
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservices architectures
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Go, Python, Java, or similar)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Kubernetes experience and understanding of cloud-native patterns

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of AIOps and machine learning for operations
• Certified in relevant telemetry and observability solutions
• Speaking experience at technical conferences

Personal Qualities

• Problem solver: You love diagnosing complex issues and building elegant solutions
• Communicator: You can explain technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Teacher: You enjoy mentoring and helping others grow
• Curious: You stay current with emerging technologies and best practices
• Collaborative: You thrive in team environments and value diverse perspectives

What we offer you

We offer you a dedicated management team, with a solid engineering and software development background. We are all part of the delivery and still active as consultants. This means that we have a better understanding of both our customer’s unique situation and your situation as an employed consultant. Basically, we are a company by knowledge workers for knowledge workers, built on a foundation of knowledge, empathy, sharing, and fun.

We expect all employees to be part of this culture.

• Willing to always learn something new and set knowledge into practice
• Participation in our competence jam sessions, conferences, and trips
• Willing to share, and spread positive energy

Sounds like a good match?