Expert Automation & Observability Engineer

Ensono; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Paid Days Off

Three health plan options

401k with company match

Education Reimbursement

Sabbatical leave

Wellness program

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Ensono is seeking an Expert Observability Engineer to lead our enterprise observability, APM, and telemetry efforts. You will drive the transformation from decentralized monitoring to a unified, automated SRE-driven framework across hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, and legacy environments.

You will design scalable architectures, lead FOAK technology implementations, and ensure maximum service reliability. You will drive Observability-as-Code via Ansible, Terraform, Python, and GitOps, automating

Qualifications

• 12+ years of total IT experience with 5–7 years as Lead Architect, SRE, or Principal Observability Engineer in a large enterprise.
• Proven track record migrating organizations from legacy monitoring to proactive observability platforms.
• Hands-on expertise building scalable, secure telemetry pipelines and time-series databases.
• Extensive experience leading FOAK rollouts and vendor/operations transition programs.
• Preferred Certifications: Kubernetes Administrator, Cloud Architect (AWS/Azure) or vendor observability certs.

Responsibilities

• Architect and govern a unified observability framework covering metrics, logs, traces, and events.
• Lead FOAK implementations and evaluate new observability tech for secure, repeatable patterns.
• Define telemetry standards, data retention, high-cardinality controls, and cost management.

Skills

Observability leadership

SRE experience

FOAK deployments

Incident management

Tools

IBM Instana

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Telegraf

InfluxDB

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenShift

AWS

Azure

GCP

Ansible

Terraform

Python

GitHub Actions

Job description

At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things! We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.

We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. These five traits are the key to achieving our purpose:

Honesty, Reliability, Curiosity, Collaboration, and Passion.

About the role and what you'll be doing:

We are seeking an Expert Observability Engineer to serve as the strategic technical lead and architect for our enterprise Observability, APM, and Telemetry ecosystems. You will lead the transformation from decentralized, reactive monitoring to a unified, automated, and proactive observability framework. Operating across hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, and legacy environments, you will design scalable architectures, drive Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, and lead First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) technology implementations to ensure maximum service reliability.

We want all new Associates to succeed in their roles at Ensono. That's why we've outlined the job requirements below. To be considered for this role, it's important that you meet all Required Qualifications. If you do not meet all of the Preferred Qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.

Core Responsibilities

1. Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

• Architect and govern a unified observability framework covering metrics, logs, traces, and events using IBM Instana, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Telegraf, and InfluxDB.
• Lead First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) implementations—evaluating new observability tech and converting them into secure, repeatable, production-ready patterns.
• Define enterprise standards for telemetry pipelines, data retention, high-cardinality controls, and observability cost management.

2. SRE & Service Reliability

• Define and govern Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Objectives (SLOs), and error budgets.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point, leading major P1/P2 incident war rooms and conducting evidence-based Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Drastically reduce MTTD/MTTR and alert noise through event correlation, dynamic thresholds, and dependency mapping.

3. Platform Engineering & Automation

• Drive Observability-as-Code and infrastructure automation using Ansible, Terraform, Python, and GitOps.
• Automate the deployment, configuration, and self-healing workflows for monitoring agents and telemetry collectors.
• Integrate observability platforms seamlessly with ITSM (ServiceNow), Netcool, and CI/CD pipelines.

4. Cloud-Native & Kubernetes Observability

• Design deep observability for Docker, Kubernetes, microservices, and multi-cloud environments (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Correlate application APM telemetry with Kubernetes control planes, pods, nodes, and infrastructure dependencies.
• Ensure secure-by-design telemetry pipelines (RBAC, TLS, secrets management, and image scanning).

5. Technical Leadership & Transition Management

• Lead complex Knowledge Transfer (KT) programs, vendor transitions, and operational readiness handovers for global 24x7 teams.
• Mentor cross-functional engineering teams and influence enterprise technology roadmaps.

Required Technical Stack

• Observability & APM: IBM Instana, Grafana (Enterprise & Alloy), Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Telegraf, InfluxDB.
• Legacy/Traditional Monitoring: SolarWinds, Netcool, Elastic/Splunk.
• Cloud & Containerization: Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Infrastructure: Linux (RHEL), Windows Server, VMware, Citrix VDI, load balancers, and edge proxies.
• Automation & DevOps: Ansible, Terraform, Python, Bash, Webhooks, CI/CD (GitHub Actions/GitLab/Jenkins).
• ITSM/Operations: ServiceNow, ITIL 4, advanced Major Incident Management.

Qualifications & Experience

• 12+ years of total IT experience, with a minimum of 5 to 7 years functioning as a Lead Architect, SRE, or Principal Observability Engineer in a massive enterprise environment.
• Proven track record of migrating organizations from legacy monitoring to proactive, automated observability platforms.
• Hands-on expertise in building scalable, secure telemetry pipelines and time-series databases.
• Extensive experience leading FOAK rollouts and complex vendor/operations transition (KT) programs.
• Preferred Certifications: CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), Cloud Architect (AWS/Azure), or specific APM/Observability vendor certifications.

Why Ensono?

Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it.

We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on a client site, you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices.

Some of our benefits include:

• Unlimited Paid Days Off
• Three health plan options
• 401k with company match
• Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts
• Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
• Paid childbearing and paternal leave
• Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding
• Sabbatical leave
• Wellness program
• Flexible work schedule

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this role is $140,000 to $180,000 annually based on a full‑time schedule. Please note that placement in the range may vary based on numerous factors including but not limited to skills, experience, internal equity, and business needs. In addition to base salary, other compensation programs, depending on eligibility, include an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance and an equity grant under our Associate Equity Appreciation Program.

Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Pay transparency nondiscrimination statement/posting OFCCP’s pay transparency policy can be found on OFCCP’s website.

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