Observability Data Engineer

Atlas Technologies, Inc.; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Tech, a veteran-owned IT company serving multiple DoD customers, seeks a Data Engineer - Observability in the Charleston, SC area to support PMW160 Tactical Networks. The engineer will design, build, and maintain telemetry, logging, and tracing systems to ensure data platform health and performance.

The role requires 3–5 years in observability, experience with Grafana/ELK, Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm, plus strong DevOps practices and documentation skills.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years' experience with observability technologies.
• Experience with Grafana and ELK stack architectures.
• Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Helm for packaging Kubernetes apps.
• Knowledge of networking tools such as Nginx and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Implement monitoring, logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting for data platforms and pipelines.
• Develop dashboards, alerts, service objectives, and reporting.
• Integrate telemetry with Grafana, Elastic, Splunk, or Dynatrace.
• Monitor data platform health, throughput, latency, failures, and service availability.
• Troubleshoot complex data-flow, app, infrastructure, and network issues across distributed systems.
• Design, build, test, and maintain reliable batch and real-time data pipelines.

Skills

Observability

Grafana

ELK Stack

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Nginx

DevOps

Documentation

Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

GitLab CI/Azure DevOps

Nginx

Job description

Career Opportunities with Atlas Technologies, Inc.

Looking for a career where hard work is valued, and your ideas and feedback are part of the way we operate daily? Want to bring your skills to a company that encourages teamwork and champions continued education and process improvement?

Atlas Tech, a veteran-owned IT company serving multiple DoD customers in support of America's warfighters, is looking for a Data Engineer - Observability in the Charleston, SC Area to support data engineering efforts for PMW160 Tactical Networks. The engineer will be responsible for designing, building and maintaining the telemetry, logging, and tracing systems. If you are comfortable in intense fast paced environments, can think on your feet, and excel in team-based collaborative efforts, then this may be the right fit for you.

You Will:

• Implement monitoring, logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting for data platforms and pipelines
• Develop dashboards, alerts, service objectives, and reporting
• Integrate data platform telemetry with observability tools such as Grafana, Elastic, Splunk, or Dynatrace
• Monitor data platform health, throughput, latency, failures, storage utilization, and service availability
• Troubleshoot complex data-flow, application, infrastructure, and network issues across distributed systems
• Design, build, test, and maintain reliable batch and real-time data pipelines
• Containerize observability services and supporting applications using Docker
• Deploy and operate data workloads using Kubernetes
• Develop and maintain configuration for ingress, reverse proxy, load balancing, and service routing components
• Automate platform deployment, configuration, testing, and operational procedures
• Develop data ingestion, transformation, enrichment, routing and delivery workflows
• Provide recommendations for observability best practices and process improvements
• Participate in architecture reviews, peer reviews, sprint planning, and technical design discussions
• Contribute to team objectives and support data engineering initiatives
• Prepare technical documentation and present architecture proposals to engineering teams
• Partner with other engineering groups to understand their data requirements and with leadership to align technical infrastructure with mission objectives

You Have:

• 3-5 years' experience with observability technologies
• Experience with open-source monitoring and observability architectures such as Grafana LGTM+ Stack or Elastic (ELK) Stack
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with Kubernetes application packaging and deployment tools (Helm)
• Experience with high-performance, open-source networking infrastructure tools such as Nginx
• Working knowledge of Agile methodology and DevOps practices
• Strong documentation and communication skills to work effectively across technical teams
• Collaborative mindset with ability to work in fast-paced environments
• Self-motivated with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
• Currently possess and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Level Security Clearance

We'd be Impressed if You Had:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years' experience in data engineering roles
• Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)
• Proficiency with version control systems and collaborative development tools
• Experience with configuration management and automation platforms (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform)
• Programming/scripting experience (JAVA, Python, PowerShell, Bash, Go)
• Experience with api design and documentation tools such as Swagger
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and serverless computing

Want to hear more? Read on to see what our Team Members say about their experience:

“From day 1, I knew Atlas Tech was where I wanted to be. Atlas’ culture embraces creativeness, community involvement, and taking care of their employees. If you’re looking for a great place to work, come join us!” - Blane

“I could not have asked for a better company to transition from Active-Duty military to civilian life. Atlas not only provides opportunities for professional growth, but it’s also highly encouraged. The passion and appreciation for what we do that is displayed every day, makes it exciting for me to come to work each day.” - Laurence

Atlas Tech is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, or protected veteran status. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued and respected.