Observability Engineer

Capgemini Government Solutions; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Capgemini Government Solutions is seeking an Observability Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise monitoring for mission‑critical systems at Fort Meade. You will improve visibility, reliability and performance through logging, telemetry, alerting, and dashboards.

The role requires 8+ years in observability or related fields, experience with enterprise monitoring platforms, and the ability to collaborate with DevOps, SRE and cybersecurity teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in observability, monitoring, SRE, or related roles.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability platforms.
• Experience with log management, telemetry, dashboards and alerting.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure monitoring (compute, storage, network, app performance).
• Ability to perform root cause analysis and support production incident resolution.
• Ability to work in Agile development environments.
• Ability to obtain SAFe Scrum Master certification if not already certified.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain observability and monitoring solutions.
• Manage log collection, ingestion, correlation, and analysis across data sources.
• Develop dashboards, alerts, and reporting to monitor system health and availability.
• Analyze infrastructure, application, and network telemetry to identify issues and trends.
• Perform RCA and support incident response activities.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, SRE, and cybersecurity teams to improve monitoring coverage.
• Support SLA and performance objectives through proactive monitoring and alerting.
• Ensure monitoring data is properly collected, tagged, and correlated.
• Mentor junior team members and provide technical guidance.

Skills

Observability

SRE/Platform

Agile

Root cause analysis

Tools

Splunk

Elastic

Grafana

Datadog

Dynatrace

OpenObserve

Fluentd

Job description

Capgemini Government Solutions (CGS) LLC is seeking an Observability Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise monitoring and observability solutions for mission‑critical systems. This role will focus on improving system visibility, reliability, and performance through logging, telemetry, alerting, and dashboard development.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain observability and monitoring solutions.
• Manage log collection, ingestion, correlation, and analysis across multiple data sources.
• Develop dashboards, alerts, and reporting to monitor system health, performance, and availability.
• Analyze infrastructure, application, and network telemetry to identify issues and trends.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and support incident response activities.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, SRE, and cybersecurity teams to improve monitoring coverage and operational visibility.
• Support SLA and performance objectives through proactive monitoring and alerting.
• Ensure monitoring data is properly collected, tagged, and correlated.
• Mentor junior team members and provide technical guidance.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• 8+ years of experience in observability, monitoring, systems engineering, SRE, platform engineering, cybersecurity engineering, or related disciplines.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability platforms.
• Experience with log management, telemetry collection, dashboard development, and alerting.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure monitoring, including compute, storage, network, and application performance.
• Experience performing root cause analysis and supporting production incident resolution.
• Ability to work in Agile development environments.
• Ability to obtain SAFe Scrum Master certification if not already certified.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with OpenObserve, Fluentd, or other log ingestion technologies.
• Experience with platforms such as Splunk, Elastic, Grafana, Datadog, Dynatrace, or similar tools.
• Experience with cloud‑based monitoring and automation.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity monitoring or security telemetry initiatives.
• Experience with API integrations and monitoring automation.
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted monitoring or AIOps platforms.

Benefits

Full‑time regular employees are eligible for paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees. Salary range for the tagged location is $120k - $150k.

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment based on their skills, and merit.

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