Observability Platform Engineer: OpenTelemetry & Automation

Truist; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Truist seeks an experienced engineer with a strong software development background focused on observability, automation, and platform engineering. You will design and enable enterprise observability capabilities through code, leveraging OpenTelemetry, APIs, automation frameworks, and modern monitoring platforms.

The role is hands-on, collaborating with application teams to embed telemetry into the SDLC, develop integrations, and create scalable solutions that improve visibility, reliability, and

Qualifications

• Hands-on software engineer with strong observability background.
• Experience implementing telemetry standards and onboarding automation.
• Knowledge of cloud-native platforms and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and enable enterprise observability capabilities through code.
• Instrument applications with OpenTelemetry and build telemetry pipelines.
• Create automation for monitoring configurations, onboarding, and platform integrations.
• Develop dashboards and monitoring-as-code solutions to improve visibility and reliability.
• Collaborate with application teams to embed observability into the SDLC.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architectures

Observability concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Dynatrace

Splunk

Grafana

Datadog

Job description

Truist seeks an experienced engineer with a strong software development background focused on observability, automation, and platform engineering. You will design and enable enterprise observability capabilities through code, leveraging OpenTelemetry, APIs, automation frameworks, and modern monitoring platforms.

The role is hands-on, collaborating with application teams to embed telemetry into the SDLC, develop integrations, and create scalable solutions that improve visibility, reliability, and