Remote Senior Observability & Automation Architect

Ensono; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Paid Days Off

Three health plan options

401k with company match

Dental, vision, disability, life and A

Fertility coverage and adoption/surrog

Paid parental leave

Education reimbursement

Sabbatical leave

Wellness program

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Ensono seeks an Expert Observability Engineer to lead enterprise observability, APM, and telemetry initiatives across hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, and legacy environments. You will define standards, drive FOAK implementations, and elevate service reliability across global teams.

This role emphasizes Observability-as-Code, automation with Ansible and Terraform, and deep integration with ITSM tools. Remote-friendly and focused on scalable, secure telemetry pipelines.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of total IT experience, with 5–7 years as a Lead Architect, SRE, or Principal Observability Engineer in a large enterprise.
• Proven track record migrating orgs to proactive observability platforms.
• Hands-on expertise building scalable telemetry pipelines and time-series databases.
• Experience leading FOAK deployments and vendor/operations transitions.
• Preferred: Kubernetes, cloud certifications (AWS/Azure), or vendor observability certs.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise standards for telemetry pipelines, data retention, and cost management.
• Lead FOAK implementations and evaluate new observability tech.
• Serve as senior escalation point for major incidents and conduct RCAs.
• Drive Observability-as-Code and automation across deployments.
• Mentor cross-functional teams and influence technology roadmaps.

Skills

Observability

SRE

Leadership

Architecture

Vendor management

Kubernetes

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Education

CKA

Cloud Architect

Tools

IBM Instana

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Telegraf

InfluxDB

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible

ServiceNow

ITIL 4

Job description

Ensono seeks an Expert Observability Engineer to lead enterprise observability, APM, and telemetry initiatives across hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, and legacy environments. You will define standards, drive FOAK implementations, and elevate service reliability across global teams.

This role emphasizes Observability-as-Code, automation with Ansible and Terraform, and deep integration with ITSM tools. Remote-friendly and focused on scalable, secure telemetry pipelines.