Senior Observability Platform Engineer (Go/Java)

Koitecc Solutions; South Dakota; Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental & vision benefits

Paid time off

Retirement savings options

Wellness programs

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Observability Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate high‑throughput observability services across multi‑cloud environments. You will leverage Go, Python, and Java, driving OpenTelemetry adoption, and partnering with SRE, Cloud, and CI/CD teams to deliver a secure, scalable observability ecosystem.

You will lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and help deliver a self‑service platform that improves developer productivity and reliability in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering.
• 3+ years of observability practices (SLIs/SLOs/SLAs, alerting, incident management).
• 3+ years building production-grade backend services in Go and/or Java.
• 3+ years implementing and operating OpenTelemetry (OTLP, semantic conventions).
• 3+ years with cloud-native/containerized platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, Argo CD).
• 3+ years with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• 2+ years designing and scaling distributed, high-volume data pipelines.
• 2+ years with IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• 2+ years with Helmcharts, Kustomize.
• 2+ years working with Grafana OSS or comparable observability backends.
• 2+ years with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL).

Responsibilities

• Develop custom software to drive the observability platform using Java Spring Boot, Python, Go.
• Design, build, and operate core observability platform services using Go, Python, Java (Spring Boot).
• Support and lead enterprise-wide adoption of OpenTelemetry (client libraries, conventions, instrumentation patterns).
• Design, architect and scale high-throughput telemetry pipelines (logs, metrics, traces) with focus on performance and cost efficiency.
• Develop self-service observability capabilities for onboarding and troubleshooting.
• Implement end-to-end monitoring of the observability platform, including SLOs and health checks.
• Collaborate with SRE, Platform, and Cloud teams to establish reliability standards and incident response.
• Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident mitigation and post-incident reviews.
• Automate operational workflows via CI/CD and platform automation.
• Ensure secure telemetry pipelines with mTLS and secrets management.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation and best practices.
• Engage with engineering teams to influence roadmap and platform improvements.
• Provide technical leadership through mentorship and architecture reviews.

Skills

Software engineering

Observability

Backend development (Go/Java)

OpenTelemetry

Cloud-native platforms

Public cloud

Data pipelines

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)

Helm/Kustomize

Grafana

Relational databases

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Argo CD

Terraform

CloudFormation

Helm

Kustomize

Grafana OSS

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Observability Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate high‑throughput observability services across multi‑cloud environments. You will leverage Go, Python, and Java, driving OpenTelemetry adoption, and partnering with SRE, Cloud, and CI/CD teams to deliver a secure, scalable observability ecosystem.

You will lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and help deliver a self‑service platform that improves developer productivity and reliability in a