Senior Observability Platform Engineer - Remote

Bright Vision Technologies; Chesterfield (MO); Remote; USD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Systems Observability Specialist to design and operate metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting platforms supporting engineering teams across the system stack. The role emphasizes usable telemetry, ROI, and scalable observability at pace.

The candidate should have 6+ years in SRE or observability, with hands-on work in Prometheus, Grafana, and at least one major commercial platform such as Datadog, New Relic, or Splunk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required.
• 5+ years in SRE, platform engineering, or observability roles.
• Deep hands-on with Prometheus, Grafana, and at least one major commercial observability platform.
• Strong OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and structured logging knowledge.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java.
• Experience with high-throughput metrics and log pipelines.
• Understanding of SLOs, error budgets, and CI/CD integration.
• Knowledge of Linux internals, networking, and container platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting platforms.
• Ensure usability, signal quality, and operational ROI.
• Translate telemetry into actionable insights for engineers and business stakeholders.
• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and software teams on observability.
• Integrate observability with CI/CD and incident management tooling.

Skills

SRE

Platform engineering

Observability

CI/CD integration

Incident management

Distributed tracing

Telemetry interpretation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

New Relic

Splunk

OpenTelemetry

Linux tooling

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Systems Observability Specialist to design and operate metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting platforms supporting engineering teams across the system stack. The role emphasizes usable telemetry, ROI, and scalable observability at pace.

The candidate should have 6+ years in SRE or observability, with hands-on work in Prometheus, Grafana, and at least one major commercial platform such as Datadog, New Relic, or Splunk.