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Job Description
JR014234
At Ensono, our- Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things
- _!
- We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation. We can
- Do Great Things
- because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. These five traits are the key to achieving our purpose: Honesty, Reliability, Curiosity, Collaboration, and Passion.
- About the role and what you'll be doing:
- We are seeking an
- Expert Observability Engineer
- to serve as the strategic technical lead and architect for our enterprise Observability, APM, and Telemetry ecosystems.
- We want all new Associates to succeed in their roles at Ensono. That's why we've outlined the job requirements below. To be considered for this role, it's important that you meet all Required Qualifications. If you do not meet all of the Preferred Qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.
- Core Responsibilities
- 1. Enterprise Architecture & Strategy
- + Architect and govern a unified observability framework covering metrics, logs, traces, and events using
- IBM Instana, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Telegraf, and InfluxDB
- . + Lead
- First-of-a-Kind (FOAK)
- implementations—evaluating new observability tech and converting them into secure, repeatable, production-ready patterns. + Define enterprise standards for telemetry pipelines, data retention, high-cardinality controls, and observability cost management.
- 2. SRE & Service Reliability
- + Define and govern Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Objectives (SLOs), and error budgets. + Serve as the senior technical escalation point, leading major P1/P2 incident war rooms and conducting evidence-based Root Cause Analysis (RCA). + Drastically reduce MTTD/MTTR and alert noise through event correlation, dynamic thresholds, and dependency mapping.
- 3. Platform Engineering & Automation
- + Drive
- Observability-as-Code
- and infrastructure automation using
- Ansible, Terraform, Python, and GitOps
- . + Automate the deployment, configuration, and self-healing workflows for monitoring agents and telemetry collectors. + Integrate observability platforms seamlessly with ITSM (ServiceNow), Netcool, and CI/CD pipelines.
- 4. Cloud-Native & Kubernetes Observability
- + Design deep observability for Docker, Kubernetes, microservices, and multi-cloud environments (Azure/AWS/GCP). + Correlate application APM telemetry with Kubernetes control planes, pods, nodes, and infrastructure dependencies. + Ensure secure-by-design telemetry pipelines (RBAC, TLS, secrets management, and image scanning).
- 5. Technical Leadership & Transition Management
- + Lead complex Knowledge Transfer (KT) programs, vendor transitions, and operational readiness handovers for global 24×7 teams. + Mentor cross-functional engineering teams and influence enterprise technology roadmaps.
- Required Technical Stack
- + •
Observability & APM:
- IBM Instana, Grafana (Enterprise & Alloy), Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Telegraf, InfluxDB. +
Legacy/Traditional Monitoring:
- SolarWinds, Netcool, Elastic/Splunk. +
Cloud & Containerization:
- Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, AWS/Azure/GCP. +
Infrastructure:
- Linux (RHEL), Windows Server, VMware, Citrix VDI, load balancers, and edge proxies. +
Automation & DevOps:
- Ansible, Terraform, Python, Bash, Webhooks, CI/CD (GitHub Actions/GitLab/Jenkins). +
ITSM/Operations:
- ServiceNow, ITIL 4, advanced Major Incident Management.
- Qualifications & Experience
- + •12+ years of total IT experience•, with a minimum of •5 to 7 years•functioning as a Lead Architect, SRE, or Principal Observability Engineer in a massive enterprise environment.
Preferred Certifications:
- CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), Cloud Architect (AWS/Azure), or specific APM/Observability vendor certifications.
- Why Ensono?
- Ensono is a place to make better happen - for our clients and for your career.
Some of our benefits include:
+ Unlimited Paid Days Off + Three health plan options + 401k with company match + Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts + Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement + Paid childbearing and paternal leave + Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding + Sabbatical leave + Wellness program + Flexible work schedule As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this role is $140,000 to $180,000 annually based on a full-time schedule. Please note that placement in the range may vary based on numerous factors including but not limited to skills, experience, internal equity, and business needs. In addition to base salary, other compensation programs, depending on eligibility, include- an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance
- and an equity grant under our Associate Equity Appreciation Program.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Sabbatical Leave
- 401(k) Plans
- Health and Wellness Programs
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An Automation Engineer develops and implements testing strategies and toolsets with the goal of increasing process automation. Establishes appropriate measures to validate and report on software quality. Designs and implements test automation to improve system reliability and stability. Designs and supports frameworks for test infrastructure. Provides automation expertise and mentoring.
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