Job Summary

JOB : Senior Observability Consultant 

Grafana, LGTM, Loki, Tempo, Mimir, Python, Observability, Terraform, Ansible

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement Grafana dashboards and panels that provide actionable insights into system performance, reliability, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Experience and profound knowledge in the LGTM stack, Loki for logs, Grafana for visualization, Tempo for traces, and Mimir for metrics.
• Collaborate with consumers to understand monitoring needs and translate them into effective Grafana solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and support to teams adopting Grafana for monitoring.
• Conduct training sessions for internal teams on best practices, usage guidelines, and advanced features of Grafana.
• Create comprehensive documentation to facilitate self-service adoption.
• Stay informed about the latest developments in the Grafana ecosystem, including new features, updates, and best practices.
• Evaluate and recommend upgrades or new integrations to enhance our monitoring capabilities.
• Talk to our consumers and identify Observability needs , come up with suggestions on how to effectively use the tools.  
• Guide consumers to Onboard and handhold them until they get the actual business value by adopting Observability.
• Define and implement Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for critical services.

Skill Requirements

• Should have Observability as a core skill and not just from a tool perspective but also as a practice.
• Proven experience as a Grafana expert with hands-on design and implementation of monitoring solutions.
• Proficiency in Grafana, Prometheus, and related monitoring technologies.
• Experience in Terraform and Ansible, Proficiency in Otel and other Instrumentation concepts
• Scripting, Automation, and programming skills is a must have.
• Experience with data visualization and dashboard design principles.
• Knowledge in containerization technologies is a must have.
• Experience in other observability toolsets apart from Splunk and Grafana is a plus.

Other Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience managing Kubernetes (GKE) in production environments.
• Proficiency in Terraform or similar IaC tools.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitHub Actions.
• Solid understanding of Docker and container-based deployments.
• Knowledge of cloud security, IAM, certificates, and secrets management.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and operational best practices (CloudOps/SRE fundamentals).
• Understanding of microservices architecture and cloud-native design principles.