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Job title: Azure Subject Matter Expert (SME) Platform Monitoring & Observability
Work Location: Boston, MA
Vendor Rate: 9####/ Hr
Minimum years of experience: 8
Would you require the candidates to meet you for in person interview? No
Is Skype/WebEx interview,OK? Ok
Is this onsite/remote position: Onsite
If onsite, will you be considering relocation candidates: Yes
Does this position require Visa independent candidates only? No
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Azure SME with deep expertise in cloud platform monitoring, observability, incident management, and operational excellence.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing enterprise monitoring solutions across Azure infrastructure, applications, containers, databases, and middleware platforms.
This role will serve as the technical lead for monitoring strategy, platform health, proactive alerting, and operational insights.
Platform Monitoring & Observability
Design and implement enterprise-scale monitoring solutions for Azure infrastructure and applications.
Define monitoring standards, alerting frameworks, health checks, dashboards, and operational KPIs.
Establish end-to-end observability across cloud services, applications, APIs, databases, and Kubernetes platforms.
Create monitoring architectures that support proactive incident detection and prevention.
Drive platform reliability through continuous monitoring improvements.
Azure Monitoring Services
Administer and optimize:
o Azure Monitor
o Log Analytics Workspace
o Application Insights
o Azure Workbooks
o Azure Alerts
o Service Health
o Azure Advisor
o Network Watcher
Configure metric-based and log-based alerts.
Develop custom queries using Kusto Query Language (KQL).
AKS & Container Monitoring
Implement monitoring for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Monitor:
o Pods
o Nodes
o Containers
o Cluster Health
o Application Availability
Integrate Prometheus and Grafana for advanced observability.
Establish SLI, SLA, and SLO reporting frameworks.
Azure Cloud Platform Management:
Design, implement, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure.
Build and maintain Azure Landing Zones, networking, security, and governance frameworks.
Configure and manage:
Namespaces Deployments Persistent Volumes
Ingress Controllers Stateful sets Network Policies
Services Daemon Sets Autoscaling
Config Maps HELM Charts PODS
Secrets & Services RBAC
Manage Azure Core resources which must include:
AKS Azure Storage NSG
Virtual Machines Azure Key Vault End Points
Virtual Networks (VNet) Azure Security Services Azure Firewall
Load Balancers Azure IAM DNS
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using:
Terraform Azure DevOps ARM Templates
Bicep GitHub Actions
Scripting: PowerShell, Bash AND Python (Preferred)
Project Code: CRD Tool Development