Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, Architectural Design, Automation, Cloud Computing, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, GitHub, Government, Hybrid Cloud, Identify Issues, Linux Administration, Microsoft Windows Azure, Operational Support, Reporting Dashboards, Telemetry
Platform/Observability Engineer
Location: Dover, DE (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months
Seeking a highly skilled Platform/Observability Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise-scale telemetry and automation solutions. This role is focused on building and maintaining OpenTelemetry (OTel) pipelines, developing CI/CD workflows, and enabling infrastructure automation in hybrid cloud and on-prem environments.
Key Responsibilities and Required Experience:
- Architecting and implementing OpenTelemetry (OTel) pipelines
- Infrastructure automation using Ansible as Code
- CI/CD pipeline development and operational support
- GitHub Actions and GitOps workflows
- Log aggregation and telemetry pipeline troubleshooting
- Enterprise platform engineering and operational support
- Experience working in hybrid cloud/on-prem enterprise environments
- Strong documentation and collaboration skills
- Experience with building self-service workflows
- This role requires both engineering and operational support capabilities.
- Strong troubleshooting and architectural design skills are important.
- Public sector or large enterprise experience is preferred.
Preferred Technologies/Platform Exposure:
- Grafana Cloud / Grafana Enterprise
- OpenTelemetry Collector
- Ansible Automation Platform
- GitHub Enterprise
- Terraform
- Zscaler
- Linux administration
- Azure and/or AWS exposure
- Grafana dashboard development and observability engineering
- Experience supporting Zscaler-related engineering and integrations
Required Skills:
- Architecting OpenTelemetry (OTel) pipelines
- Ansible Coding
- Terraform
- CI/CD pipeline development and operational support
- Experience with building self-service workflows