Platform/Observability Engineer (Devops)

Title: Platform/Observability Engineer

Location: - Dover, DE 19904 (Hybrid- 1-2 times/Month)
Hire Type: Contract

Note:- Candidates must reside within a 90-minute driving distance of Dover, DE, and be available for an in-person interview as well as occasional onsite visits (1–2 times per month) as part of the hybrid work model.

Job Summary:

Seeking for a highly skilled Platform/Observability Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise-scale telemetry and automation solutions. This role focuses on building and maintaining OpenTelemetry (OTel) pipelines, developing CI/CD workflows, and enabling infrastructure automation in hybrid cloud and on-prem environments.

The ideal candidate combines strong engineering and operational expertise, with experience in modern DevOps, observability, and GitOps practices. You will work closely with Platform Engineering, Security, and Infrastructure teams to deliver scalable, self-service solutions and ensure the reliability and performance of enterprise systems.

Key responsibilities and required experience include:

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

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

Additional Notes:

This resource will work closely with Platform Engineering, Security, and Infrastructure teams.

The role requires both engineering and operational support capabilities.

Strong troubleshooting and architectural design skills are important.

Public sector or large enterprise experience is preferred.

Required Skills:

Architecting Open Telemetry (OTel) pipelines

Ansible Coding

Terraform

CI/CD pipeline development and operational support

Experience with building self-service workflows

Preferred Skills:

State\Federal Exp.

Azure and/or AWS exposure

Zscaler