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Observability Engineer

ClifyXUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted 4 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This remote Observability Engineer role at ClifyX offers significant growth potential through hands-on experience with cutting-edge observability platforms and distributed systems. You'll thrive here if you have a strong software engineering background and a passion for optimizing large-scale systems, contributing to critical MTTR reduction initiatives. Apply now to join a dynamic team and advance your career in a flexible, remote setting.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Remote
Location
United States
Posted
20 hours ago

Job Description

Hello,
 
Greetings from Clifyx.
 
*******************Visa Independent******************
 
Title: Sr. Observability Engineer
Remote job (8AM to 5PM EST )
12+ Month Contract
 
 
Senior Observability Engineer – Required Skill Set
Core Technical Skills- Observability Platforms
  • Datadog, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch / Elasticsearch
  • Jaeger, Tempo, Open Telemetry
Programming & Development
  • Golang (Preferred), Python, Java and C#
Cloud & Platform Engineering
  • Kubernetes, Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform), Containerized Environments
  • Distributed Systems Architecture
Observability Engineering
  • Metrics, Logs, Traces, Events, SLI / SLO Design, Telemetry Collection & Processing
  • Instrumentation of Applications, Alerting & Monitoring Frameworks and Telemetry Pipeline Development
Automation & AIOps
  • Observability Automation, AIOps Solutions, API Development, Internal Tooling Development and MTTR Reduction Initiatives
Engineering Experience Required
  • 3 to 5 years of hands-on Observability Engineering experience
  • Strong Software Engineering background
  • Production support and troubleshooting experience
  • Experience operating large-scale distributed systems
  • Performance tuning and optimization and Debugging production incidents using telemetry data
Nice-to-Have Skills
  • Open Telemetry Collectors, Exporters, Processors, SDKs
  • Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Platform Engineering
  • Internal Developer Platforms, High-volume Data Pipelines
  • Streaming & Event Processing, Buffering and Backpressure Management
Key Responsibilities
  • Design and build observability platforms and services
  • Develop telemetry pipelines and instrumentation libraries
  • Implement Open Telemetry solutions
  • Improve reliability, debuggability, and operational visibility
  • Define observability standards and best practices
  • Optimize telemetry systems for scale, cost, and reliability
  • Collaborate with Application, Infrastructure, Security, Operations, and SRE teams
Ideal Candidate Profile
Strong Observability Tools Expertise (Datadog, Dynatrace, Open Telemetry)
Software Development Experience (Golang/Python/Java)
Platform / Cloud Engineering Background
Kubernetes & Distributed Systems Knowledge
Automation and AIOps Mindset
Experience troubleshooting complex production environments
 
Thanks & Best Regards,
Vishal Swami – Clifyx (US IT Recruiter)
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Headquarters: South Plainfield, NJ – 07080

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