Engineering Manager, Observability Platforms

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead their growing Observability Platform team. This is a highly visible leadership role focused on defining observability strategy, driving platform modernization, and enabling engineering teams to operate reliable, scalable systems.
This leader will own the roadmap for enterprise observability while managing a distributed team across the U.S. and offshore resources.

What You'll Be Leading:

Observability strategy, governance, and roadmap planning
Enterprise logging, metrics, tracing, and incident response capabilities
Modern observability tooling including Datadog, Coralogix, Splunk, OpenTelemetry, and similar platforms
Cloud-native observability across AWS (Azure/Google Cloud Platform experience also welcomed)
Platform adoption, operational excellence, and cost optimization initiatives
Global team leadership, stakeholder management, and executive-level communication

Ideal Background:

Engineering management experience within Observability, SRE, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Software Engineering organizations
Strong understanding of logs, metrics, traces, telemetry, and monitoring strategies
Experience with Prometheus and observability platforms such as New Relic, Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, Coralogix, or similar solutions
Knowledge of OpenTelemetry and instrumentation best practices
Experience building observability solutions in AWS environments and ingesting telemetry from cloud services
Exposure to containers/Kubernetes and platform engineering concepts
Ability to influence strategy, build roadmaps, and effectively manage upward across multiple stakeholder groups

Nice-to-Have Experience:

AI Observability and telemetry for LLM applications
Monitoring and observability for OpenAI, Claude, and other AI-powered platforms
Developer enablement and platform modernization initiatives
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Raleigh, NC.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $169000.00 - $200000.00/yr.
Senior group - no micromanagement, no hand holding, no recent college grads This is an extremely high visibility group. Lexis + AI is the company's flagship product and expanding globally to various locations Extremely competitive compensation Benefits are great at LexisNexis and include a 401k match up to 5% and 18 days PTO with an option to buy an additional week. Flexible hours and remote work options
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Raleigh,NC.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jul 24, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.