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Grafana Engineer

Smart Folks Inc.Morristown, NJ🇺🇸United StatesPosted 14 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Skills: Splunk, Analytics, IT IS_ESM_Monitoring
Experience Required: 4-6 Years

Role Descriptions: Key Responsibilities

·        Design| develop| and maintain Grafana dashboards| visualizations| and reports for infrastructure| applications| and business metrics.

·        Configure and manage Grafana Alerting for proactive monitoring and incident response.

·        Integrate Grafana with various data sources such as:

·        Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, InfluxDB and SQL databases

·        Cloud monitoring platforms (AWS CloudWatch| Azure Monitor| Google Cloud Operations)

·        Develop observability solutions covering metrics| logs| and traces.

·        Implement monitoring strategies for Kubernetes| containers| virtual machines| cloud infrastructure| and enterprise applications.

·        Collaborate with SRE| DevOps| Application Support| and Platform Engineering teams to define monitoring requirements.

·        Automate dashboard deployment and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.

·        Tune monitoring systems to minimize alert fatigue and improve operational efficiency.

·        Perform root cause analysis using monitoring and logging data.

·        Create and maintain technical documentation| monitoring standards| and operational runbooks.

·        Support capacity planning| performance analysis| and system optimization initiatives.

·        Ensure security and governance for monitoring platforms and data access.

·        Required Skills

·        Strong experience with Grafana dashboard development and administration.

·        Expertise in Grafana Alerting| notification channels| and alert rule management.

·        Experience with Grafana Enterprise is a plus.

·        Experience with: Prometheus|Loki|Tempo|OpenTelemetry|Elasticsearch/OpenSearch|Splunk (preferred)Understanding of Metrics| Logs| and Distributed Tracing concepts.

·        Experience with one or more cloud platforms: AWS| Azure and Google Cloud Platform

·        Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration.

·        Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

·        Proficiency in scripting languages such as:

·        Python, Bash/Shell, PowerShell

·        Experience with Terraform| Ansible| or similar automation tools.

·        Experience querying and analyzing monitoring data.

·        Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

·        Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

·        Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

·        Problem-solving mindset with attention to detail.

·        Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing capabilities.

·        Grafana Enterprise deployment experience.

·        OpenTelemetry implementation experience.

·        Experience with AIOps and observability platforms.

·        Exposure to application performance monitoring (APM) tools such as Dynatrace| AppDynamics| Datadog| or New Relic.

Keywords: Grafana| Prometheus| Loki| Tempo| OpenTelemetry| Kubernetes| Cloud Monitoring| Observability| SRE| DevOps| Terraform| AWS| Azure| Monitoring| Alerting| PromQL| LogQL.
Essential Skills:

Seeking a skilled Grafana Engineer to design| implement| and maintain enterprise monitoring and observability solutions using Grafana and related technologies.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in building dashboards| configuring alerts| integrating multiple data sources| and supporting cloud-native environments.
The role involves collaborating with DevOps| SRE| Infrastructure| and Application teams to ensure high availability| performance| and reliability of business-critical applications and platforms.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

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