Lead Platform Engineer

Lead for Observability Solutions Platform

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• Solution Packaging:

• Lead the end-to-end development of observability packages for 100+ standard technologies across infrastructure, databases, middleware, and application platforms

• Data Collection Strategy:

• Define and implement data collection strategies including agent instrumentation, API integrations, log and metrics collection pipelines, and auto-discovery mechanisms.

• Golden Signals & Data Modeling:

• Define golden signals, KPIs, SLIs/SLOs, and data schemas for different component types to support health monitoring, performance optimization, and anomaly detection.

• Dashboards, Alerts, Reports:

• Design and standardize visualizations, alerting rules, reporting templates, and RCA workflows for fast detection and resolution of issues.

• Platform Enablement:

• Guide enhancements to agents, collectors, and platform components to support new integrations and data formats.

• Team Leadership:

• Lead a team of engineers and specialists focused on observability solutions development. Establish best practices, design standards, and agile delivery pipelines.

• Collaboration & Stakeholder Management:

• Work closely with product management, DevOps, SRE, and customer success teams to align on priorities, gather requirements, and validate delivered packages.

• Quality, Scale & Reusability:

• Ensure all developed solutions are scalable, reusable, and version-controlled, with automated testing and documentation

• Minimum 6+ years of experience in observability, monitoring, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK/EFK, Datadog, Splunk, or similar.
• In-depth understanding of logs, metrics, traces, profiling, events, and the corresponding instrumentation/collection mechanisms.
• Proven experience in developing observability solutions for platforms like Kubernetes, databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL), middleware (Tomcat, WebLogic), and distributed systems.
• Experience with scripting, APIs, and automation frameworks (Python, Shell, Terraform, etc.).
• Familiarity with RCA techniques, anomaly detection, and alert fatigue reduction strategies.
• Ability to define and enforce design patterns, standards, and governance models.
• Strong leadership, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Experience building or managing a packaged observability marketplace or platform.
• Contributions to open-source observability projects.
• Certifications in Kubernetes, Observability tools, or cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Background in ITSM, CMDBs, or workflow automation is a plus.