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Customer currently uses ELK stack, and the goal is to standardize and modernize logs, metrics, and traces using OpenTelemetry, while improving visibility, reliability, and operational intelligence.

Observability Architecture & Modernization

·      Assess the existing ELK-based observability setup and define a modern observability architecture

·      Design and implement standardized logging, metrics, and distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry

·      Define observability best practices for cloud-native and Azure-based applications

·      Ensure consistent telemetry collection across microservices, APIs, and infrastructure

Logging, Metrics & Tracing

·      Instrument applications using OpenTelemetry SDKs (SpringBoot, .NET, Python, Javascript – as applicable)

·      Support Kubernetes and container-based workloads (if applicable)

·      Configure and optimize log pipelines, trace exporters, and metric collectors

·      Integrate OpenTelemetry with ELK / OpenSearch / Azure Monitor / other backends

·      Define SLIs, SLOs, and alerting strategies

·      Knowldege in integrating the GitHub and Jira metrics as DORA metrics to observability.

Operational Excellence

·      Improve observability performance, cost efficiency, and data retention strategies

·      Create dashboards, runbooks, and documentation

AI-based Anomaly Detection & Triage (Good to Have )

·      Design or integrate AI/ML-based anomaly detection for logs, metrics, and traces

·      Worked on AIOps capabilities for automated incident triage and insights

Required Technical Skills

Core Observability

·      Strong hands-on experience with ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)

·      Deep understanding of logs, metrics, traces, and distributed systems

·      Practical experience with OpenTelemetry (Collectors, SDKs, exporters, receivers)

Cloud & Platforms

·      Strong experience with Microsoft Azure to integrate with Observability platform.

·      Experience with Kubernetes / AKS to integrate with Observability platform.

·      Knowledge of Azure monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights)

·      Experience with Kubernetes / AKS is a strong plus.

Soft Skills

·      Strong architecture and problem-solving skills

·      Clear communication and documentation skills

·      Hands-on mindset with an architect-level view

Good to Have / Preferred Skills

·      Experience with AIOps / anomaly detection platforms

·      Exposure to tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, OpenSearch, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic (any)

·      Experience with incident management, SRE practices, and reliability engineering

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

 Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

 Ability to work independently, learn quickly and be proactive

 3-5 years overall and at least 1-2 years of hands-on experience in designing and managing DevOps Cloud infrastructure

 Experience must include a combination of:

o Experience working with configuration management tools – Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack (expertise in at least one tool is a must)

o Ability to write and maintain code in at least one scripting language (Python preferred)

o Practical knowledge of shell scripting

o Cloud knowledge – AWS, VMware vSphere o Good understanding and familiarity with Linux

o Networking knowledge – Firewalls, VPNs, Load Balancers

o Web/Application servers, Nginx, JVM environments

o Virtualization and containers - Xen, KVM, Qemu, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.

o Familiarity with logging systems - Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kibana

o Git, Jenkins, Jira