Site reliability engineer

Position: SRE Observability EngineerExp: 5+ YearsLocation: HyderabadMandatory Skills: Observability, Grafana and Writing queries using Prometheus and Loki.Job Description:We are seeking a highly experienced and driven Senior Observability Engineer to lead the design, development, and maintenance of observability solutions across our infrastructure, applications, and services. As a Senior Observability Engineer, you will be at the forefront of implementing cutting-edge monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions that ensure the reliability, performance, and availability of our complex, distributed systems. You will be collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Development, Infrastructure Engineers, Dev Ops, and SREs, to optimize system observability, and improve our incident response capabilities.Key Responsibilities:Lead the Design & Implementation of observability solutions, including monitoring, logging, and tracing for both cloud and on-premises environments.Drive the Development and maintenance of advanced monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, and App Dynamics.Implement Distributed Tracing frameworks like Open Telemetry, Jaeger, or Zipkin, and enhance application performance diagnostics and troubleshooting.Optimize Log Management and analysis strategies using tools like Elasticsearch, Splunk, Loki, and Fluentd, ensuring efficient log processing and insights.Develop Advanced Alerting and anomaly detection strategies to proactively identify system issues, minimizing downtime and improving Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).Collaborate with Development & SRE Teams to enhance observability in CI/CD pipelines, microservices architectures, and across various platform environments.Automate Observability Tasks by leveraging scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Golang to increase efficiency and scale observability operations.Ensure Scalability & Efficiency of monitoring solutions to manage large-scale distributed systems and handle evolving business requirements.Lead Incident Response by providing actionable insights through observability data for effective troubleshooting and root cause analysis.Stay Abreast of Industry Trends in observability, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and monitoring practices, continuously improving processes.Required Qualifications:5+ years of hands-on experience in observability, SRE, Dev Ops, or a related field, with a proven track record of successfully managing complex, large-scale distributed systems.Expert-level proficiency in observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, App Dynamics, with the ability to lead the design and implementation of these solutions at scale.Advanced experience with log management platforms like Elasticsearch, Splunk, Loki, and Fluentd, and the ability to optimize log aggregation and analysis for better performance insights.Deep expertise in distributed tracing tools such as Open Telemetry, Jaeger, or Zipkin, with a focus on performance optimization and root cause analysis.Extensive experience with cloud environments (preferably Azure, AWS, GCP) and Kubernetes for deploying and managing observability solutions across modern, cloud-native infrastructures.Advanced proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Golang, and strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Ia C) tools like Terraform and Ansible.Strong understanding of system architecture, performance tuning, and troubleshooting complex production environments, with an emphasis on scalability and high availability.Proven experience in leading and mentoring teams, providing technical direction, and driving the adoption of best practices for observability and monitoring.Exceptional problem-solving skills, with a focus on providing actionable insights and data-driven decision-making.Ability to lead high-impact projects, effectively communicate with stakeholders, and influence cross-functional teams.Strong communication and collaboration skills; demonstrated ability to work closely with engineering teams, leadership, and external partners to meet observability and system reliability goals.Preferred Qualifications:Experience with AI-driven observability tools and anomaly detection techniques.Familiarity with microservices, serverless architectures, and event-driven systems.Proven track record of handling on-call rotations and incident management workflows in high-availability environments.Relevant certifications in observability tools, cloud platforms, or SRE best practices are a plus.