Monitoring & Observability Tech Lead

Monitoring & Observability Tech Lead

Be part of the solution at Technip Energies and embark on a one-of-a-kind journey. You will be helping to develop cutting-edge solutions to solve real-world energy problems.

We are currently seeking a Monitoring & Observability Tech Lead, reporting directly to Head of Cloud & System Design to join our IT team based in Chennai.

About us:

Technip Energies is a global technology and engineering powerhouse. With leadership positions in LNG, hydrogen, ethylene, sustainable chemistry, and CO2 management, we are contributing to the development of critical markets such as energy, energy derivatives, decarbonization, and circularity. Our complementary business segments, Technology, Products and Services (TPS) and Project Delivery, turn innovation into scalable and industrial reality.

Through collaboration and excellence in execution, our 17,000 employees across 34 countries are fully committed to bridging prosperity with sustainability for a world designed to last.

About the opportunity we offer:

Act as the technical lead for monitoring and observability across the organization.

• Maintain, support, and optimize the existing SolarWinds Orion platform.
• Take operational ownership of the new Grafana Prometheus stack once delivered via project.
• Ensure observability platforms are scalable, secure, and well-integrated with cloud-native services (Azure PaaS, OCI PaaS).
• Define and evolve the monitoring strategy, standards, and roadmaps: APM, AI Ops, Self-Healing…
• Lead technically the projects aiming at deploying the features in the roadmap.
• Create and maintain dashboards, alerts, custom exporters, synthetic checks, and health probes.
• Drive collaboration between cloud, DevOps, infrastructure, and application teams to onboard services and ensure end-to-end visibility.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis on the observability platform.
• Mentor team members and promote knowledge sharing across operations and engineering teams.

Starting Date: Immediate

About you:

• Must have:
  • Strong technical experience with SolarWinds Orion for infrastructure, database, and application monitoring.
  • Strong technical experience with Grafana and Prometheus.
  • Hands-on knowledge of monitoring best practices in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
  • Proven experience leading technical initiatives or playing a lead role in monitoring/observability projects.
  • Strong scripting or automation experience (PowerShell, Python, Bash, Terraform).
  • Deep understanding of metrics, logs, telemetry pipelines, synthetic monitoring, and alerting strategies.
  • Nice to Have:
  • Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, or OCI Monitoring and Logging.
  • Experience with Prometheus exporters and integrating custom metrics.
  • Knowledge of ITSM practices and integration with platforms like ServiceNow.
  • Exposure to AI Ops, anomaly detection, or predictive alerting tools.
  • Toolbox:
  • Monitoring: SolarWinds Orion, Grafana, Prometheus
  • Cloud: Azure
  • Automation: PowerShell, Bash, Python, Terraform
  • Telemetry: Azure Monitor, App Insights, OCI Logging
  • ITSM: ServiceNow
  • CI/CD: Azure DevOps (nice-to-have for future integrations)

Qualifications: Any Degree

Languages: English Fluent)

Main skills: Grafana, Prometheus, Azure

Your career with us:

Working at Technip Energies is an inspiring journey, filled with groundbreaking projects and dynamic collaborations. Surrounded by diverse and talented individuals, you will feel welcomed, respected, and engaged. Enjoy a safe, caring environment where you can spark new ideas, reimagine the future, and lead change. As your career grows, you will benefit from learning opportunities at T.EN University, such as The Future Ready Program, and from the support of your manager through check-in moments like the Mid-Year Development Review, fostering continuous growth and development

What's next?

Once receiving your application, our Talent Acquisition professionals will screen and match your profile against the role requirements. We ask for your patience as the team completes the volume of applications with reasonable timeframe. Check your application progress periodically via personal account from created candidate profile during your application.

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