Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Job Summary

Job Description – Observability Engineer

Role Title
Observability Engineer
Location Bangalore / Hybrid
Experience 6–10 Years
Band E2.2 / E3.1

Role Overview
AkzoNobel is looking for an experienced Observability Engineer to establish and enhance monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and performance management across enterprise digital platforms and cloud-native applications.
The candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing observability solutions that improve platform reliability, application performance, customer experience, and operational efficiency across Azure-based applications and services.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain enterprise observability frameworks.
Build end-to-end monitoring solutions for applications, APIs, infrastructure, databases, and cloud services.
Configure dashboards, metrics, alerts, and automated incident notifications.
Implement distributed tracing and application performance monitoring (APM).
Integrate observability platforms with incident management and ITSM tools.
Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budgets.
Improve platform reliability through proactive monitoring and predictive analytics.
Perform root cause analysis for production incidents and performance bottlenecks.
Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, Cloud, Security, Development, and Support teams.
Establish observability standards, governance, and best practices.

Skill Requirements

Mandatory Technical Skills
Monitoring & Observability

Dynatrace
Grafana
Prometheus
AppDynamics
Azure Monitor
Application Insights
Log Analytics

Logging & Tracing

ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
OpenTelemetry
Distributed Tracing
Centralized Logging

Cloud Platforms

Microsoft Azure
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure App Services
Azure Functions
Azure Storage

DevOps & Automation





Azure DevOps
Git
CI/CD Pipelines
Infrastructure as Code

Scripting

PowerShell
Python
Bash

Other Requirements

Preferred Skills

Splunk [Observabil
ThousandEyes [Observabil
BigPanda Event Correlation
Kubernetes & Container Monitoring
ServiceNow Integration
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
AI-driven Observability
Cloud Cost Optimization

Required Experience

6+ years in Monitoring, Production Support, DevOps, SRE, or Observability Engineering.
Hands-on experience with at least two enterprise observability platforms such as AppDynamics, ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, or ThousandEyes.
Experience implementing centralized logging and automated alerting solutions.
Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise applications.
Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning expertise.

Soft Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent stakeholder communication.
Ability to work in global delivery environments.
Experience working in Agile/DevOps teams.
Solid ownership mindset with proactive issue resolution.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

Preferred Certifications

Microsoft Azure Administrator
Azure Solutions Architect
Dynatrace Associate/Professional
Grafana Certified Professional
Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD)
ITIL Foundation

Key Search Keywords
Observability, Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Splunk, OpenTelemetry, SRE, Monitoring Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Monitoring, Logging, Tracing, DevOps, AKS, AppDynamics.

This JD aligns well with AkzoNobel's Azure/Web Platform transformation programs and can be used for sourcing E2.2/E3.1 level resources.

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