SME SRE Observability

Job Title

SME - SRE Observability Engineer

Location

Minnesota (Onsite - 4 to 5 days/week)

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) with a strong focus on Observability. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing observability frameworks to ensure high system reliability, performance, and scalability in a production environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of observability solutions including metrics, logging, and tracing.
• Act as an SME for SRE best practices, ensuring system reliability, availability, and performance.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, alerts, and monitoring strategies.
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to improve system visibility.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and drive incident resolution.
• Optimize system performance and reliability through proactive monitoring.
• Implement automation to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts and practices.
• Deep expertise in Observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, Splunk, or similar).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proficiency in scripting/programming (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, alerting, and logging frameworks.
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in high-availability, distributed systems.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Prior experience as an SRE SME or Lead.