Senior Platform Monitoring Engineer

Databricks

. Lead platform incident investigations and coordinate cross-functional teams through detection, mitigation, and resolution .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesSenior💰 $115,700 - $198,900 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in incident management, cloud infrastructure, and observability, with a strong focus on building automation tools and mentoring junior engineers. Proficient in leveraging monitoring and alerting tools to enhance service reliability and customer experience.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Incident ManagementCloud Provider ExperienceDocker ProficiencyKubernetes ProficiencyMonitoring Tools Expertise

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Hard Skills

Python ProficiencyAutomation Tool DevelopmentRoot Cause AnalysisAlert DesignService Health Metrics

Soft Skills

MentorshipCross-Functional Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

AWSAzureGCPELKPrometheusGrafanaPagerDuty

Certifications & Qualifications

BS in Computer ScienceMaster's in Computer EngineeringPhD in Related Engineering Field

Industry Keywords

Site Reliability EngineeringDevOpsProduction EngineeringIncident Lifecycle ManagementObservability Workflows

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKubernetesPrometheusPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead platform incident investigations and coordinate cross-functional teams through detection, mitigation, and resolution
Conduct post-incident root cause analyses across infrastructure, services, and cloud providers
Design and implement customer-focused alerting pipelines and end-to-end observability workflows
Build automation tools and reusable monitoring patterns
Resolve reliability gaps affecting customer experience
Provide mentorship to junior engineers on observability patterns, alert design, and service health metrics
Participate in the on-call rotation

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 6 years of experience as an SRE, DevOps Engineer, Production Engineer, or similar role
Production-level experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes
Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, and PagerDuty
Ability to architect monitoring solutions correlating metrics, logs, and traces
Strong proficiency in Python or similar languages
Ability to build production-quality automation tools
Experience owning critical phases of the incident lifecycle from detection through resolution and post-mortem analysis in demanding production environments
BS, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related Engineering field
Participation in an on-call rotation

Benefits

Comp & perks

Eligibility for annual performance bonus
Equity
Comprehensive benefits and perks, with details varying by region