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Senior SRE Engineer – Observability & Reliability
GrooveTech. Lead the administration and evolution of Datadog as the central observability platform, including APM, traces, log pipelines, metrics, RUM, Synthetics, SLOs, monitors, and Cloud SIEM .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates advanced expertise in Datadog and AWS architecture, ensuring comprehensive observability and compliance in production environments. Capable of leading incident response, creating technical documentation, and managing observability disciplines effectively.
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Datadog Platform ExpertiseAWS Architecture KnowledgeIncident Management ExperienceObservability As Code PracticesPCI DSS Compliance Support
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Hard Skills
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Log ManagementStructured Technical DocumentationError Budget TrackingSignal-Focused Alerts DesignCloud SIEM IntegrationRunbooks and Playbooks CreationObservability FinOps ManagementGo and/or TypeScript/Node.js Code Analysis
Soft Skills
Excellent AdaptabilityInterpersonal SkillsTransparent CollaborationFocus on Continuous ImprovementAbility to Execute Quickly
Tools & Technologies
AWS CloudWatchCloudTrailGuardDutyInspectorMacieTerraformJira Service ManagementEventBridgeSQSDynamoDB
Industry Keywords
FintechPaymentsPCI DSSOperational TroubleshootingChange Management
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSCloudDynamoDBJavaScriptNode.jsTerraformTypeScriptGo
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead the administration and evolution of Datadog as the central observability platform, including APM, traces, log pipelines, metrics, RUM, Synthetics, SLOs, monitors, and Cloud SIEM
- Ensure comprehensive observability coverage for production environments on AWS, including ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, EventBridge/SQS, CloudFront, and WAF
- Define and track SLIs and SLOs for critical journeys, monitoring error budget consumption
- Design signal-focused alerts by eliminating false positives, duplicate notifications, and inefficient monitors
- Integrate and audit security logs, including CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie, and VPC Flow Logs
- Lead critical incident response, including triage, event correlation, transparent communication, and leadership of RCAs and postmortems
- Maintain technical governance by creating runbooks and playbooks and supporting Change Management processes in Jira Service Management
- Support PCI DSS compliance by producing monitoring, logging, and FIM evidence, as well as supporting audits and penetration testing
- Manage Observability FinOps by optimizing Datadog costs related to retention, log indexing, and metric cardinality
- Serve as the technical reference and owner for platform observability and reliability
Requirements
What you’ll need- Strong, hands-on track record (8+ years) in SRE, Observability, or the support of critical environments
- Deep, advanced expertise in the Datadog platform, including APM, Traces, Logs, Synthetics, SLOs, and Dashboards
- Strong knowledge of AWS architecture focused on operational troubleshooting, including CloudWatch, CloudTrail, ECS, Lambda, queues, and events
- Experience managing incidents, problems, and changes (ITIL or equivalent)
- Proven experience creating structured technical documentation, including runbooks, playbooks, and postmortems
- Ability to execute, troubleshoot, and deliver quickly, without remaining limited to the theoretical or architectural level
- Ability to independently manage the observability discipline and prioritize backlogs without the need for micromanagement
- Excellent adaptability to dynamic routines, openness to feedback, and a focus on continuous improvement
- Excellent interpersonal skills for aligned and transparent collaboration with engineering, QA, and product teams
- Advanced to fluent English
- Experience in payments, fintech, or PCI DSS-regulated environments
- Knowledge of Cloud SIEM and AWS security tools, including GuardDuty, Inspector, and Macie
- Observability as Code practices using Terraform and the Datadog API
- Ability to read and analyze Go and/or TypeScript/Node.js code to support diagnostics
Benefits
Comp & perks- Life insurance
- Access to the Wellhub ecosystem (formerly Gympass)
- Support from technical and management back-office teams to ensure accelerated onboarding and continued support throughout your journey