Senior Cloud Engineer Observability Platform
Smithfield, North Carolina, United States of America
Contract
3 days ago
$68 - $78 USD
Key skills
PythonJavaGoAINLPLLMAWSAzureGoogle CloudTerraformKubernetesDockerJenkinsEKSEC2GrafanaOtel
About this role
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer - Observability Platform in Smithfield, RI.
Key Tasks:
* Create and maintain Grafana dashboards, visualizations, and alerts for real-time operational insights
* Hands-on designing and building scalable and resilient applications in the cloud
REQUIREMENTS:
* 5+ years of experience leading projects and designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems
* 5+ years of hands-on experience deploying and/or supporting highly distributed multi-tiered systems at scale
* Deep understanding of distributed systems and telemetry architecture
* Experience choosing/modeling the right technique for the job (e.g., anomaly detection, ranking/recommendation, NLP), and knowing when a heuristic beats a model
* Experience operating observability pipelines in Kubernetes or similar orchestration environments
* Hands-on experience in 2 or more languages (Python, Java, Go etc.)
* Hands-on experience with Open Telemetry (OTEL) or any opensource Observability implementations
* Hands-on experience designing and building scalable and resilient applications in the cloud
* Good knowledge on networking concepts such as DNS, Load Balancers, routers, Linux, etc.
* Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
* Experience in deploying applications in AWS platforms such as EC2 and EKS or equivalent platforms from any other cloud provider such as Google Cloud Platform, Azure, etc.
* Experience delivering software using engineering best practices and principles
* Extensive knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, CFT, CDK, etc.)
* Hands-on experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment using ALM tools such as Jenkins
Bonus skills:
* Proven experience delivering LLM/agent features to production (prompting, tooling, evals, safety/guardrails)
* Experience working on Logging, Metrics, and Tracing frameworks and understanding of Logging and Metrics Data Models
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
By clicking ?Apply Today? you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.
Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer - Observability Platform in Smithfield, RI.
Key Tasks:
* Create and maintain Grafana dashboards, visualizations, and alerts for real-time operational insights
* Hands-on designing and building scalable and resilient applications in the cloud
REQUIREMENTS:
* 5+ years of experience leading projects and designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems
* 5+ years of hands-on experience deploying and/or supporting highly distributed multi-tiered systems at scale
* Deep understanding of distributed systems and telemetry architecture
* Experience choosing/modeling the right technique for the job (e.g., anomaly detection, ranking/recommendation, NLP), and knowing when a heuristic beats a model
* Experience operating observability pipelines in Kubernetes or similar orchestration environments
* Hands-on experience in 2 or more languages (Python, Java, Go etc.)
* Hands-on experience with Open Telemetry (OTEL) or any opensource Observability implementations
* Hands-on experience designing and building scalable and resilient applications in the cloud
* Good knowledge on networking concepts such as DNS, Load Balancers, routers, Linux, etc.
* Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
* Experience in deploying applications in AWS platforms such as EC2 and EKS or equivalent platforms from any other cloud provider such as Google Cloud Platform, Azure, etc.
* Experience delivering software using engineering best practices and principles
* Extensive knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, CFT, CDK, etc.)
* Hands-on experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment using ALM tools such as Jenkins
Bonus skills:
* Proven experience delivering LLM/agent features to production (prompting, tooling, evals, safety/guardrails)
* Experience working on Logging, Metrics, and Tracing frameworks and understanding of Logging and Metrics Data Models
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
By clicking ?Apply Today? you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.