Observability Engineer

Diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience in global markets, operating with own capital and trading various asset classes.
DevOps
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5+ years of experience
Finance

Description For Observability Engineer

DRW is a well-established trading firm with over 30 years of experience in global markets. The company operates autonomously using its own capital across various asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities, and Energy. They've expanded into real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.

The Observability team plays a crucial role in supporting the firm's logging, metrics, and tracing tools. This position offers an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment where you'll manage mission-critical observability infrastructure used throughout the company. You'll be responsible for ensuring multi-tenant and highly available operations while helping teams maximize their data usage.

As an Observability Engineer, you'll be at the intersection of DevOps and monitoring, working with tools like Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus. The role combines technical expertise with collaborative skills, as you'll need to interface with various teams and vendors while driving improvements in observability practices.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in monitoring tools, automation, and system troubleshooting, along with excellent communication skills. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex problems and has a passion for improving systems and workflows in a dynamic trading environment.

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Responsibilities For Observability Engineer

  • Provide support for suite of applications
  • Troubleshoot production system incidents and create postmortem artifacts
  • Develop automation for administrative tasks
  • Test and automate application upgrades
  • Improve logging, monitoring and alerting practices
  • Interface with vendor support for issue resolution
  • Act as ambassador for good observability practices
  • Help teams with data ingestion and dashboard creation

Requirements For Observability Engineer

Kubernetes
  • 5+ years of industry experience using logging and monitoring tools
  • Coding experience to automate repetitive tasks
  • Familiarity with CI/CD systems and workflows
  • Familiarity with git or other version control systems
  • Persistent drive to improve workflows
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex problems
  • Solid written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work well on team and independently

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