Observability Engineer in Halifax

Observability Engineer in Halifax

Halifax Full-Time 123750 - 151250 $ / year (est.) On-site
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At a Glance

  • Tasks: Design and maintain observability infrastructure using cutting-edge tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Company: Join a leading financial services organization with a focus on innovation.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, health benefits, and opportunities for remote work.
  • Other info: Dynamic team environment with excellent career growth potential.
  • Why this job: Make a real impact by ensuring reliability for mission-critical applications.
  • Qualifications: Experience with Kubernetes and observability tools is a must.

The predicted salary is between 123750 - 151250 $ per year.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced Observability Engineer to join our Enterprise Kubernetes Platform team at a leading financial services organization. You’ll own the complete observability stack across 50+ production Kubernetes clusters, providing metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting capabilities that ensure exceptional reliability and performance for mission-critical applications. This role combines deep technical expertise in modern observability tools with emerging AI/ML capabilities to build intelligent monitoring solutions, predictive alerting, and self-healing infrastructure.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • OBSERVABILITY STACK OWNERSHIP
    • Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise-scale observability infrastructure including Prometheus, Grafana, Thanos, Loki, and modern collection agents.
    • Manage observability deployments using GitOps principles and infrastructure as code.
    • Implement long-term metrics storage solutions with cloud object storage.
    • Maintain and upgrade observability components across development, QA, UAT, production, and DR environments.
    • Configure distributed observability architecture spanning multiple datacenters and cloud providers.
  • METRICS & MONITORING
    • Design and implement Prometheus monitoring strategies for Kubernetes infrastructure and containerized applications.
    • Create ServiceMonitors, PodMonitors for automated metrics collection.
    • Develop rules for intelligent alerting with minimal false positives.
    • Configure multi-cluster metrics federation and aggregation.
    • Optimize metrics cardinality, storage efficiency, and query performance.
    • Implement recording rules for pre-aggregated metrics and SLI calculations.
  • DASHBOARDS & VISUALIZATION
    • Build comprehensive Grafana dashboards for infrastructure health, application performance, and business metrics.
    • Create reusable dashboards.

Observability Engineer in Halifax employer: Astra-North Infoteck Inc. ~ Conquering today’s challenges, achieving tomorrow’s vision!

Astra-North Infoteck Inc. is an exceptional employer located in the vibrant city of Toronto, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Employees benefit from comprehensive growth opportunities, including mentorship programs and access to cutting-edge technology, all while working in a supportive environment that values diversity and creativity. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team that is shaping the future of cloud-based solutions and AI.

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Contact Details:

Astra-North Infoteck Inc. ~ Conquering today’s challenges, achieving tomorrow’s vision! Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Observability Engineer in Halifax

Kubernetes
Prometheus
Grafana
Thanos
Loki
GitOps
Infrastructure as Code