Monitoring and Observability Architect

As a Monitoring and Observability Architect at DriveWealth, you will be responsible for leading the design and optimization of our observability infrastructure. This involves developing scalable observability strategies, creating high-performance monitoring architectures, defining observability roadmaps, and integrating monitoring platforms into our existing infrastructure. You'll work closely with various teams to improve system reliability and implement automation that reduces operational costs.

Candidates for the Monitoring and Observability Architect position at DriveWealth should have at least 7 years of experience in observability engineering or a related field. Proficiency with Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, and Sumo Logic is essential, alongside familiarity with various observability tools. Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and a strong understanding of observability frameworks, especially OpenTelemetry, is crucial to succeed in this role.

At DriveWealth, we invest in the career development of our Monitoring and Observability Architect by providing an annual budget of $2,500 for continued education and personal development. We also foster a collaborative work environment that encourages innovation and creativity, allowing you to continuously enhance your skills and stay current with industry best practices.

In the role of Monitoring and Observability Architect at DriveWealth, you will work extensively with tools including Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, Sumo Logic, CloudWatch, and more. Your efforts will focus on integrating these tools into our systems, ensuring optimal data retention and efficient monitoring processes to provide actionable insights.

The culture at DriveWealth is a vibrant mix of a tech start-up's agility and Wall Street's significance. We emphasize diversity and inclusion, encouraging our employees to share their unique perspectives. As a Monitoring and Observability Architect, you'll be part of a team that values creativity, accountability, and teamwork, all while ensuring regulatory compliance and institutional-grade execution.

Answer this by detailing your specific experience with Grafana, including how you set up dashboards, monitored performance metrics, and integrated it with other tools. Highlight any challenges you faced and how you overcame them.

Discuss how you assess current systems, identify gaps, and align your observability strategies with business objectives and user needs. Mention your approach to integrating various tools and methodologies.

Emphasize your understanding of compliance requirements and how you incorporate checks and balances in your observability frameworks to ensure alignment with industry regulations.

Provide a real-world example, focusing on the problem, your analytical approach, and the ultimate resolution, underlining your troubleshooting skills and strategic thinking.

Explain how you leverage automation in alerting, remediation, and monitoring tasks. Provide examples of tools and scripts you have created or managed to optimize operations.

Discuss the steps you take to ensure observability tools are effectively integrated within CI/CD workflows, highlighting any past projects where you accomplished this.

Outline your criteria for evaluating new tools, including scalability, compatibility, community support, and cost-effectiveness, and share any experiences where you’ve successfully introduced new technologies.

Detail the steps you would take, from identifying key metrics to implementing the necessary architecture, along with any relevant technologies you would employ.

Explain your hands-on experience, detailing how you've used Helm, operators, or other native tooling to implement observability within Kubernetes, showcasing your technical skills.

Highlight your communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally. Share strategies you use to ensure alignment and understanding among infrastructure, development, and operations teams.