Senior Observability Engineer, Platform Engineering

Senior Observability Engineer, Platform Engineering

Irvine, CA or San Antonio, TX (Hybrid)

12+ Month Contract

JPC - 20528

Solugenix is seeking an experienced Senior Observability Engineer, Platform Engineering for a 12+ month contract, hybrid position based in Irvine, CA or San Antonio, TX.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Observability Engineer to design, implement, and optimize modern observability solutions across cloud-native environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in infrastructure automation, backend development, and monitoring platforms, with hands‑on experience in Terraform, Python, FastAPI, Open Telemetry, and Datadog.

This role will focus on building scalable observability frameworks, improving system reliability, and enabling proactive monitoring for critical applications and infrastructure.

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 10+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, software engineering, or observability engineering.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Proficiency in Python and backend API development using FastAPI.
• Experience implementing observability frameworks using Open Telemetry.
• Strong experience with Datadog, including dashboards, monitors, alerting, and SLO management.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and microservices.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and deployment automation.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Knowledge of container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with logging and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.
• Experience supporting high‑availability production environments.

• Design, build, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Develop reusable infrastructure modules and maintain infrastructure provisioning standards.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure and application deployments.
• Improve deployment reliability through automation and infrastructure best practices.
• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs using Python and FastAPI.
• Build backend services that support observability workflows, telemetry processing, and integrations.
• Optimize services for performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot application and API performance issues.

• Design and implement observability solutions using Open Telemetry for distributed tracing, metrics, and logging.
• Configure and maintain Datadog dashboards, monitors, alerts, and Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
• Develop monitoring strategies to improve system visibility and reduce incident response times.
• Analyze telemetry data to identify performance bottlenecks and reliability issues.
• Establish alerting thresholds and monitoring standards to support production operations.

Pay Range for CA, CO, IL, NJ, NY, WA, and DC: $90/hour to $110/hour. Starting rate of pay offered may vary depending on factors including but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience.

Solugenix will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and Ordinance. Applicants do not need to disclose their criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if we are concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, applicants will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.