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Senior Cloud Engineer – Observability & Performance Engineering

United States, Washington · Job Posted July 03, 2026
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Job Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Cloud Engineer (Observability) to lead the engineering, optimization, and operational maturity of enterprise observability platforms across hybrid cloud and containerized environments. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer with deep expertise in Datadog, distributed tracing, APM, cloud monitoring, performance engineering, and site reliability practices. The successful candidate will partner with infrastructure, cloud, platform, and application teams to improve operational visibility, reduce alert fatigue, accelerate incident resolution, and drive data-informed operational decisions.

Job Responsibility

  • Observability Platform Engineering
  • Cloud & Container Monitoring
  • Performance Engineering & Reliability
  • Capacity Planning & Operational Excellence

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • 8+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, cloud, or operations engineering
  • 5+ years of experience focused on: Observability, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Performance Engineering, Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
  • Experience administering and optimizing observability platforms such as: Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Splunk Observability, Grafana/Prometheus
  • Strong experience with: OpenTelemetry, Distributed tracing, Performance tuning, APM engineering, Cloud-native monitoring
  • Experience supporting Azure, AWS, and containerized platforms
  • Proven ability to troubleshoot complex performance and reliability issues
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting federal or regulated environments
  • Experience with: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Terraform, ARM, Bicep
  • Strong understanding of: SLO/SLI engineering, Incident management, Capacity planning, Operational analytics
  • Experience integrating observability platforms with ServiceNow and CI/CD tooling

What we offer

  • medical
  • vision
  • dental
  • life and disability insurance
  • 401(k) plan
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