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Burns & McDonnell · 8 hours ago

Associate Observability Engineer - Information Technology (Kansas City)

Kansas City, MO

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

14+ years exp

Burns & McDonnell is seeking an Associate Observability Engineer to lead the strategy and execution of their enterprise-wide observability practice. This role involves ensuring the reliability and performance of critical systems across on-premise and multi-cloud environments, while driving a proactive, data-driven observability approach.

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Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define and implement the vision and strategy for observability across the enterprise, aligning with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps principles

Lead the design, implementation, and management of a unified observability platform, leveraging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK Stack to process logs, metrics, traces, and events

Manage and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and operational ownership

Partner with application development, platform engineering, and cybersecurity teams to establish Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets for critical services

Drive efforts to reduce Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Recover (MTTR) by enhancing alerting, automating incident response, and creating standardized runbooks

Serve as the subject matter expert on observability for multi-cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure), on-premises infrastructure, and networking, providing guidance and establishing best practices

Champion and implement automation for monitoring, alerting, and compliance reporting to reduce manual effort and ensure consistency

Develop and enforce standards for logging, metrics, and tracing to ensure high-quality, actionable telemetry data across all systems

Qualification

Cloud technologiesPythonInfrastructure managementObservability solutionsAutomationSecurity systemsTeam leadershipCommunication skillsCritical thinkingAttention to detailCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in technology, business, or related field and 14 years of relevant experience

Applicable years of experience may be substituted for the degree requirement

Expert knowledge in cloud technologies, automation scripts and infrastructure management

Expert knowledge of security systems and policies and experience in vulnerability management and remediation

Expert knowledge in Python and React software development

Advanced computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to lead projects and delegate work tasks to team members

Ability to oversee the execution of work and resolve issues in a team environment

Demonstrated critical thinking skills and ability to work methodically and analytically in a problem-solving environment

Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building and collaboration

Preferred

Minimum of ten years of professional experience in an infrastructure engineering, SRE, or a similar role

Proven experience managing technical teams, including hiring, performance management, and career development

Expertise in designing, implementing, and operating observability and monitoring solutions at scale

Deep technical knowledge of at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and experience with multi-cloud environments

Strong understanding of on-premise infrastructure, including virtualization, storage, and networking

Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information to all levels of management and staff

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible

Hands-on experience with modern observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, Splunk)

Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker

Demonstrated ability in scripting or software development (e.g., Python, Go, Bash)

Experience in a large enterprise environment with complex, hybrid infrastructure

Professional certifications in cloud platforms or networking

Company

Burns & McDonnell

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Burns & McDonnell is an engineering design firm and it provides engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting services.

Founded in 1898

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.burnsmcd.com

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