Observability Architect-8 Years
Observability Architect-8 Years
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06-06-2025
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Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Observability Architect to define implement and maintain an end-to-end
monitoring alerting and auditing strategy for our Azure-based cloud banking platform. This role involves close
collaboration with Infrastructure Security Application Development and Compliance teams to ensure all
components from microservices to external SaaS integrations are instrumented and monitored effectively.
You will guide teams on application-level changes necessary for robust observability such as transaction IDs
correlation IDs error/alert classification and more.
About the Platform
1. Azure Cloud: Primary hosting environment leveraging services like AKS Azure SQL Azure Key Vault Azure
Event Hubs Azure Cosmos DB Azure Monitoring Azure Log Analytics etc.
2. Banking Applications: React Native and microservices in a containerized architecture.
3. Integration Layer: IBM DataPower IBM ACE IBM MQ handling complex financial integrations.
4. SaaS Providers: Auth0 Finxact Savana Finzly Fiserv Alloy Box Envestnet Debit card acquirer/issuer
PaymentUS etc.
5. APIs: Hundreds of APIs coordinating across multiple internal and external services.
6. Data Sensitivity: Handling PII and financial data (SSN EIN DL financial information) in strict compliance
with regulatory standards.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Observability Architecture & Strategy
- Define a holistic observability framework incorporating metrics logs traces and events across distributed
microservices and integration layers.
- Recommend application-level changes (e.g. transaction IDs correlation IDs structured logging error/alert
classification) to enable robust end-to-end monitoring.
2. Implementation & Tooling
- Deploy monitoring solutions using Azure Monitor Azure Log Analytics Application Insights and other third-
party or open-source tools.
- Configure dashboards alerts and real-time anomaly detection to facilitate efficient troubleshooting and
proactive issue detection.
3. Application Instrumentation & Impact
- Work with development teams to embed observability best practices into the codebase ensuring minimal
instrumentation overhead.
- Champion ID standards (transaction IDs correlation IDs) and structured logging formats for consistent
tracing across services.
- Develop guidelines for error and alert classification to differentiate critical system failures from minor or
user-level issues.
4. Data Management & Real-Time Processing
- Address data volume and noise challenges by optimizing data pipelines including real-time ingestion
filtering and storage.
- Define retention policies and cost-optimization strategies for logs and metrics at scale.
5. Compliance & Auditing
- Collaborate with Security and Compliance teams to meet banking regulations (FFIEC PCI-DSS SOC 2 etc.
ensuring all observability data is securely stored and auditable.
- Establish and maintain detailed audit trails of all critical banking transactions and data access.
6. Performance & Reliability
- Conduct capacity planning and performance tuning to ensure systems can scale while remaining highly
available.
- Implement SRE practices for resilience and reliability including automated rollbacks and failover strategies.
7. Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing
- Create runbooks best practices and documentation for cross-functional teams to effectively utilize
observability tools.
- Lead post-incident reviews and blameless postmortems driving iterative improvements to monitoring and
alerting.
8. Stakeholder Communication
- Present key metrics observations and recommendations to leadership translating technical data into
actionable insights.
- Serve as a liaison with third-party providers (IBM SaaS vendors) to ensure consistent data formats and
observability coverage.
Required Qualifications:
- Education & Experience
- bachelor s degree in computer science Information Systems or a related field (Master s preferred).
- 8 years of experience in IT operations DevOps or Cloud Architecture with a focus on observability and
monitoring.
Technical Skills:
- Deep expertise in Azure services (Azure Monitor Log Analytics Application Insights Key Vault etc. and
Kubernetes (AKS).
- Proficiency in distributed tracing logging and metrics (e.g. OpenTelemetry Prometheus Grafana
ELK/Splunk).
- Familiarity with middlware products such IBM DataPower ACE MQ or similar integration products.
- Familiarity with React JS React Native Node JS or other similar technologies.
- Skilled in scripting/automation (PowerShell Python etc..
- Demonstrable experience implementing application-level instrumentation (transaction IDs correlation IDs
structured logging) in microservices.
Banking & Compliance Knowledge:
- Familiarity with financial regulations (FFIEC PCI-DSS SOC 2 and designing solutions that maintain
compliance.
- Experience with PII handling encryption and security best practices.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certifications: Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or related.
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