Observability Engineer

Ryan Specialty

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Chicago, IL - USA

profile Yearly Salary: $ 92000 - 115000
Posted on: 31-10-2025
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Summary

Ryan Specialty is seeking a Observability Engineer to drive the strategy implementation and optimization of observability platforms across our enterprise infrastructure. This role is critical to ensuring system reliability performance and proactive incident detection through advanced monitoring and analytics.

What will your job entail

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the design deployment and management of observability tools includingDatadogDynatraceAzure Monitor andSplunk.

  • Develop and maintain dashboards alerts and reports to provide actionable insights into system health and performance.

  • Collaborate with infrastructure application and DevOps teams to define observability standards and best practices.

  • Drive integration of observability platforms with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native environments.

  • Analyze telemetry data to identify trends anomalies and opportunities for optimization.

  • Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of observability across the organization.

  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend enhancements to the observability stack.

  • Ensure compliance with security and governance policies in monitoring implementations.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).

  • 5 years of experience in infrastructure monitoring observability or site reliability engineering.

  • Hands-on expertise withDatadogDynatraceAzure Monitor andSplunk.

  • Strong understanding of cloud platforms (especiallyMicrosoft Azure) and hybrid environments.

  • Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g. Python PowerShell) for automation and data manipulation.

  • Experience with log aggregation distributed tracing and metrics collection.

  • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced collaborative environment.

  • On-site in Williamsville NY-Chicago IL- Kansas City MO

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Certifications in observability tools or cloud platforms (e.g. Azure Administrator Dynatrace Professional).

  • Experience with containerized environments (Kubernetes Docker).

  • Familiarity with ITIL or incident management frameworks.

  • Knowledge of AIOps and machine learning applications in observability.

  • *****Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time*****

Ryan Specialty is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse workforce throughout the vision is an inclusive and equitable workplace where all employees are valued for and evaluated on their performance and contributions. Differences in race creed color religious beliefs physical or mental capabilities gender identity or expressionsexual orientation and many other characteristics bring together varied perspectives and add value to the service we provide our clients trading partnersand policy extends to all aspects of our employment practices including but not limited to recruiting hiring discipline firing promoting transferring compensation benefits training leaves of absence and other terms conditions and benefits of employment.

How We Support Our Teammates

Ryan Specialty seeks to offer our employees a comprehensive and best-in-class benefits package that helps them and their family members achieve their physical financial and emotional well-being addition to paid time off for company holidays vacation sick and personal days Ryan offers paid parental leave mental health services and more.

The target salary range for this position is $92000.00 - $115000.00 annually.

The wage range for this role considers many factors such as training transferable skills work experience licensure and certification business needs and market demands. The pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Full-time roles are eligible for bonuses and benefits. For additional information on Ryan Specialty Total Rewards visit our website provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation at

The above is intended to describe this jobs general requirements. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties responsibilities or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Position SummaryRyan Specialty is seeking a Observability Engineer to drive the strategy implementation and optimization of observability platforms across our enterprise infrastructure. This role is critical to ensuring system reliability performance and proactive incident detection through advanced...
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