Observability Engineer/SME-Noida/Bengaluru

Role Summary

As Observability Engineer / SME, you will be the technical authority for designing, implementing, and operating enterprise monitoring and observability solutions across hybrid IT environments. Working hands-on with platforms such as HPE OpsRamp and SolarWinds (and similar ITOM/observability tools), you will deliver end-to-end monitoring — onboarding, discovery, service mapping, alert correlation, and ITSM-integrated event management — to improve reliability, reduce noise, and accelerate MTTD/MTTR for our clients. You will also mentor L1/L2 teams and serve as the central point of expertise for monitoring delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Design & Implementation

• Design, deploy, configure, customize, and integrate observability solutions using HPE OpsRamp, SolarWinds, and similar platforms (Nagios, Zabbix, ManageEngine OpManager, etc.) across on-prem, cloud, and edge infrastructure.
• Analyze client infrastructure design, architecture, and security standards to define fit-for-purpose monitoring solutions.
• Develop and maintain architecture blueprints, design documents, SOPs, and operational runbooks for monitoring and event-management systems.
• Lead onboarding, discovery, service mapping, alert correlation, and runbook automation for green-field and brown-field engagements.

Operations & Event Management

• Own day-to-day operations of observability platforms — ensuring high availability, performance, capacity, data accuracy, and timely upgrades/patching.
• Manage event-management processes: event ingestion, correlation, noise reduction, deduplication, and routing to the appropriate resolver groups.
• Troubleshoot complex incidents escalated from L1/L2 teams; lead root-cause analysis (RCA) and turn telemetry into actionable reliability insights.
• Establish and continuously improve standards, thresholds, and SLA-based response models; maintain telemetry data hygiene (retention, indexing, access controls).
• Integrate monitoring tools with ITSM platforms (ServiceNow, BMC, Ivanti) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) — including alert/ticketing workflows via MID server/connectors.

Automation, Collaboration & Leadership

• Build automation scripts and self-healing runbooks (Python/Bash/PowerShell) to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual toil.
• Coordinate with service desk, network, system, and application teams to drive proactive incident prevention using observability insights.
• Conduct knowledge transfer and training for L1/L2 teams; develop upskilling roadmaps and mentor junior engineers.
• Deliver executive reports, performance dashboards, and service-improvement recommendations to client and internal stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience

Monitoring & Observability (mandatory)

• 6–8 years of hands-on experience in IT monitoring tool deployment, implementation, operational support, and report building.
• Strong hands-on expertise with HPE OpsRamp and SolarWinds and their modules; experience with similar tools (ManageEngine OpManager, Nagios, Zabbix, PRTG) is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of broader observability/APM platforms — Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk — and OpenTelemetry concepts.
• Proven experience in Managed Services / NOC delivery and ITSM-integrated event management.

Infrastructure, Cloud & Automation

• Strong understanding of servers, networks, virtualization, storage, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Hands-on integration experience with ITSM tools (ServiceNow preferred, BMC, Ivanti) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Scripting for automation and integration — Python, Bash, or PowerShell; familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Sound understanding of ITIL processes — Incident, Problem, Change, and Configuration Management.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability with high attention to detail.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and reporting skills (design docs, SOPs, RCA, dashboards).
• Proven mentoring and cross-team collaboration; self-motivated and able to act as a technical authority in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• ITIL Foundation certification (Intermediate/Expert preferred).
• Certifications in HPE OpsRamp/GreenLake/OneView, SolarWinds, or related ITOM/observability and cloud platforms are an advantage; AIOps/AI-related training is a plus.