Principle Observability / Monitoring Engineer

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Job Title: Principle Observability / Monitoring Engineer
Client: Blue Shield of California
Location: Remote CA
Duration: 1 Year

Day to Day Responsibilities of this Position and Description of Project:

In this role, you will:
•             Lead the migration to Blue Shield of California’s next generation observability platform.
•             Engage application owners and business partners related to opportunities for engagement in projects requiring observability.
•             Proactively identify gaps in observability and monitoring capabilities, document risks and recommendations.
•             Act in leadership role along with team members to proactively develop solutions to improve observability capabilities.
•             Manage schedules for projects and initiatives, funded or operational. Ensure clear expectation set on delivery dates.
•             Assist in articulation of department vision and definition of strategic roadmap. Help define roadmaps based on department improvement, product and lifecycle.
•             Engage and effectively communicate with senior leadership. Be able to provide written status and updates to leadership on department projects and initiatives.
 
Your Knowledge and Experience
•             Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
•             Requires at least 10 years of prior experience involving observability
•             Requires a Agile/Scrum experience and mindset and experience with measuring agile team performance; SAFe or CSM certification desired
•             Research skills: Ability to conduct research and collect data to identify future opportunities
•             Communication skills: Senior level writing and verbal communication skills, to effectively and convey information and develop presentations for multiple levels of the organization
•             Experience with application performance management (APM) tools e.g. Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic, Splunk
•             Experience in Cloud technologies with focus on observability
•             Experience with Data Analytic platforms including Splunk ITSI
•             Technical expertise with Linux, Windows systems
•             Scripting technologies included Python, Perl, Powershell, Unix shell scripting, Javascript
•             Automation experience using Ansible (preferred) or Puppet.