AI Summary
Lead observability transformation, define architecture, and drive adoption of modern observability practices in a large Telecom company in Amsterdam. 5-8+ years of experience in observability, platform engineering, or distributed systems required. Strong hands-on experience with Grafana and Elasticsearch / ELK Stack.
Key Highlights
Lead observability transformation
Define architecture and drive adoption
5-8+ years of experience required
Key Responsibilities
Own and evolve the observability platform as a product
Define and drive the target architecture for observability across the organization
Make strategic decisions on tooling, integrations, and telemetry design
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
37 hours of work per week
Hybrid work arrangement
Visa sponsorship available
Job Description
Job Description
Are you a Observability Engineer and eager to consider a new project?
How about a role at a large Telecom company in Amsterdam?
General information
- Start date: ASAP
- Duration:
- No. of working hours: 37 hours per week
- Location: Hybrid, in Amsterdam
- Contract type: Payroll or ZZP
- VISA sponsorship: Yes, if already in NL
Over the coming months, you will play a key engineering leadership role in a major observability
stack transformation, shaping the vision, architecture, and adoption of a modern, scalable
observability platform. You will work across teams to move from reactive monitoring toward
proactive, insight-driven engineering.
You will be expected to challenge the status quo, make architectural trade-offs, and design solutions
that scale across a complex, cloud-native environment.
What Makes This Role Different
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- You will lead an observability transformation, not just support it
- You will define direction and architecture, not just implement requirements
- You will work on platform-level challenges, not isolated team needs
- You will influence engineering practices and developer experience, not just tooling
- You will operate in an environment where ambiguity is expected, and ownership is key
likely not a good fit.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the observability platform as a product, focusing on scalability, usability, and adoption
- Define and drive the target architecture for observability across the organization
- Make strategic decisions on tooling, integrations, and telemetry design (metrics, logs, traces)
- Balance standardization vs. team autonomy across a multi-team environment
- Drive adoption of modern observability practices (e.g., OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, SLO-based monitoring)
- Evaluate and challenge the current stack, identifying opportunities for simplification, consolidation, and innovation
- Design observability solutions for distributed, cloud-native systems (Kubernetes, microservices)
- Translate ambiguous problems into clear, scalable technical approaches
- Anticipate future scaling and complexity challenges and design accordingly
- Ensure observability data is actionable, meaningful, and cost-efficient
- Improve how engineers interact with observability (self-service, faster debugging, clearer insights)
- Reduce cognitive load by creating intuitive patterns, standards, and reusable solutions
- Coach and guide engineers on observability best practices
- Design and implement solutions using tools such as Grafana, Elasticsearch, and the ELK
- Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to visualize metrics, logs, and traces, providing actionable insights into system performance.
- Configure and optimize Elasticsearch and the ELK Stack for log aggregation, search, and analysis to support observability goals
- Integrate observability pipelines with systems like Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and CloudWatch
- Build and optimize log pipelines, metrics collection, and distributed tracing setups
- Define and implement alerting strategies focused on signal over noise
- Automation & Optimization
- Automate provisioning and configuration of observability tools using Infrastructure as Code
- (Terraform, Ansible)
- Optimize performance and cost of observability platforms such as ELK Stack & Grafana (e.g., index lifecycle management, data retention strategies)
- Continuously improve efficiency of data ingestion, storage, and querying
- Script automation tasks (e.g., dashboard provisioning, alert setup) using Python, Bash, or
- Grafana/Elastic APIs.
- Analyze telemetry data to detect trends, anomalies, and potential failures in distributed systems.
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- 5–8+ years of experience in observability, platform engineering, or distributed systems
- Proven experience in designing or evolving observability platforms, not just operating them
- Strong hands-on experience with Grafana and Elasticsearch / ELK Stack
- Experience with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and modern observability patterns
- Solid understanding of metrics, logs, and traces—and when to use each effectively
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and containerized environments (Docker,
- Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
- Ability to script and automate (e.g., Python, Bash, APIs)
- You have rethought or significantly improved an observability setup before
- You have strong opinions on what good observability looks like and can justify them
- You think in systems and trade-offs, not just tools
- You naturally look for simplification and leverage
- You are comfortable taking ownership in uncertain, evolving environments
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