SimCorp Principal Observability Engineer Grafana/Logstash

Job description

<p><p><b>What Makes Us :</b><br/><br/> Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology.<br/><br/> If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!.<br/><br/> At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous.<br/><br/> Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success.<br/><br/> We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.<br/><br/> If you like what were saying, keep reading!.<br/><br/> <b>WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US :</b><br/><br/> Observability is at the heart of delivering robust, reliable, and innovative solutions to our global financial clients.<br/><br/> This role puts you at the forefront of our strategic journey, building systems that proactively detect issues, provide clear insights, and drive continuous improvements.<br/><br/> Your contribution ensures SimCorp can swiftly respond to challenges, keep systems performing optimally, and empower our teams with actionable insights.<br/><br/> Success in this role means delivering exceptional reliability, transparency, and innovation, directly impacting client satisfaction and SimCorps industry leadership.<br/><br/> <b>What Will You Be Responsible For :</b><br/><br/> - Drive and execute technical observability strategy across the organization.<br/><br/></p><p> - Lead design and implementation of advanced observability tooling (Elastic, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).<br/><br/></p><p> - Ensure governance and standardization across observability platforms.<br/><br/></p><p> - Develop and maintain clear, practical documentation (runbooks, onboarding guides, wikis).<br/><br/></p><p> - Enable engineering teams via effective technical onboarding and knowledge-sharing.<br/><br/> <b>What We Value :</b><br/><br/> This strategic role requires a blend of deep technical expertise, architectural vision, and strong leadership to guide the organization's observability practices.<br/><br/> <b>Professional & Technical Skills :</b><br/><br/> <b>Strategic & Architectural Planning :</b><br/><br/>- Ability to drive and execute a cohesive technical observability strategy across the entire organization.</p><p><br/></p><p> - Experience designing and implementing multi-tenant, scalable, and resilient observability architectures using tools like Elastic, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.<br/><br/></p><p> - Deep understanding of observability pillars : Logs, Metrics, and Traces, and how to integrate them effectively.<br/><br/> <b>Software & Platform Expertise :</b><br/><br/> - Elastic Stack : Advanced knowledge of Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats.

This includes cluster administration, performance tuning, creating complex queries, and index lifecycle management (ILM).<br/><br/> - Grafana : Advanced skills in creating sophisticated dashboards, using various data sources, and managing Grafana plugins and provisioning.<br/><br/> - OpenTelemetry : Deep experience with the OpenTelemetry framework, including collector configuration, instrumentation of applications (auto & manual), and context propagation.<br/><br/> - Azure Cloud : Senior-level experience with Azure services, particularly Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).<br/><br/> <b>Governance & Enablement :</b><br/><br/> - Experience creating and enforcing governance models for observability platforms, including naming conventions, data retention policies, and access control (RBAC).<br/><br/></p><p> - Proven ability to develop clear and practical documentation, such as runbooks, onboarding guides, and internal wikis.<br/><br/></p><p> - Skilled in technical writing and creating enablement materials to train and support engineering teams.<br/><br/> <b>Soft Skills & Capabilities :</b><br/><br/> - Leadership & Influence : Ability to manage stakeholders and communicate a clear technical vision to both engineering teams and senior leadership.<br/><br/></p><p> - Strategic Thinking : A forward-thinking mindset to anticipate future needs, evaluate emerging technologies, and ensure the observability platform meets long-term business goals.</p><p><br/></p><p> - Mentorship : A passion for enabling other engineers through knowledge-sharing, workshops, and effective onboarding.<br/><br/></p><p> - Communication : Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.<br/><br/> <b>Benefits :</b><br/><br/>- Competitive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement.<br/><br/>- However, at SimCorp, we believe we can offer more.<br/><br/>- Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide an excellent work-life balance : flexible work hours, a hybrid workplace model.<br/><br/>- Simcorp follows a global hybrid policy, asking employees to work from the office two days each week while allowing remote work on other days.<br/><br/>- On top of that, we have IP sprints; where you have 3 weeks per quarter to spend on mastering your skills as well as contributing to the company development.<br/><br/>- There is never just only one route we practice an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.<br/></p><br/></p> (ref:hirist.tech)

Required Skill Profession

Computer Occupations