Sr. Observability Platform Engineer

American Express Global Business Travel

Mexico City, Mexico
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Elk stack, new relic, datadog
Monitoring architectures, logging strategies
Distributed tracing, alerting frameworks
** American Express Global Business Travel is seeking a Senior Observability Platform Engineer to lead the development of their enterprise observability infrastructure. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in platform engineering and observability tools, with a strong focus on mentoring and innovation within a collaborative culture. **

Job Summary

  • Amex GBT is seeking an accomplished Senior Observability Platform Engineer to lead the design, development, and evolution of our enterprise observability infrastructure.
  • In this strategic role, you will architect scalable observability solutions, mentor engineering teams, and drive innovation in monitoring and system reliability across our global technology ecosystem.
  • Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do, including health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources.

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** American Express Global Business Travel is seeking a Senior Observability Platform Engineer to lead the development of their enterprise observability infrastructure. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in platform engineering and observability tools, with a strong focus on mentoring and innovation within a collaborative culture. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • ELK Stack, New Relic, Datadog
  • monitoring architectures, logging strategies
  • distributed tracing, alerting frameworks
  • synthetic monitoring, end-to-end transaction monitoring
  • Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
  • Real User Monitoring (RUM)
  • SLI/SLO definition, measurement, tracking
  • scripting and programming languages (Python, Go, Bash)
  • cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)

Nice-to-have

  • machine learning-based anomaly detection
  • chaos engineering and resilience testing
  • financial services or enterprise environments

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, systems engineering
  • 6+ years of hands-on expertise with enterprise observability platforms
  • Demonstrated leadership and mentoring capabilities
  • Relevant certifications (AWS, GCP, Azure, or vendor-specific observability certifications)

Work Rights

Not specified

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