Amex GBT seeks a Senior Observability Platform Engineer to lead the design and evolution of their enterprise observability infrastructure across a global technology ecosystem
Job Summary
Amex GBT seeks a Senior Observability Platform Engineer to lead the design and evolution of their enterprise observability infrastructure across a global technology ecosystem.
The role involves mentoring junior engineers, establishing governance frameworks, and driving innovation in monitoring and system reliability using tools like ELK Stack and Datadog.
Candidates will benefit from flexible benefits tailored to Mexico, travel perks, and access to over 20,000 courses on the company's learning platform.
Matching Summary
Amex GBT seeks a Senior Observability Platform Engineer to lead the design and evolution of their enterprise observability infrastructure across a global technology ecosystem.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
8+ years platform engineering experience
6+ years enterprise observability expertise
ELK Stack, New Relic, Datadog proficiency
Distributed tracing and APM implementation
Real User Monitoring (RUM) and synthetic monitoring
Python, Go, Bash scripting skills
AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud platforms
Nice-to-have
Machine learning-based anomaly detection
OpenTelemetry instrumentation knowledge
Chaos engineering and resilience testing
Financial services industry background
Published articles or conference talks
Vendor-specific observability certifications
SIEM integration and audit logging
Key Requirements
8+ years in platform engineering or DevOps
6+ years hands-on expertise with observability platforms
Deep understanding of SLI/SLO and incident metrics
Advanced proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash
Extensive experience with Kubernetes and Docker
Proven Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform/Ansible)