Systems Observability Specialist
Required skills
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Datadog
- New Relic
- Splunk
- OpenTelemetry
- Distributed Tracing
- Structured Logging
- Go
- Python
Nice to have
- Thanos
- Mimir
- Cortex
- Loki
- Tempo
- eBPF
Role summary
Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Systems Observability Specialist for a 100% remote, full-time position. The role involves designing and operating metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting platforms to ensure system reliability. Responsibilities span the entire observability stack, focusing on usability, signal quality, and operational return on investment. The ideal candidate will have experience building and managing observability platforms at scale, understanding both open-source and SaaS trade-offs, and translating telemetry into actionable insights for engineers and business stakeholders. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and 5+ years of relevant experience are required.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.
Job Title: Systems Observability Specialist
Location: 100% Remote (U.S.)
Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2
Salary Range: $135,000–$155,000 Annually
Experience Required: 6+ years
Sponsorship: U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.
Job Summary:
We are looking for an Systems Observability Specialist to design and operate the metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting platforms that give engineering teams confidence in the systems they run. The role spans the full observability stack — from collection agents and pipelines to long-term storage, dashboards, and alerting workflows — with a strong focus on usability, signal quality, and operational ROI. The ideal candidate has built and operated observability platforms at scale, understands the trade-offs between open-source and SaaS approaches, and can translate noisy telemetry into actionable insight for both engineers and business stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Five or more years of experience in SRE, platform engineering, or observability roles.
- Deep hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and at least one major commercial observability platform such as Datadog, New Relic, or Splunk.
- Strong understanding of OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and structured logging.
- Proficiency in at least one general-purpose language such as Go, Python, or Java.
- Experience operating high-cardinality, high-throughput metrics and log pipelines.
- Strong understanding of SLOs, error budgets, and SRE principles.
- Experience integrating observability with CI/CD and incident management tooling.
- Solid grasp of Linux internals, networking, and container platforms.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Thanos, Mimir, Cortex, Loki, or Tempo at scale.
- Contributions to OpenTelemetry or observability open-source projects.
- Familiarity with eBPF-based observability tooling.
- Experience driving observability cost optimization initiatives.
- Exposure to regulated environments with audit-grade logging requirements.
How to Apply
Would you like to know more about this opportunity? For immediate consideration, please send your resume to Harry@bvteck.com or contact us at (908)676-4399. Learn more about Bright Vision Technologies at www.bvteck.com.
Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement
Bright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.
BV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination. Any improper interference with employees' ability to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.
