Senior Observability Engineer

Perform IT is an international IT consultancy operating across EMEA, delivering digital solutions that help organizations use technology to drive efficiency, agility, and growth.

The company designs and implements custom solutions that align IT capabilities with strategic business goals, with core offerings in Digital Transformation, Observability, Professional Services, and Managed Services.

Known for strong technical expertise and an outcome-first mindset, Perform IT focuses on measurable results and tailored solutions for complex, multi-vendor IT environments.

Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the company has supported customers in 23 countries over the past 20 years through offices across Europe and the Middle East.

Perform IT values new talent and offers an exciting workplace with passionate colleagues and opportunities to work with leading technologies and vendors.

This is a full-time remote role for a Senior Observability Engineer.

In this position, you will design, implement, and maintain observability solutions across complex, distributed systems, ensuring end-to-end visibility of applications and infrastructure.

You will work with monitoring, logging, and tracing tools to build dashboards, alerts, and analytics that support performance optimization and incident detection.

Day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with architects, platform and application teams, defining observability standards and best practices, and integrating tools into CI/CD pipelines.

You will analyze telemetry data to identify trends, prevent issues, and support root-cause analysis during incidents, while contributing to documentation and knowledge sharing with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You may also be involved in client-facing activities, such as requirements gathering, solution design workshops, and presenting recommendations.

• Strong experience with observability platforms and tools (for example, metrics, logs, and traces systems such as Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack, Splunk, Dynatrace, New Relic, or similar).
• Solid background in infrastructure and platforms (such as Linux/Windows servers, containers, Kubernetes, cloud services like AWS, Azure, or GCP, and networking fundamentals).
• Proficiency in scripting or programming (for example, Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar) to automate configuration, data collection, and integration tasks.
• Experience integrating observability into DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
• Skills in performance analysis and troubleshooting, with the ability to interpret telemetry data, optimize system behavior, and support incident response.
• Ability to design dashboards, alerts, and reports that are clear, actionable, and tailored to different audiences, including technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in distributed teams and engaging with clients or internal partners.
• Background