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Senior Grafana BI Engineer

Seattle, WA ยท Remote

$60 - $75/hr

Senior Grafana BI Engineer (Data Visualization / UX) Location: 100% Remote Duration: Long-term contract About the Role We're looking for a Senior Grafana BI Engineer to take ownership of a high ...

Grafana Cloud, our fully managed observability platform, is flexible and built for scale. With ... The Opportunity Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Engineer (AI & Automation) to own the AI agent ...

Senior AI Engineer | US | Remote

$107K - $146K/yr

Grafana Cloud, our fully managed observability platform, is flexible and built for scale. With ... The Opportunity Grafana Labs is seeking a Senior Engineer (AI & Automation) to own the AI agent ...

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Grafana Engineer information

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Grafana Engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Grafana Engineer, you need a solid background in system monitoring, data visualization, and expertise with time-series databases, typically supported by experience in IT operations or DevOps. Familiarity with Grafana dashboards, Prometheus, InfluxDB, and scripting languages, as well as certifications in cloud platforms or observability tools, are highly valuable. Strong problem-solving abilities, analytical thinking, and effective communication skills help engineers translate technical monitoring data into actionable insights for diverse stakeholders. These skills and qualities are crucial for ensuring system reliability, optimizing performance, and enabling data-driven decision making within complex IT environments.

What is a Grafana Engineer?

A Grafana Engineer is a professional who specializes in setting up, configuring, and maintaining Grafana, which is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. They design and implement dashboards to visualize data from various sources, integrate Grafana with other systems, and ensure the platform is optimized for performance and security. Grafana Engineers often work closely with DevOps, IT, and development teams to provide actionable insights through real-time data visualization.

What are some common challenges faced by Grafana Engineers when integrating dashboards with diverse data sources?

Grafana Engineers often encounter challenges when integrating dashboards with various data sources, such as ensuring data compatibility, managing authentication methods, and handling differences in data refresh rates. Each data source (like Prometheus, Elasticsearch, or SQL databases) may require distinct configuration and query approaches, which can create complexity in maintaining consistent and reliable dashboards. Effective troubleshooting and staying updated with Grafana plugins and integrations are essential skills to overcome these hurdles and deliver seamless observability solutions.

What is the difference between Grafana Engineer vs Data Engineer?

AspectGrafana EngineerData Engineer
Primary FocusCreating and maintaining dashboards and visualizations using GrafanaBuilding and managing data pipelines, databases, and data architecture
Required SkillsGrafana, SQL, data visualization, monitoring toolsETL processes, SQL, data modeling, cloud platforms
Work EnvironmentDevOps, monitoring, analytics teamsData teams, backend development, cloud infrastructure

While both roles involve working with data, a Grafana Engineer specializes in creating visual dashboards for data monitoring, whereas a Data Engineer focuses on designing data pipelines and infrastructure. The roles often collaborate but serve different purposes within data management and analytics.

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Senior Grafana BI Engineer

Senior Grafana BI Engineer

TEKsystems

Seattle, WA โ€ข Remote

$60 - $75/hr

Contractor

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 3 days ago


Job description

Senior Grafana BI Engineer (Data Visualization / UX)

Location: 100% Remote

Duration: Long-term contract

About the Role

Weโ€™re looking for a Senior Grafana BI Engineer to take ownership of a high-impact dashboard environment and transform it into a scalable, intuitive user experience. This is not a โ€œbuild more dashboardsโ€ roleโ€”youโ€™ll focus on re-architecting and improving an existing ecosystem, making it easier for users to

navigate, interpret, and act on data in real time. This role requires a strong focus on usability and design, ensuring dashboards are intuitive, fast, and effective in high-pressure scenarios.

What Youโ€™ll Do

  • Consolidate fragmented dashboards into a cohesive, structured system
  • Design clear hierarchy and navigation (executive โ†’ operational โ†’ detailed)
  • Create seamless user journeys across dashboards
  • Simplify complex data for real-time decision-making

These dashboards

are widely used across technical teams and leadership, often in time-sensitive scenarios where clarity and speed directly impact decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop advanced Grafana dashboards with a strong focus on UX and scalability
  • Restructure and streamline existing dashboards into a connected, intuitive experience
  • Build drilldowns, reusable components, and consistent design patterns
  • Implement best practices for:
    • Query reuse
    • Parameterization
    • Dashboard governance and organization
  • Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable insights
  • Partner with stakeholders to improve how data supports real-time decision-making
  • Optimize dashboards for high-pressure scenarios where speed and clarity are essential

Required Qualifications

Core Skills

  • 7+ years of hands-on Grafana experience in production environments
    • Dashboarding, navigation, plugins, parameterization
  • 7+ years of data visualization and UX design
    • Strong understanding of user behavior and usability
    • Ability to design intuitive experiences for both technical and business users
  • 5+ years of SQL experience
    • Building scalable, efficient, and reusable queries
    • Structuring data for performance and visualization
  • Strong data storytelling skills
    • Ability to communicate complex insights clearly to diverse audiences

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Kusto (KQL) or similar query languages
  • Background working with telemetry, observability, or monitoring data
  • Experience in large-scale or high-availability environments
  • Familiarity with tools like Prometheus, Power BI, or Tableau

Why This Role

This role sits at the cutting edge of modern telemetry and observability systems, where large-scale data and advanced analytics

drive real-time insights. Youโ€™ll work within a highly data-rich environment, using best-in-class tools to design solutions that directly improve operational visibility and decision-making. This is a space that values creativity, ownership, and technical excellence, giving you the opportunity to shape how data is experienced at scale.

We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected classification. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. This temporary role may be eligible for the following:

  • Medical, dental & vision
  • 401(k)/Roth
  • Insurance (Basic/Supplemental Life & AD&D)
  • Short and long-term disability
  • Health and Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HAS & DCFSA)
  • Transportation benefits
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Time off/Leave (PTO, Vacation, or Sick Leave)  
Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Seattle, WA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $75.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
โ€ข Medical, dental & vision
โ€ข Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
โ€ข 401(k) Retirement Plan โ€“ Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
โ€ข Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
โ€ข Short and long-term disability
โ€ข Health Spending Account (HSA)
โ€ข Transportation benefits
โ€ข Employee Assistance Program
โ€ข Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 8, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

Weโ€™re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. Weโ€™re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. Weโ€™re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. Weโ€™re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.