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Ford Motor Company

Director of Cloud SRE

Downers Grove, IL · On-site +1

$57 - $75.50/hr

This role drives the strategy, architecture, and roadmap for our internal observability and reliability tooling - spanning telemetry standards, developer pipeline integration, and application team SR ...

Adidev Technologies Inc

DevOps Engineer

Chicago, IL

$54.50 - $74.50/hr

... Engineer Company Overview: We are a fastgrowing technology company focused on delivering reliable ... I mplement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog)

Adidev Technologies Inc

DevOps Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$110 - $170/hr

... Engineer Company Overview: We are a fast‑growing technology company focused on delivering ... Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog)

Adidev Technologies Inc

DevOps Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$54.50 - $74.50/hr

... observability, and cloud infrastructure management. You will partner with cross-functional teams to optimize performance, reliability, and security of services across environments. Key ...

QualiTest

Site Reliability Engineer

Riverwoods, IL · On-site

$59.25 - $78.75/hr

Expertise in observability tools including APM (Datadog), synthetic monitoring and log aggregation ... Hands-on experience on SNOW. SRE Skillsets - Expectations from Data Platform team: * Expertise in ...

ADDSOURCE

AI Quality Engineer / Lead

Chicago, IL · On-site

$74K - $95K/yr

Sr. AI Quality Engineer / Lead Experience: - Min 8+ Years Location: - Eden Prairie, MN & Chicago ... Support runtime reliability through observability, telemetry, distributed tracing, monitoring ...

VeeRteq Solutions Inc.

AI Quality Engineer / Lead

Chicago, IL · On-site

$74K - $95K/yr

Sr. AI Quality Engineer / Lead Experience: - Min 8+ Years Location: - Eden Prairie, MN & Chicago ... Support runtime reliability through observability, telemetry, distributed tracing, monitoring ...

ADDSOURCE

GenAI Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

Role: SR GenAI Engineer Experience: - min 8+ Years Location: - Edina, MN & Chicago, IL Hybrid 3 ... A key responsibility will be establishing enterprise-grade observability across the platform ...

VeeRteq Solutions Inc.

GenAI Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

Role: SR GenAI Engineer Experience: - min 8+ Years Location: - Edina, MN & Chicago, IL Hybrid - 3 ... A · key responsibility will be establishing enterprise-grade observability across the platform ...

Jobtailor

Platform Engineer

Lincolnshire, IL · On-site

$140 - $180/hr

Own the full platform lifecycle -- from infrastructure provisioning and GitOps delivery pipelines to observability and developer experience -- working across our multi‑cloud environments. * Design ...

DV Trading

Senior DevOps Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$133K - $172K/yr

... s Engineer to join a small, high-impact team that builds and operates the infrastructure powering ... Observability: Operate and scale our on-prem observability stack - Mimir (metrics), Loki (logs ...

DV Trading

Senior DevOps Engineer

Chicago, IL

$133K - $172K/yr

... s Engineer to join a small, high-impact team that builds and operates the infrastructure powering ... Observability: Operate and scale our on-prem observability stack -- Mimir (metrics), Loki (logs ...

DV Trading

Senior DevOps Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$133K - $172K/yr

... s Engineer to join a small, high-impact team that builds and operates the infrastructure powering ... Observability: Operate and scale our on-prem observability stack - Mimir (metrics), Loki (logs ...

DV Trading LLC

Senior DevOps Engineer

Chicago, IL

$133K - $172K/yr

... s Engineer to join a small, high-impact team that builds and operates the infrastructure powering ... Observability: Operate and scale our on-prem observability stack -- Mimir (metrics), Loki (logs ...

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What does an observability engineer do?

An Observability Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining monitoring, logging, and tracing systems to ensure the health, performance, and reliability of applications and infrastructure. They work with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and ELK to collect and analyze telemetry data. Their goal is to provide visibility into system behavior, detect and diagnose issues quickly, and improve overall system observability. They collaborate with developers, SREs, and operational teams to create automated and scalable observability solutions.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as an observability engineer?

To thrive as an Observability Engineer, you need a solid understanding of monitoring, logging, and tracing systems, as well as expertise in programming, cloud infrastructure, and incident response. Proficiency in tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, and familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP are commonly required, and certifications like AWS Certified DevOps Engineer can be advantageous. Strong analytical thinking, collaborative skills, and effective communication are essential soft skills for diagnosing issues and working across development and operations teams. These competencies are vital for proactively maintaining system reliability, ensuring performance, and resolving complications before they impact business operations.

How much do observability engineers make?

Observability engineers typically earn between $90,000 and $150,000 annually, depending on experience, location, and company size. Senior roles or those with expertise in tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or cloud platforms may command higher salaries.

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Technology Engineering Associate Director, Observability and Event Management

North Chicago, IL • On-site

AbbVie
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$141K/yr

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Posted 23 days ago

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Company Description
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Job Description
The Associate Director will serve as the technical authority for Observability and Event Management. Lead the technology strategy, engineering, and operational excellence of the enterprise's monitoring, telemetry, and event lifecycle capabilities. This role ensures our platforms, applications, and infrastructure are measurable, predictable, and resilient - enabling proactive detection, automated remediation, and data-driven engineering decisions.
Responsibilities:
  • Own the observability strategy across logs, metrics, traces, events, and digital experience monitoring.
  • Position observability as an enterprise service with clear service definitions, support models, standards, and adoption expectations.
  • Influence the architecture and lead the engineering portion of modern telemetry pipelines: OpenTelemetry, distribution tracing, log aggregation, and metrics platforms.
  • Lead the technology portion for Event Management, including event detection, correlation, enrichment, noise reduction, and automated response.
  • Support and implement AIOps capabilities to improve signal-to-noise ratio, reduce toil, and accelerate root-cause identification.
  • Drive automation-first approaches for alerting, remediation, and event routing.
  • Partner with architects, platform, and cloud engineering teams, to ensure observability and monitoring coverage are embedded into new and existing services, applications, infrastructure, and platforms.
  • Lead tool selection, roadmap, and vendor management for observability and event platforms.
  • Lead and develop a team responsible for enterprise observability services, including coaching, performance management, prioritization of team capacity, skills development, and alignment of team execution to enterprise technology priorities.
  • Mentor engineers and influence engineering culture towards proactive reliability and data-driven operations.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Business Administration with 9 years' experience OR Master's Degree with 8 years' experience OR PhD with 4 years' experience
  • Deep expertise in observability/monitoring platforms: Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana, or SolarWinds
  • Strong understanding of OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and telemetry standards
  • Hands-on experience with event correlation, AIOps and automation frameworks
  • Demonstrated proficiency of ITIL Event Management, Incident Management and Operations Control
  • Proven ability to translate telemetry into insights for engineering and leadership
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to bridge the gap between technical and business audiences
  • Capacity to make well-informed and timely decisions in a fast-paced environment
  • Thorough understanding of customer needs and the ability to translate them into roadmap product/service offerings
  • Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and needs from various stakeholders

Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
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AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health, and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.

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Scientific research and development services

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10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

North Chicago, IL, US

Year founded

2013

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