ELK Stack Engineer-Azure

Customer currently uses ELK stack, and the goal is to standardize and modernize logs, metrics, and traces using OpenTelemetry, while improving visibility, reliability, and operational intelligence.

Observability Architecture & Modernization :

- Assess the existing ELK-based observability setup and define a modern observability architecture

- Design and implement standardized logging, metrics, and distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry

- Define observability best practices for cloud-native and Azure-based applications

- Ensure consistent telemetry collection across microservices, APIs, and infrastructure

Logging, Metrics & Tracing :

- Instrument applications using OpenTelemetry SDKs (SpringBoot, .NET, Python, Javascript as applicable)

- Support Kubernetes and container-based workloads (if applicable)

- Configure and optimize log pipelines, trace exporters, and metric collectors

- Integrate OpenTelemetry with ELK / OpenSearch / Azure Monitor / other backends

- Define SLIs, SLOs, and alerting strategies

- Knowledge in integrating the GitHub and Jira metrics as DORA metrics to observability.

Operational Excellence :

- Improve observability performance, cost efficiency, and data retention strategies

- Create dashboards, runbooks, and documentation

AI-based Anomaly Detection & Triage (Good to Have) :

- Design or integrate AI/ML-based anomaly detection for logs, metrics, and traces

- Worked on AIOps capabilities for automated incident triage and insights

Required Technical Skills :

Core Observability :

- Strong hands-on experience with ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)

- Deep understanding of logs, metrics, traces, and distributed systems

- Practical experience with OpenTelemetry (Collectors, SDKs, exporters, receivers)

Cloud & Platforms :

- Strong experience with Microsoft Azure to integrate with Observability platform.

- Experience with Kubernetes / AKS to integrate with Observability platform.

- Knowledge of Azure monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights)

- Experience with Kubernetes / AKS is a strong plus.

Soft Skills :

- Strong architecture and problem-solving skills

- Clear communication and documentation skills

- Hands-on mindset with an architect-level view

Good to Have / Preferred Skills :

- Experience with AIOps / anomaly detection platforms

- Exposure to tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, OpenSearch, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic (any)

- Experience with incident management, SRE practices, and reliability engineering

• Experience

  5 - 8 Years

• No. of Openings

  2

• Education

  Graduate (B.Sc, B.Tech/B.E)

• Role

  ELK Stack Engineer

• Industry Type

  IT-Hardware & Networking / IT-Software / Software Services

• Gender

  [ Male / Female ]

• Job Country

  India

• Type of Job

  Full Time

• Work Location Type

  Work from Office