Software Development Engineer Staff

Overview

Equinix is seeking an Observability Engineer to manage, maintain, and support observability solutions across cloud and application environments, focusing on Grafana configuration and alerting, Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code, and Python scripting and automation.

What you'll do

• Manage and maintain Grafana dashboards, alerts, configurations, and monitoring views
• Configure and maintain monitoring and alerting based on application and infrastructure requirements
• Use Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage and maintain observability-related infrastructure and configurations
• Develop and maintain Python scripts and automation to support monitoring, operational tasks, and reduce manual effort
• Monitor application and infrastructure health and identify gaps in observability and alerting
• Troubleshoot monitoring, alerting, and observability-related issues in production environments
• Support incident investigation and perform root cause analysis for recurring monitoring or infrastructure issues
• Work with Engineering, SRE, DevOps, and Platform teams to implement and maintain observability requirements
• Maintain documentation for dashboards, alerts, configurations, automation, and operational procedures
• Contribute to continuous improvements in monitoring, alerting, automation, and operational reliability

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 4–7 years of experience in Observability, SRE, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, Production Engineering, or a related field
• Hands-on experience with Grafana, including dashboard creation and maintenance
• Hands-on experience with Grafana, including alert configuration and management
• Hands-on experience with Grafana, including Grafana configuration and administration
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Working experience with Python scripting and automation
• Good understanding of monitoring, alerting, metrics, and production support
• Working knowledge of Linux and cloud environments such as AWS or GCP
• Experience troubleshooting production environments and working with cross-functional engineering teams

Nice to have

• Experience with Prometheus and other monitoring platforms
• Exposure to Loki, Tempo, and OpenTelemetry
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
• Experience with ELK/OpenSearch or other logging platforms
• Experience with APM, distributed tracing, and application monitoring
• Experience with Java or Go
• Exposure to Helm or Ansible
• Experience integrating observability tools with PagerDuty, ServiceNow, Jira, Slack, or Microsoft Teams
• Experience working in a production support or on-call environment

Details

• Location: Bangalore Office BLS2
• Equinix uses artificial intelligence in its hiring process
• This posting is for a backfill position