Observability Engineer - SignalFX to Datadog Migration at Remote position

The Observability Engineer will play a key role in driving a value-based migration from SignalFX (Splunk Observability Cloud) to Datadog. This role focuses on rationalization, optimization, and stakeholder enablement, ensuring that monitoring solutions are cost-efficient, scalable, and aligned with business needs., 1. Assessment & Rationalization

• Evaluate existing dashboards, alerts, and metrics in SignalFX.
• Identify what should be:
• Migrated
• Refactored
• Retired
• Prioritize based on business impact and usage.

1. Migration & Optimization

• Migrate observability workloads from SignalFX to Datadog.
• Map legacy dashboards to Datadog-native dashboards and templates.
• Leverage AWS integrations and out-of-the-box features to reduce custom development.
• Optimize dashboards and metrics for performance and cost efficiency.

1. Stakeholder Enablement

• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Application, and DevOps teams.
• Educate stakeholders on:
• Datadog capabilities
• Best practices
• Provide training, documentation, and support for long-term ownership.

• Strong hands-on experience with Datadog (dashboards, integrations, alerting).
• Experience with SignalFX / Splunk Observability Cloud.
• Proven experience in migration projects (SignalFX Datadog preferred).
• Strong understanding of:
• Distributed systems monitoring
• SRE principles
• Cloud-native observability

Technical Skills

• Python (minimum 3 years' experience)
• Ansible (working knowledge)
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry
• Experience with:
• AWS architecture and services
• Kubernetes / OpenShift
• Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

Collaboration Skills

• Experience working across:
• Infrastructure teams
• Application teams
• DevOps teams
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications in:
• Datadog
• AWS
• Observability platforms
• Experience with enterprise-scale monitoring transformations

Nice-to-Have

• Experience optimizing observability costs
• Exposure to automation-driven migrations (Ansible, IaC)
• Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry instrumentation

Must-Haves

• Datadog (mandatory)
• SignalFX / Splunk Observability (mandatory)
• Migration experience (strongly preferred)
• Python + Ansible
• AWS + Kubernetes basics
• OpenTelemetry awareness