Senior Windows Systems & Observability Engineer

JOB DIVA INC

United States

30 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Compensation

$160,160.0 - $180,960.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www2.jobdiva.com

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Microsoft Azure Big Data C Sharp (Programming Language) Cyber Security Continuous Integration Data Integration Memory Management Github Windows API Windows PowerShell

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Reliability Engineering Ansible Kusto Query Language SQL Databases Datadog Scripting Data Ingestion Cloud Monitoring Grafana Advanced Reports Gitlab Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Data Analytics Api Design Restful APIs Terraform New Relic (SaaS) Dynatrace

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Windows Systems Engineer to build a next-generation observability platform. You will develop low-level monitoring agents and automate enterprise-wide telemetry collection. Your work will bridge the gap between deep Windows OS internals and modern cloud-native monitoring pipelines., * Agent Development: Build and maintain low-level monitoring agents using C# and Win32 APIs.

Telemetry Collection: Extract deep OS performance metrics using WMI, CIM, and ETW (Event Tracing for Windows).
PowerShell Automation: Architect high-throughput PowerShell (v5.1/v7+) scripts using runspaces and background jobs.
Data Integration: Expose legacy system metrics to modern API frameworks and cloud monitoring pipelines.
Advanced Reporting: Query large datasets using SQL/KQL to build automated dashboards and track error budgets.

Requirements

OS Internals: Deep understanding of Windows memory management, processes, and security architecture.
Languages: Strong proficiency in C# and expert-level scripting in advanced PowerShell.
Observability Tools: Experience with platforms like Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, or Azure Monitor.
API Development: Proven experience building and consuming RESTful APIs for data ingestion.
Data & Analytics: Solid skills in KQL (Kusto Query Language), SQL, or similar log-analytics languages.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline automation (GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Azure DevOps).
Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts like SLOs and SLAs.

Benefits & conditions

The hourly rate for this position is between $77.00-$87.00 per hour. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include [geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate]., Sunrise offers ACA compliant medical coverage/dental insurance/vision insurance to all employees. We also offer Sick time benefits as required per State regulations