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# Specialist Observability Platform * Datadog Kubernetes Azure * IT Platform

- **Company:** DC&I
- **Location:** Utrecht, Netherlands
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, Data Security, DevOps, Scrum Methodology, Ansible, Prometheus, Datadog, Grafana, Kubernetes, Terraform, New Relic (SaaS), Dynatrace, Atlassian Bamboo, Elk Stack
- **Published:** September 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.nationalevacaturebank.nl/vacature/6f45ab9f-8140-4639-8869-1d733ea07903/specialist-observability-platform-datadog-kubernetes-azure-it-platform

## About the Role

* Ervaring met het ontwerpen, implementeren en verbeteren van observability-oplossingen in complexe en grootschalige IT-omgevingen
 * Vermogen om technische uitdagingen te vertalen naar praktische implementaties binnen een gecentraliseerde datavisie
 * Gedegen kennis van observability-tooling zoals Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Prometheus, Loki, Grafana of ELK Stack
 * Ervaring met automation- en CI/CD-tooling zoals Azure Pipelines, Terraform, Helm en Ansible
 * Ervaring met cloud- en containerplatformen zoals Kubernetes, AKS, AWS en Azure
 * In staat te schakelen tussen diepgaande technische vraagstukken en organisatiewaarde, risico's en prioriteiten
 * Proactieve en ondernemende werkhouding en aantoonbaar vermogen om verbeteringen te initiëren
 * Goede mondelinge en schriftelijke beheersing van Nederlands en Engels
 * Ervaring met Datadog

## Description

* Technisch richting geven aan de verdere ontwikkeling van het centrale observability-platform
 * Ontwerpen, implementeren en verbeteren van observability-oplossingen
 * Ontwikkelen en bewaken van technische standaarden en best practices
 * Ontwikkelen van oplossingen voor selfservice, standaardisatie en schaalbaarheid
 * Verder ontwikkelen van governance en cost control binnen observability
 * Werken met Data Access Control, tagging, sampling en kostenbeheersing
 * Signaleren en initiëren van technische en procesmatige verbeteringen
 * Samenwerken met ontwikkel-, DevOps- en platformteams
 * Evalueren en introduceren van nieuwe Datadog-functionaliteiten
 * Ontwikkelen van ketenmonitoring en relevante dashboards
 * Vertalen van technische observability-data naar inzichten voor Product Owners en andere stakeholders
 * Ondersteunen van teams bij het zelfstandig en efficiënt gebruiken van het platform
 * Stimuleren van kennisdeling en professionalisering binnen het Observability-team
 * Werken met cloud-, container-, automation- en CI/CD-technologie


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