Observability Engineer
$88 - $150 per hourTriOptus LLC
Fully Onsite in Mclean VA or plano Texas
Contract ended, July 17, 2026, contract only
$88-$150/hour
Daily shortlisting till 15 Jan Position Details
Contract ended, July 17, 2026, contract only
$88-$150/hour
Daily shortlisting till 15 Jan Position Details
- Work Location: Fully Onsite - McLean, VA or Plano, TX
- Assignment Type: Contract Only
- Contract End Date: July 17, 2026 (No extensions planned)
- Pay Rate: $88-$150/hour
- Shortlisting: Daily until January 15
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a Network Observability Engineer OR
- 5 years overall observability experience with at least 2+ years hands-on experience using NetBrain and ThousandEyes
- Strong understanding of NetBrain and ThousandEyes implementations
- Hiring Manager preference for deeper NetBrain expertise over ThousandEyes
Preferred Skills- Experience with:
- ELK Stack
- ExtraHop
- Gigamon
- NetIM
- Splunk
- NetFlow
- Perform a greenfield installation of NetBrain and ThousandEyes , including:
- Deploying both platforms from scratch
- Operating in an environment with no existing NetBrain or ThousandEyes implementation
- Deliver 1-2 measurable outcomes per week
- Work allocation:
- 0% Operational Support
- 20% Strategic Planning
- 80% Backlog Execution / Implementation Job Description:
- Observability engineer services.
- Supplier will provide an Observability Engineer for client that meets the requirements identified below.
- The Supplier resource will work under client's direction and supervision for the term of the contract.
- The Observability Engineer's primary focus is to support client's network observability and visibility transformation efforts by implementing and optimizing a multi observability strategy.
- The engineer will apply hands-on expertise across key platforms supporting visibility, analytics, diagnostics, and digital experience monitoring to enhance operational maturity across environments.
- The Observability Engineer will work directly with client personnel to understand the organization's current architecture, tools, processes, and visibility requirements, and will support integration and refinement of observability capabilities across all applicable platforms and environments.
- The Observability Engineer will work directly with client staff to become familiar with client's unique environment processes and goals to ensure success.
- Integrate data and telemetry sources into client's enterprise observability ecosystem (netIM, Splunk, ELK, NetFlow, ThousandEyes, NetBrain, and other supported platforms).
- Assist with building and maintaining unified dashboards and visualization outputs for operational, engineering, and business stakeholders.
- Support automated diagnostics, alerting, and reporting workflows to improve incident response activities.
- Participate in tool modernization efforts including rationalization, consolidation, and replacement of legacy monitoring platforms.
- Provide support for packet capture, traffic visibility, and deep network analytics using Extrahop, GigaMon, and comparable technologies.
- Assist with digital experience and performance monitoring across cloud, application, and edge environments.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support architecture decisions, readiness, and platform adoption.
- Support log aggregation, parsing, and analytics using Splunk and ELK stack technologies.
- Contribute to automated network mapping and topology-driven diagnostics using NetBrain.
- Support compliance and data integrity standards associated with observability, telemetry, and platform governance.
- Assist with continuous improvement of alert rules, thresholds, and analytics logic.
- Contribute to knowledge transfer efforts, documentation development, and operational playbook creation.
- Support performance baselining and predictive analytics initiatives to enhance operational visibility and service assurance.
- Must have at least 5 years on experience with NetBrain and ThousandEyes.
- Preferred experience with ELK, ExtraHop, Gigamon, NetIm, Splunk, and NetFlow.
- *Please include the following at the top of each candidate resume - Resumes without completed templates and/or vetting questions will not be considered.
- Responses to vetting questions are to be provided directly from the candidates.
- Location: Full-time on-site Monday to Friday in Mclean or Plano- No preference
- Assignment Type: Contract Only
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