Observability Architect

Open to- Chandler AZ, Pennington NJ, Charlotte NC The Operational Intelligence Team seeks a strong engineer to develop, document and drive the monitoring strategy and its adoption and evolution with a focus on standards and application instrumentation for critical Banking Applications. Senior Architect that will participate in the development and implementation of monitoring strategy and solutions aligned as core to the business information flows and systems architecture. This individual provides integrated systems planning and recommends new or different technologies that will enhance current systems and support overall corporate and business goals aligned to the Application Production Support monitoring strategy. Recommends the appropriate monitoring capabilities in support of business process and is responsible for delivery of aligned capabilities across critical business applications. Serves as a fully seasoned/proficient technical resource; providing leadership in the execution of aligned as a team member or as an individual contributor. This is a unique opportunity to work with Business, Application Development and Support teams, Monitoring Tools teams and to create Monitoring Requirements and build end‑end monitoring solutions to support applications. This is not an application development role, however experience working in some capacity with an application development team - understanding how different components in an application work together, interaction with the middleware, system software and Hardware is essential. Diverse engineering skills to architect and implement monitoring solutions What you will do: Rollout of the strategic monitoring tool across Banking APS applications SME for monitoring tools that form part of the global monitoring strategy Monitoring setup for Applications on Cloud and Containers infrastructure. Host demos, overviews, and training of the monitoring tools for adoption across teams, preparing related materials to support sessions and adoption of tools (presentations, operational manuals etc.) Liaise with APS in the planning and scheduling of deployments Consult with APS teams and assist in configuration of monitoring events/dashboards to maximize the potential and use of monitoring tool Preparation of reporting of monitoring tools adoption and other related data points and other relevant metrics Participate in global discussions on the continuation and evolution on global monitoring strategy. Qualifications 2+ years Development or Architecture experience for multi‑tiered business applications 5+ years production systems Architecting and/or support role. Proven experience with supporting monitoring tools such as - Dynatrace, Tivoli, Splunk, Sitescope, Catchpoint Familiarity with supporting monitoring on Cloud and Containers infrastructure Knowledge of OS (Windows/Unix) based infrastructure services, processing, monitoring, shell scripts, etc. Proven experience in programming languages (Java and/or .NET) Proven experience in application/network performance and availability monitoring Proven experience in N‑Tier Architecture supporting a multitude of products (Webserver, Middleware, Database, etc.) Knowledge of ITIL functions and processes An excellent communicator, able to network and influence across multiple levels is required of this role A self‑motivated, hands‑on, driven individual. A strategic thinker who can link business context to technical reality. Previous experience in development and/or support of Banking applications. Experience in Major Incident Management The ideal candidate will have experience working and being successful in a large, multi‑data centre enterprise environment. Business acumen a plus. Communication and flexibility are important skills for this role, as special projects may be assigned over time. #J-18808-Ljbffr