Monitoring & Observability Architect

New York, NY (Hybrid)

Our client is a B2B FinTech company focused on expanding access to modern investing infrastructure worldwide. Through an API-driven platform, they enable partners to deliver seamless trading and investment experiences to end users across the globe.

This organization combines the pace and innovation of a technology company with the rigor, reliability, and compliance standards of financial markets. They value accountability, collaboration, and building systems that scale, all while fostering a culture that encourages experimentation, diverse perspectives, and continuous improvement.

About the Role

Our client is seeking a Monitoring & Observability Architect to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of their observability ecosystem. This role is critical to ensuring the performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency of complex distributed systems across cloud and on-prem environments.

You will work cross-functionally with infrastructure, platform, and engineering teams to build a modern, scalable observability strategy, integrating tools such as Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, Sumo Logic, and Cloud-native monitoring services. This position requires strong architectural ownership, technical depth, and a sharp focus on balancing operational excellence with cost discipline.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute scalable, cost-effective observability strategies across cloud and on-prem systems

• Design and maintain secure, high-performance monitoring architectures and dashboards that provide actionable system insights

• Define observability roadmaps aligned with business goals, customer needs, and budget constraints

• Integrate and manage monitoring platforms within existing infrastructure, optimizing data retention, query performance, and resource utilization

• Implement automation for alerting and remediation to reduce manual intervention and operational overhead

• Partner with infrastructure, development, and operations teams to improve system reliability and align observability practices across the organization

• Evaluate and introduce new monitoring tools and technologies while staying current with industry best practices

• Provide architectural guidance and establish standards for observability implementations with strong emphasis on compliance, governance, and cost optimization
   

What You’ll Need

• 7+ years of experience in observability engineering, monitoring architecture, or a related discipline

• Deep expertise with Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, and Sumo Logic

• Familiarity with tools such as Splunk, ServiceNow, Dynatrace, ScienceLogic, AWS CloudWatch, and Azure Monitor

• Experience with Corvil appliances and FIX decoders in trading or market infrastructure environments

• Experience building CI/CD-integrated observability pipelines

• Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) to manage alerts, dashboards, and integrations

• Strong understanding of observability frameworks, particularly OpenTelemetry (OTEL)

• Hands-on experience monitoring Kubernetes environments (Helm, operators, native tooling) as well as EC2/VMs, on-prem systems, and cloud services

• Proven ability to design and implement application metric streaming frameworks

• Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
   

Compensation

Compensation is based on experience and technical qualifications as they relate to the role.

New York Pay Range:
$220,000 – $240,000 USD

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