Principal Observability and Monitoring Architect- Remote or Hybrid | Cary, NC

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About the job

The IaaS Observability and Monitoring (O&M) Engineering team is looking for an Architect to design and build enterprise-wide solutions to meet the current and future needs for all of SAS Institute, Inc.

As a Principal O&M Architect, you will:

Gather requirements from various SAS business units and determine gaps in existing O&M solutions.
• Identify new solutions or process to meet business objectives by working across all members of the O&M team, service management, hosting, and enterprise support teams.
• Architect end-to-end monitoring and event management solutions with Zabbix and DataDog in conjunction with ServiceNow
• Document new and existing O&M solutions for the team and our internal customers.
• Determine how new solutions will have implications on operational support and provide processes for mitigation.
• Develop automation scripts and configurations to deploy and manage monitoring solutions efficiently.
• Define and promote monitoring best practices across the organization.

Required qualifications:

• 12 years of experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
• Strong knowledge of DataDog and Zabbix
• Working knowledge of ServiceNow ITOM Event Management and ITIL concepts
• Proven track record of designing end-to-end enterprise O&M solutions.
• Experience with container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and modern application development practices.
• Willingness to be a member of an on call rotation.
• You're curious, passionate, authentic, and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferred qualifications

• Certification in relevant monitoring technologies
• Knowledge of AIOps (Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations) concepts.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Knowledge of other monitoring tools such as Grafana, ELK stack, New Relic, etc.
• General knowledge of networking and firewalls

World-class benefits

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include...
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that's free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees

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Additional Information:

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