Observability Technical Consultant - Lead (Grafana)
4 days ago
Atlanta
Job Title: Observability Technical Consultant - Grafana Location: Hybrid, Atlanta, GA We’re looking for a hands-on and visionary Observability Technical Consultant to build and grow our observability capability from the ground up. This is a foundational role in a small but strategic area of our technology stack. You’ll be responsible for shaping our Grafana adoption, establishing best practices, and creating a scalable model for how teams across the organization use monitoring, metrics, and dashboards. This is an ideal role for someone who thrives in early-stage environments, enjoys wearing multiple hats, and is excited to influence both the technical direction and the future team structure. What You’ll Do: • Build the Foundation:, • Stand up and manage our Grafana environment (OSS or Enterprise), including integration with data sources like Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo., • Create initial dashboards, alerts, and data pipelines that help teams visualize and act on key metrics., • Define Best Practices:, • Establish and document Grafana usage guidelines, dashboard standards, naming conventions, and alerting strategies., • Advocate for observability-first engineering practices across development and operations teams., • Act as a Multiplier:, • Serve as the go-to expert and internal consultant for teams adopting Grafana., • Provide training, demos, and hands-on support to empower developers and SREs to build their own dashboards and alerts., • Collaborate Across Teams:, • Work closely with platform, DevOps, and application teams to understand monitoring needs and design appropriate observability solutions., • Partner with leadership to define the future state and scaling strategy of the observability practice., • Plan for Growth:, • Identify gaps, propose improvements, and influence the long-term roadmap for our observability tooling and Grafana practice., • Contribute to decisions around tooling upgrades, enterprise licensing, plugin adoption, and future team expansion. Who You Are: • 4+ years in a DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or infrastructure-focused role, • 1–2+ years of direct experience with Grafana (OSS or Enterprise), including dashboarding, alerting, and integrating with various data sources, • Comfortable working with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, or OpenTelemetry, • Proficient in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Helm, etc.) and cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), • Strong communication skills and an ability to guide and influence technical peers without formal authority, • Self-starter who thrives in early-stage, ambiguous environments Nice to Have: • Experience deploying or managing Grafana Enterprise features, • Background in observability strategy or building internal tooling for developer productivity, • Exposure to logging, tracing, or incident response platforms (e.g., Elastic, Datadog, Honeycomb, PagerDuty) What We Offer: • The opportunity to define and own a key technical practice from day one, • A supportive, low-bureaucracy environment with real ownership and impact, • Flexible work environment (remote-friendly), • A learning-oriented culture and budget for growth This is a builder role. If you're excited to shape the future of observability at an organization that values engineering excellence from the start — we’d love to hear from you.