DevOps Engineer

Please find below the Job description and share your latest resume if you are interested? Position: Devops Observability Engineer with IaC Location: Onsite in Westlake Village CA (Need Locals) Visa Status: Independent Consultant Duration: 6+ Months (Contract to Hire) PREFERRED TO WORK ON W2 OR 1099 Job Description: Overview: We’re looking for an experienced, forward-thinking Observability Engineer to expand our Observability team in Core Services Engineering and strengthen our observability capabilities across Client environments. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our observability platform, with a strong focus on New Relic. You will leverage your expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate and manage our monitoring and alerting infrastructure, ensuring our systems are reliable, performant, and transparent. You will work closely with Core Services, DevOps, Development and Operation teams to foster a culture of proactive monitoring and data-driven decision-making. If you’re passionate about automation, cloud-native patterns, and making systems run smarter and safer, we want to hear from you. Responsibilities: The Sr Observability Engineer will: Design & Implement Observability Solutions: Architect, build, and scale comprehensive monitoring solutions using the New Relic platform, including APM, Infrastructure, Logs, Synthetics, and custom instrumentation (NRQL). Automate with IaC: Develop, manage, and maintain observability configurations—including alerts, dashboards, and synthetic checks—using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform/OpenTofu. Develop Dashboards & Alerts: Create and refine insightful dashboards and actionable alerting policies in New Relic to provide real-time visibility into infrastructure and application health. Promote Best Practices: Act as a subject matter expert on observability, guiding teams on best practices for logging, metrics, and tracing to improve system reliability and reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR). Troubleshot & Optimize: Analyze performance data and telemetry to identify bottlenecks, troubleshoot production issues, and drive performance optimization efforts across the stack. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). 7+ years of experience in a Cloud Engineering role (Observability, DevOps, SRE, etc). Proven New Relic Expertise: 3+ years of hands-on experience with the New Relic platform, including deep knowledge of Dashboards, NRQL, APM and setting up effective alerting. Strong IaC Proficiency: 3+ years of experience managing infrastructure and configurations with IaC tools like Terraform/OpenTofu (preferred), AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Chef or Ansible. Cloud Platform Experience: Extensive hands-on experience working with major cloud providers such as AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure. Scripting Skills: Proficiency in a scripting language such as Python, Go, or Bash for automation and tooling. System Knowledge: Strong understanding of cloud architecture, networking principles, Windows/Linux Server administration, microservices in a SaaS context, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD principles. Security & Compliance experience: Deep understanding of security best practices and their implementation in cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. Experience working in complexly regulated environments. Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. Strong communication and collaboration skills. Thanks and Regards Karan Rajput | US IT Recruiter Desk: 609-973-8207 || Phone: 201-351-8981 || KRajput@kpgtech.com