[Hiring] Observability Engineer - Datadog Migration Specialist @Appvia

Role Description

We are looking for a Datadog specialist to support a short-term engagement focused on migrating observability tooling from Grafana to Datadog. This is a hands-on contract role where you will take ownership of migrating dashboards, metrics, and monitoring configurations, ensuring a smooth transition with minimal disruption to existing services. You will work closely with Appvia engineers to implement best practices in observability and ensure the platform is well-instrumented, scalable, and easy to operate.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Datadog (essential)
• Experience working with Grafana (migration experience highly desirable)
• Good understanding of observability principles (metrics, logs, tracing)
• Experience working in AWS environments
• Ability to work independently and deliver in a short timeframe

Requirements

• Lead the migration of observability tooling from Grafana to Datadog
• Recreate and optimise dashboards, alerts, and monitoring configurations
• Ensure metrics, logs, and traces are correctly integrated and visualised in Datadog
• Improve visibility, alerting, and operational insights across the platform
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure minimal disruption during migration
• Apply best practices for observability, monitoring, and alerting

Benefits

• Short, focused engagement with clear deliverables
• Opportunity to work on modern cloud platforms
• Fully remote and flexible
• Fast interview process and quick start