Grafana Engineer

Prophecy Technologies

$100K — $130K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-6 years of relevant experience in Grafana and observability tools.
  • Strong skills in dashboard development and administration using Grafana.
  • Proven expertise in Grafana Alerting and notification channels management.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Understanding of distributed tracing and APM tools.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
  • Experience with automation tools like Terraform or Ansible.

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain Grafana dashboards for diverse metrics.
  • Configure Grafana Alerting for effective monitoring and incident response.
  • Integrate Grafana with various data sources such as Prometheus and Elasticsearch.
  • Develop comprehensive observability solutions covering logs, metrics, and traces.
  • Automate dashboard deployments using Infrastructure as Code practices.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to finalize monitoring requirements.
  • Perform root cause analysis using Grafana data and metrics.

Benefits

  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional team interactions.
  • Opportunities to work with cutting-edge observability technologies.
  • Focus on automation and best practices in monitoring.
  • Support for personal development and knowledge sharing within the team.
Full Job Description
Role Overview:

Seeking a skilled Grafana Engineer to design, implement, and maintain enterprise monitoring and observability solutions using Grafana and related technologies. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in building dashboards, configuring alerts, integrating multiple data sources, and supporting cloud-native environments. The role involves collaborating with DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure, and Application teams to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of business-critical applications and platforms.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Design, develop, and maintain Grafana dashboards, visualizations, and reports for infrastructure, applications, and business metrics.
  • Configure and manage Grafana Alerting for proactive monitoring and incident response.
  • Integrate Grafana with various data sources such as: Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, InfluxDB, SQL databases, Cloud monitoring platforms (AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Google Cloud Operations).
  • Develop observability solutions covering metrics, logs, and traces.
  • Implement monitoring strategies for Kubernetes, containers, virtual machines, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise applications.
  • Collaborate with SRE, DevOps, Application Support, and Platform Engineering teams to define monitoring requirements.
  • Automate dashboard deployment and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
  • Tune monitoring systems to minimize alert fatigue and improve operational efficiency.
  • Perform root cause analysis using monitoring and logging data.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, monitoring standards, and operational runbooks.
  • Support capacity planning, performance analysis, and system optimization initiatives.
  • Ensure security and governance for monitoring platforms and data access.

Required Skills:
  • Strong experience with Grafana dashboard development and administration.
  • Expertise in Grafana Alerting, notification channels, and alert rule management.
  • Experience with Grafana Enterprise.
  • Experience with: Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Splunk (preferred).
  • Understanding of Metrics, Logs, and Distributed Tracing concepts.
  • Experience with one or more cloud platforms: AWS, Azure and GCP.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as: Python, Bash/Shell, PowerShell.
  • Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar automation tools.
  • Experience querying and analyzing monitoring data.
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
  • Problem-solving mindset with attention to detail.
  • Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing capabilities.
  • Grafana Enterprise deployment experience.
  • OpenTelemetry implementation experience.
  • Experience with AIOps and observability platforms.
  • Exposure to application performance monitoring (APM) tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Datadog, or New Relic.

Qualifications:
  • 4-6 Years of experience.

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