Implementation Engineer

Observe • New York, NY

1d • Remote

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Implementation Engineer to lead customer migrations from existing observability and monitoring solutions (Splunk, Sumo Logic, Datadog, New Relic, ELK, CloudWatch, Azure App Insights, etc.) to the Observe platform. This role combines deep technical expertise in observability technologies with customer-facing implementation skills to ensure successful, smooth transitions that maximize customer value and platform adoption.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise observability platforms (Splunk, Datadog, New Relic, Sumo Logic, ELK), strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Proficiency in query languages (SPL, PromQL, etc.).
• Understanding of OpenTelemetry standards, experience with log aggregation, metrics collection, distributed tracing, APM,
• Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code tools, API integration.
• Solid grasp of observability best practices including cardinality management and SRE principles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, presentation abilities for executive-level discussions and technical deep-dives, project management experience in driving complex customer-facing engagements, cross-functional collaboration skills across engineering, sales, and customer success teams, and strong documentation skills for creating implementation guides, runbooks, and best practices.

Nice To Haves

• Cloud platform certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, GCP Professional Data Engineer, Azure Data Engineer).
• Observability platform certifications (Splunk Core Certified User/Admin, Datadog), and infrastructure certifications (Kubernetes CKA/CKAD, Docker, Terraform) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Migration Planning & Strategy - Conduct comprehensive assessments of customer observability infrastructure, develop detailed migration plans for complex multi-tool environments handling up to 100TB/day+ data volumes, and design phased approaches that minimize business disruption while mapping technical deliverables to business value.
• Technical Implementation - Configure and deploy Observe platform components including data ingestion pipelines, dashboards, and alerting using OPAL and OpenTelemetry-based data collection, while collaborating with Forward Deployed Engineers to optimize the streaming data lake architecture and articulate how Observe’s Knowledge Graph and AI technology maximize customer value.
• Data Migration & Integration - Execute large-scale data migrations from legacy platforms (Splunk, Datadog, New Relic, Sumo Logic), transforming existing dashboards, queries, and alerting rules to Observe equivalents while converting legacy query languages to OPAL syntax and ensuring data continuity and accuracy throughout the migration.
• Customer Enablement & Training - Conduct hands-on training sessions on Observe platform capabilities including OPAL query language, develop custom training materials, guide customers through exploratory data analysis and troubleshooting workflows, and enable teams to leverage Observe AI SRE capabilities for observability investigations.
• Platform Optimization - In collaboration with Forward-Deployed Engineers, tune data ingestion and processing pipelines for optimal performance, implement cost optimization strategies, optimize query performance and dashboard responsiveness, and establish data governance and access control frameworks.
• Cross-functional Collaboration - Partner with Sales Engineering, Customer Success, Product teams, and Support to scope technical requirements, ensure long-term platform adoption, provide customer feedback for feature development, and coordinate technical issue resolution and knowledge transfer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees