Senior Observability Architect
About The Position
At Suncor, we produce and provide energy. When you join Suncor, you become part of a company that has built a solid foundation for both business and employee success. We are a place where talented people thrive. As part of our team, you play a vital role in delivering energy we all rely on, and you'll make a meaningful impact in the communities where we live and work. As a Senior Observability Architect, you will help product and platform teams across Digital & Information Technology (D&IT) improve the visibility, reliability, and performance of their applications and systems. Working within a collaborative DevOps team, you will lead the development and adoption of observability practices, helping teams gain meaningful insights through monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and telemetry. This role combines technical expertise, coaching, and hands-on implementation to enable data-driven operational decision-making and support continuous improvement across the organization.
Requirements
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog, Grafana, Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, or similar platforms
- University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, with 8+ years of relevant experience
- Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, alerting, telemetry, and system performance concepts
- Experience supporting DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation initiatives
- Knowledge of cloud environments such as Azure and/or AWS
Nice To Haves
- Transferable skills are acknowledged and valued.
Responsibilities
- Develop and advance observability strategies, frameworks, and best practices across applications, platforms, and value streams
- Define and establish performance metrics and operational indicators that align with business outcomes
- Develop foundational standards, templates, and reference materials to improve consistency and adoption
- Champion, facilitate and advise the development of observability strategy for individual teams within D&IT
- Collaborate with stakeholders to improve system reliability, operational awareness, and service performance across the organization
- Partner with product and platform teams to implement effective monitoring, logging, alerting, and telemetry solutions
- Support the evolution of observability capabilities through automation, analytics, and emerging AiOps/Machine Learning driven practices
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Regional-based uplifts
- Annual bonuses
- Long-term financial rewards
- Pension programs
- Savings plans with company matching
- Employee assistance program
- Comprehensive company-paid health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
- Generous paid vacation time
- Personal time-off
- Internal mobility
- Succession planning
- Employee training and development programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
