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Job Description: Grafana Architect – Multi-Cloud & On-Prem Observability Location: Basking Ridge, NJ (Onsite – 3 days/week, local candidates only) Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire (C2H) Job Summary Hiring a Grafana Architect with deep hands-on experience in designing and implementing observability and monitoring solutions across multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-premise environments. This is a lead role focused on architecture, governance, implementation, and standardization of enterprise observability using Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and related tools. Must-Have Skills • 5+ years with Grafana (OSS/Enterprise) – dashboard design, plugins, RBAC • Deep experience with Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Alertmanager, OpenTelemetry • Strong in multi-cloud monitoring (AWS, Azure, GCP) + on-prem systems • Integration with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, GCP Ops Suite, SNMP, legacy tools • Infra-as-code using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, GitOps for monitoring setup • Strong scripting: Python, Bash • Proficiency in SLIs, SLOs, alerting strategy, telemetry standards • Expertise in Grafana Enterprise features, RBAC, LDAP/SAML • Strong troubleshooting in distributed systems & observability pipelines Nice to Have • Experience with AIOps, anomaly detection • Knowledge of compliance/security standards (SOC2, PCI) • Familiarity with SIEM tools – Splunk, Chronicle, Elastic • Log pipeline tools: Kafka, Fluent Bit, Vector Certifications (Preferred) • Grafana Certified Observability Professional • AWS/GCP/Azure Solutions Architect (Associate/Pro) • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

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