Geotab
Observability Architect
Oakville, Ontario - Canada
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 2 days ago
PythonGoDistributed SystemsElasticsearchBigQueryGCPCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformHelmPrometheusGrafanaSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringMachine LearningData AnalysisData EngineeringCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- Geotab ® is a global leader in IoT and connected transportation and certified "Great Place to Work™." We are a company of diverse and talented individuals who work together to help businesses grow and succeed, and increase the safety and sustainability of our communities.
- Geotab is advancing security, connecting commercial vehicles to the internet and providing web-based analytics to help customers better manage their fleets. Geotab's open platform and Geotab Marketplace ®, offering hundreds of third-party solution options, allows both small and large businesses to automate operations by integrating vehicle data with their
Responsibilities
- As an SRE Observability Architect, your key area of responsibility will be defining the foundational observability architecture that enables scalable, cost-efficient, and highly reliable insight into distributed systems while leading the design of next-generation observability platforms.
- In addition, the successful candidate will have deep expertise in designing enterprise-scale observability platforms and the ability to influence and drive technical direction across multiple teams and organizational boundaries.
- Define and own the enterprise-wide observability architecture, establishing technical standards, reference architectures, and multi-year roadmaps.
- Evaluate, select, and standardize observability tooling (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Tempo, Loki, Elastic Stack, OpenTelemetry) to reduce tool sprawl and optimize total cost of ownership.
- Design scalable data pipelines and storage strategies capable of ingesting and querying petabyte-scale telemetry data across metrics, traces, logs, and continuous profiling.
- Design Terraform modules and Helm charts for declarative observability infrastructure provisioning across multi-cloud environments.
- Strong software engineering skills in Go, Python, or similar languages for building cloud-native tooling.
Requirements
- 5-8 years of experience in Observability Architecture, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Platform/Infrastructure Engineering.
- Post-secondary Diploma/Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Mastery of the OpenTelemetry ecosystem and expert-level knowledge of Prometheus-compatible metrics systems (VictoriaMetrics, Thanos, etc.).
- Advanced experience with tracing systems (Grafana Tempo, Jaeger) and log aggregation platforms (Loki, Elasticsearch, Google BigQuery).
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction across organizational boundaries.
Nice to have
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
- If you got this far, we hope you're feeling excited about this role!
- Even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply.
- Expert-level proficiency in cloud infrastructure (GCP strongly preferred) and Kubernetes architecture.
- Preferred certifications: Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
Company info
- Geotab ® is a global leader in IoT and connected transportation and certified "Great Place to Work™." We are a company of diverse and talented individuals who work together to help businesses grow and succeed, and increase the safety and sustainability of our communities.
- Geotab is advancing security, connecting commercial vehicles to the internet and providing web-based analytics to help customers better manage their fleets. Geotab's open platform and Geotab Marketplace ®, offering hundreds of third-party solution options, allows both small and large businesses to automate operations by integrating vehicle data with their other data assets. Processing billions of data points a day, Geotab leverages data analytics and machine learning to improve productivity, optimize fleets through the reduction of fuel consumption, enhance driver safety and achieve strong compliance to regulatory changes.
- Our team is growing and we're looking for people who follow their passion, think differently and want to make an impact. Ours is a fast paced, ever changing environment. Geotabbers accept that challenge and are willing to take on new tasks and activities - ones that may not always be described in the initial job description. Join us for a fulfilling career with opportunities to innovate, great benefits, and our fun and inclusive work culture. Reach your full potential with Geotab. To see what it's like to be a Geotabber, check out our blog and follow us @InsideGeotab on Instagram.
- Who you are:
- Geotab is advancing security, connecting commercial vehicles to the internet and providing web-based analytics to help customers better manage their fleets.
- Geotab's open platform and Geotab Marketplace ®, offering hundreds of third-party solution options, allows both small and large businesses to automate operations by integrating vehicle data with their other data assets.
- Processing billions of data points a day, Geotab leverages data analytics and machine learning to improve productivity, optimize fleets through the reduction of fuel consumption, enhance driver safety and achieve strong compliance to regulatory changes.
- Our team is growing and we're looking for people who follow their passion, think differently and want to make an impact.
- Ours is a fast paced, ever changing environment.
- Geotabbers accept that challenge and are willing to take on new tasks and activities - ones that may not always be described in the initial job description.
- Join us for a fulfilling career with opportunities to innovate, great benefits, and our fun and inclusive work culture.
- Reach your full potential with Geotab.
- To see what it's like to be a Geotabber, check out our blog and follow us @InsideGeotab on Instagram.
- We are always looking for amazing talent who can contribute to our growth and deliver results!
- Geotab is seeking an SRE Observability Architect who will define the strategic vision, technical architecture, and engineering standards for observability across the organization's cloud platforms.
- The projects will vary in scope, complexity, and affected business area.
- If you love technology, and are keen to join an industry leader - we would love to hear from you!
- You will need to work closely with SRE, platform engineering, and application development teams, as well as align with security and compliance stakeholders.
- To be successful in this role, you will be a strong analytical and systems thinker with the ability to navigate complex, ambiguous technical challenges and articulate technical architecture to executive audiences.
- How you'll make an impact:
- Establish and enforce instrumentation standards using the OpenTelemetry framework, including SDK guidelines, collector deployment patterns, and semantic conventions.
- Define and champion SLO/SLI/error-budget frameworks across engineering teams, providing architectural guidance on service-level objective implementation.
- Serve as a senior escalation point during critical incidents, leveraging deep observability expertise to accelerate diagnosis and resolution.
- Provide architectural mentorship and technical guidance to Observability Engineers and SRE team members.
This listing is sourced directly from Geotab's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.