Senior Software Engineer for Global Observability Platform (m/f/d) Porto

Senior Software Engineer for Global Observability Platform (m/f/d)
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

As one of the world's leading logistics companies, we have opened a new IT Hub in Porto, Portugal. Our goal is to accelerate digital technologies for our global customers, focusing on the development of new
- critical products,
- solutions, and digital services in accordance with the strategy of Kuehne+Nagel. Join our international working environment and be part of the team responsible for developing our digital logistics processes.

Your Role

Kuehne+Nagel is enhancing our operational excellence through a Global Observability Platform utilizing Grafana LGTM (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, and Mimir). This platform aims to unify observability across our applications, services, and infrastructure, providing comprehensive insights.

• Integrate logs, metrics, traces, and events into a single platform for system performance and health analysis.
• Ensure service performance and reliability by quick issue identification and resolution.
• Promote a culture of observability within Kuehne+Nagel, empowering teams with monitoring tools and knowledge.

Your Responsibilities

• Assist development teams in implementing observability best practices.
• Instrument Java applications for monitoring and tracing.
• Create and maintain tooling for the observability platform.
• Develop dashboards, alerts, and reports using Grafana LGTM.
• Enable clients to create and manage dashboards, alerts, reports independently.
• Establish governance frameworks for effective platform use.
• Provide training and support to promote observability practices.
• Collaborate with teams to integrate observability into the development lifecycle.
• Engage in infrastructure tasks, including working with Kubernetes and Terraform.

Your Skills and Experiences

• Experience with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, Open
  Search.
• Proficiency in Java and application instrumentation.
• Knowledge of Grafana LGTM components is advantageous.
• Familiarity with Open
  Telemetry standards.
• Experience with agents/collectors such as Grafana Agent, Fluentd, Fluent
  Bit, Prometheus.
• Experience with containerized applications and Kubernetes deployment is a plus.
• Knowledge of cloud environments and services.
• Strong
  - solving skills and teamwork ability.
• Interest in learning Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Passion for fostering a culture of observability and continuous improvement.

Good Reasons to Join

You will influence the future of logistics and IT. Our colleagues are industry experts shaping IT in Portugal and globally. We offer flexible working hours, mobile work, and support for
- life balance, diversity, and continuous learning. Kuehne+Nagel provides tailored career development with supportive supervision and health benefits.