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!
What you'll do: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. 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. 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.
How you'll make an impact:
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.
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.
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).
Expert-level proficiency in cloud infrastructure (GCP strongly preferred) and Kubernetes architecture.
Strong software engineering skills in Go, Python, or similar languages for building cloud-native tooling.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction across organizational boundaries.
Preferred certifications: Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
Flex working arrangements
Home office reimbursement program
Baby bonus & parental leave top up program
Online learning and networking opportunities
Electric vehicle purchase incentive program
Competitive medical and dental benefits
Retirement savings program
*The above are offered to full-time permanent employees only
The annual base salary for this position is the expected annual salary for this role, and may be subject to change. Geotab offers various perks and benefits and other compensation components that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary for this position depends on a variety of factors such as but not limited to skills, qualifications, education and overall experience, including the location the applicant lives while performing the job. This also includes equity with other team members and alignment with local market data. All offers of employment are contingent upon proof of eligibility to work and the individual's ability to pass a background check.
Skills Required
- 5-8 years of experience in Observability Architecture, SRE, or Platform/Infrastructure Engineering
- Post-secondary Diploma or Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- Mastery of the OpenTelemetry ecosystem and SDK guidelines
- Expert-level knowledge of Prometheus-compatible metrics systems (VictoriaMetrics, Thanos)
- Advanced experience with tracing systems (Grafana Tempo, Jaeger)
- Advanced experience with log aggregation platforms (Loki, Elasticsearch, Google BigQuery)
- Expert-level proficiency in cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes architecture (GCP strongly preferred)
- Experience designing Terraform modules and Helm charts for infrastructure provisioning
- Strong software engineering skills in Go, Python, or similar languages
- Excellent communication skills and ability to influence technical direction
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
GEOTAB Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage includes medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and an EAP as part of a comprehensive core package. U.S. offerings are presented as competitive and consistently paired with other core protections.
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Retirement Support — Offerings include a 401(k) with company match in the U.S., with RRSP or pension alternatives in other regions. Retirement savings support is treated as a standard component of total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — A distinct “baby bonus” for birth or adoption stands out among family‑focused perks. Certain postings and summaries also reference parental leave top‑ups and related supports.
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What We Do
Welcome to Geotab, the #1 commercial telematics company in the world. Geotab is a place where passion, creativity and innovation align. We are committed to advancing technology, empowering businesses and making the roads safer for everyone. Geotab is the world’s leading connected vehicle company for fleets, providing open platform fleet management solutions to businesses of all sizes. Geotab’s intuitive, full-featured solutions are used by over 40,000 customers around the world to help them better manage their drivers and vehicles. With Geotab devices found in over 2 million vehicles, the company processes over 30 billion data points each day to provide insight into productivity, safety, fuel efficiency and more. Geotab’s employees are essential to our success! We strive to put our employees first and are constantly seeking ways to improve workplace culture. Maintaining our unique culture is vital - after all, staff that enjoy their work environment are motivated to reach their full potential. Employee growth and development has long been the basis of our philosophy, as staff are encouraged to carve their own path within the expanding organization. Challenging the status quo and seeking creative ideas is what we do best.
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