Senior Observability Engineer

Location: Warsaw, 166 Wiertnicza (TVN)

Remote Type: Hybrid

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role… 

The Senior Observability Engineer designs, builds, and maintains systems to provide deep insights into complex infrastructure and applications, ensuring performance, reliability, and fast troubleshooting by working cross-functionally teams, setting up alerts, creating dashboards, and improving data collection/analysis for modern distributed systems.
 

What's in in for you...

• Contract of employment

• Benefits package: private medical care, life and accident insurance, MyBenefit cafeteria platform, sports card, social fund, retirement pension plan, Employee Referral Program

• Free access to the HBO Max platform

• Work-life balance initiatives: well-being platform, yoga, massages, educational webinars, Employee Support Program, film screenings organized by employees in the office cinema

• Training and development: training platform, co-financing of English lessons, Employee Resource Groups, Engagement Club - the opportunity to develop your interests in thematic employee groups, online meetings with experts

• CSR activities: volunteering, ecological and social initiatives

• Access to parking spaces

Your Role Accountabilities… 

• Design & Implement: Build and manage scalable observability platforms for metrics, logs, and traces - time spent on the daily 5%

• Data Collection: Standardize and automate data ingestion from various sources, using agents and pipelines - time spent on the daily 5%

• Monitoring & Alerting: Configure intelligent alerts (reducing fatigue) and build effective dashboards to visualize system health - time spent on the daily 15%

• Troubleshooting: Analyze complex data to diagnose issues, find root causes, and prevent future incidents in distributed systems - time spent on the daily 20%

• Collaboration: Work with application support, operations, and developers to embed observability into the software development lifecycle - time spent on the daily 15%

• Tool Management: Daily use and administration of tools like Prometheus, Grafana, SolarWinds, Datadog and other leadings tools in this space - time spent on the daily 25%

• Improvement: Drive adoption of observability best practices, document use cases and enhance data fidelity - time spent on the daily 15%

Qualifications & Experience… 

• 5+ years in an observability engineering

• Strong understanding of on-premises and cloud infrastructure.

• Proficiency with programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell, etc.).

• Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems.

• Experience with container-based platforms (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform, Ansible, etc.

• Excellent communication, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking. 

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Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.