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Senior Cloud Development Engineer-Observability

Pegasystems

Waltham, MA

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$108,300–$162,200 Per Year
LOCATION
Waltham, MA
POSTED
30+ days ago
Senior Cloud Development Engineer-Observability


Job Category: Engineering & Cloud


Location: US - Massachusetts - Waltham | US - Virginia - Dulles


Meet Our Team:


Cloud Observability Engineering collaborates with all the engineering teams at Pega to advocate for observability solutions and to establish standards and processes. The Cloud Observability Engineering team is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining observability solutions for Pega Cloud.


_Due to the nature of the work with FedRamp, US Citizenship is required._


_This is a hybrid role, based 2-3 days out of our Waltham, MA or Dulles, VA office._


Picture Yourself at Pega:


You'll join a highly innovate company that's changing how organizations work and optimize outcomes. In this rloe, you will be a part of a collaborative, highly skilled team in a fast-evolving space. You'll bring an adaptive, flexible mindset; driving data-driven decisions and seeing your work translate into measurable business outcomes.


What You'll Do at Pega:


• Design and develop observability solutions for Pega Cloud hosted applications.

• Build and operate microservices monitoring across Pega Cloud services, enabling metric collection, logging, and APM (tracing.)

• Apply OpenTelemetry standards for distributed tracing and open metrics; define KPIs, SLI, SLO and SLA’s for micro services.

• Manage and maintain monitoring Pega tools and technologies. Responsible for correlation of Pega Infrastructure and Application metrics, error codes and logs; end-to-end monitoring from Customer request, load balancer, backend services (tomcat, java application, database, ping, network, etc.); and synthetic monitoring (simulation of customer request end-to-end).

• Partner with Product and Cloud Engineering to improve availability, performance, and application monitoring, including correlation across infrastructure, applications, services, and supporting technologies.

• Automate and continuously improve processes and solutions; provide feedback on bugs and customer experience enhancements. Operate, administer and automate solutions on Pega Cloud Stack.

• Drive problem discovery, analysis, and resolution; use world-class Pega Cloud infrastructure and management technologies


Who You Are:


• Passionate about cloud technologies and experienced with observability tools such as Grafana Cloud, Prometheus, and New Relic

• Knowledgeable in AWS core concepts and services

• Experienced with IaC tools; hands-on experience with DevOPS, CI/CD tools

• Experience managing the development of deliverables into production environments

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• 4+ years of relevant experience


What You've Accomplished:


Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

• 4+ years of experience in cloud technologies (AWS) and Observability tools.

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools, such as Terraform or CloudFormation

• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins

• Knowledge with at least one observability tool (i.e., Grafana, Prometheus, etc.)

• Experience with at least one programming or scripting language

• Experience with Kubernetes; understanding of Helm and experience with build tools, such as Gradle


Desired Qualifications


+ Hands-on experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions

+ Cloud certification (preferably, AWS-related)

+ Experience with agile methodologies

+ Troubleshooting and RCA experience using monitoring data and log analysisProfessional experience with the Grafana stack.

+ Designed and codified Grafana dashboards

+ Designed and codified Alertmanager alert creation

+ Professional experience with Helm and developing Helm charts

+ Professional experience with EKS and troubleshooting issues

+ Professional experience with Gradle

+ Professional experience using Bash and/or Python for complex automation tasks.

+ Professional experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (CloudFormation and/or Terraform) to build complex systems.


Pega Offers You:


+ Gartner Analyst acclaimed technology leadership across our categories of products

+ Continuous learning and development opportunities

+ An innovative, inclusive, agile, flexible, and fun work environment

+ Competitive global benefits program inclusive of pay + bonus incentive, employee equity in the company#LI-KH2


Additional Information


Base salary range for this role is 108,300 - 162,200 USD annually. This role may also be eligible for annual bonus OR commission, as well as benefits and other incentives.


The final compensation will be determined during the offer process based on the candidate's education, experience, skills, and qualifications, as well as market conditions and may vary from the posted range. We will share an information on benefits, bonus/commission, and other pay components for this role at the relevant recruitment stage.


Job ID: 23448


AI in Action – Responsible Use of AI in Recruitment

Pega embraces the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve efficiency, consistency, and fairness across our business. We encourage thoughtful and ethical adoption of AI technologies that support people—not replace them. We may use AI‑enabled tools in our recruitment process. These tools are designed to assist us by providing insights and operational support.


All hiring decisions are made based on human review and judgment. You may have the right to request human review, provide additional information, or raise questions about how such tools are used.


Culture

At Pegasystems, we foster an environment where people feel valued and empowered to contribute their best. With global clients across industries and regions, we know our success depends on the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents of our people. Ours is a workplace where everyone can grow, collaborate, and deliver meaningful outcomes.


We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and experiences and focus on the core competencies and mindset needed to thrive in a role.


As an Equal Opportunity employer, Pegasystems will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran or disability status, or any other category protected by law.


Export Compliance

For positions requiring access to technical data subject to export control regulations such as this, Pegasystems may need to obtain export license approval from the U.S. Government and EU Authorities for certain individuals.


Accommodations

If you require reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (US only) or comparable regional regulations in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process,or contact (US only) 1-888-PEGA-NOW and/or 225 Wyman Street Waltham, MA 02451 ATTN: Benefits.
It is Pega's policy to engage, recruit, hire, promote, train, discipline, and compensate in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.

https://www.pega.com/about/careers/equal-employment-opportunity

About the Company

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Pegasystems

Since 1971, P E Systems has been providing professional systems engineering and acquisition management services. The firm has CONUS locations in Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oklahoma and Ohio, and overseas in Japan, Bahrain and Italy. The company provides a range of technical capabilities supporting many different clients. P E Systems practices a full service approach through its use of flexible, mission-oriented teams that bring the right resources together to meet all customer requirements. Our emphasis is on personnel both acquiring and retaining a staff of qualified engineering and technical professionals through selective recruiting and a comprehensive benefits program has contributed to our continued success in supporting a wide range of government organizations.

P E Systems has developed strong core capabilities in systems engineering, specialized acquisition support, and communications interface programs through provision of technical, program management and systems acquisition support as both a prime and subcontractor. We have established strategic relationships with our Partners.

P E Systems has a long history of providing superior technical support services in a cost-effective manner. Our Quality Policy further describes the focus on quality that helps us achieve this level of service.

  • 2017 –  Summit Research Corporation (SRC) merged into P E Systems on March 1, 2017, assuming all contract obligations
  • 2016 – Jack Grady appointed to Vice-President of Operations and Dayton Division Manager
  • 2007 – Opened new offices and San Antonio, TX
  • 2006 – Graduated from 8(a) program
  • 2003 – P E Systems achieves ISO 9001 certification
  • 2000 – P E Systems acquired Atlantic Analysis Corporation to enhance IT offerings with Oracle database development capabilities
  • 1998 – Acquired Bahan Dennis, Inc. (BDI), which has been integrated into the company operating structure, as the Dayton, OH Division. It provides program management and systems functional support to the Aeronautical Systems Center, AFMC, Material Systems Group (ESC) and the Air Force Reserve Command Detachments at Wright Patterson AFB, OH
  • 1997 – Became an 8(a) certified small business and gained approval for a GSA Schedule for Information Technology Services
  • 1996 – P E Systems acquired Summit Research Corporation (SRC) as a wholly owned subsidiary specializing in Exercise/Performance/Acoustic Analysis, Training, and Information Technology services, primarily for the U.S. Navy
  • 1995  – Wes King acquired P E Systems
  • 1971  –  P E Systems founded
  • 1971  –  P E Systems was formed to provide technical, scientific, and programmatic management and systems acquisition support to the Department of Defense as well as other government and commercial organizations
COMPANY SIZE
500 to 999 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
1971
WEBSITE
https://www.pesystems.com/

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