Lead Architect - Observability Engineering (Hong Kong)

Are you a master architect of system reliability? Do you thrive on transforming complex, multi-vendor monitoring tools into a single, elegant, and powerful observability platform?

We are representing a leading, large-scale enterprise in Hong Kong with a massive IT division of over 1,500 technologists. They operate some of the most mission-critical, high-availability systems in the region, handling immense transactional volumes where performance and reliability are non-negotiable.

They are looking for a visionary leader to own and revolutionize their entire observability strategy. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to design and build a world-class observability practice that eliminates major outages and provides deep, actionable insights across their entire hybrid-cloud ecosystem.

Your Mission: What You'll Achieve

- Be the Lead Architect: You will be the visionary, designing the master blueprint for the entire observability ecosystem. You'll create the reference architectures, design patterns, and standards that the entire organization will follow.

- Unify a Powerful Tech Stack: You'll orchestrate a best-in-class, multi-vendor toolchain, making powerful platforms like Datadog, Splunk, and OpenTelemetry work together seamlessly to provide a single pane of glass view of system health.

- Automate Everything: You will drive the adoption of Observability-as-Code and DevOps principles, integrating monitoring and telemetry directly into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Terraform and Ansible.

- Set the Gold Standard: You'll establish a robust governance framework, ensuring all new systems are built with reliability and insight baked in from day one.

- Lead and Inspire: You will guide and mentor a team of talented engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and empowering them to achieve an ambitious goal: zero downtime for the company's most critical services.

Your Profile: What You Bring to the Table

- A Seasoned Architect: You have over a decade of experience designing, building, and running observability solutions for complex, large-scale enterprise environments.

- A Multi-Vendor Polyglot: You possess deep, hands-on expertise across a diverse landscape of tools. You're fluent in platforms like Datadog, Splunk, BMC Helix, and Cisco ThousandEyes.

- A Cloud & DevOps Native: You are a strategic thinker with proven experience in AWS and Azure, leveraging modern practices like containers (Kubernetes, Docker), Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible), and CI/CD integration.

- An Expert in Modern Observability: You are a master of the three pillars (metrics, logs, traces) and have deep experience with APM, Distributed Tracing, RUM, and Synthetic Monitoring.

- A Leader and Influencer: You have a proven ability to work with senior management, influence cross-functional teams, and drive strategic initiatives from concept to completion. An enterprise architecture certification (TOGAF or similar) is highly regarded.

Why You'll Love This Role

- Unmatched Impact: You will define the future of system reliability for a major Hong Kong institution, and your work will directly protect billions in revenue.

- Full Ownership & Autonomy: This is a greenfield opportunity to build your vision from strategy to execution with full support from senior leadership.

- Incredible Scale & Complexity: Tackle the fascinating challenges of a massive, hybrid-cloud environment that is critical to the daily life of Hong Kong.

- World-Class Technology: Get to work with and orchestrate a cutting-edge, multi-million dollar technology stack.

If this outstanding opportunity sounds like your next career move, please send your resume in Word format to Danny Kwan at and put Lead Architect - Observability Engineering in the subject header.

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