Observability Application Engineer

You have a passion for technology and want to make the world a greener place?

Then become a playmaker and join our team as Observability Application Engineer (f/m/d) at E.ON Digital Technology.

We play a key role in shaping the energy transition by leading E.ON's digital transformation across Europe. We explore new paths by developing ideas, breaking new ground, making visions reality, and bringing new technologies to life. We deliver sustainable technology solutions because…

… it's on us to make new energy work
The Team
- your impact

Our Observability Domain delivers standardized Observability solutions and platforms to the E.ON group for usage by our DevOps Teams, named Lumos and Portus. The Lumos product team focuses on end-to-end observability across EON by providing telemetry data.

Your Role
- meaningful & rewarding

• Design, build, and maintain E.ON's group observability platform to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of all components
• Drive automation initiatives to enable self-service and build an unified platform experience
• Collaborate closely with product teams, SREs, and other engineering groups to integrate observability best practices into development and operational workflows
• Become an active contributor in our observability community by sharing expertise, facilitating workshops, and promoting observability literacy across the group
• Develop automations and self-service capabilities by thinking AI-first, that empower teams to adopt and extend observability solutions independently
• Lead the evolution of observability standards and guidelines with having AI capabilities , working in alignment with product owners and technology leads
• Foster a proactive community culture around monitoring and observability by organizing knowledge exchange sessions, webinars, and documentation of best practises
• Monitor platform health and continuously improve tooling to reduce manual effort and enhance data quality and insights

Your Profile -
authentic & open-minded

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline
• Proven experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Application Engineering, or a similar role with strong focus on observability platforms and automation
• Deep understanding of monitoring and observability concepts, tools, and ecosystems (e.g., New Relic, Dynatrace, Datadog, Grafana)
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks, infrastructure as code (Terraform, Crossplane), CI/CD pipelines, and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, JavaScript)
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with demonstrated ability to engage and coach diverse teams and stakeholders across an enterprise environment
• Passion for solving complex problems with scalable, automated solutions and a mindset of continuous improvement
• Experience in cloud-native environments and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker) is highly desirable
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken; knowledge of German is a distinct advantage
• Service-oriented, collaborative, and proactive personality with a "Swiss knife" versatility to adapt to different challenges and contribute across multiple domains

Our Benefits
– smart & useful

• Enjoy flexibility: You can combine coming to the office and working from home flexibly. It's even possible to go on workation for up to 20 days per year within Europe.
• Advance your development: We grow and we want you to grow with us. Learning on the job, exchanging with others, or taking part in an individual training – our learning culture enables you to bring your personal and professional development to the next level.
• Get connected: Take the opportunity to engage in our Digital Empowerment Communities for collaboration, learning, and network building.
• Recharge your battery: You have 30 days of paid vacation per year plus Christmas and New Year's Eve off. Your battery still needs charging? You can exchange parts of your salary for more paid vacation or you can take a sabbatical.
• Elevate your mobility: From car and bike leasing offers to a subsidised Deutschland-Ticket – your way is our way.
• Think ahead: With our company pension scheme and a great insurance package we take care of your future.
• This is by far not all… We are looking forward to speaking with you about further benefits during the hiring process.

Existing agreements within the framework of modernizing working time conditions (e.g., Vollzeit-Plus, 4,5 Tage and Vertrauensarbeitszeit) will not be carried over (exceptions: Vollzeit Light, Geld statt Freizeit).
Do you have questions?
For further information please contact the Talent Acquisition Team, ­

Please understand that for data protection reasons we can only accept applications submitted via our portal. Unfortunately, we cannot consider application documents that reach us by email or post.
What you need to know:
Job Req ID: 241643

Contract type: Permanent

Working time: Part or Full time

Company: E.ON Digital Technology GmbH

Location: Hannover, Essen, München, Berlin, Würzburg, Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main

Function area: IT/Digital; IT Infrastructure & Services; Project/Program Management