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shahawal1

Shah Khair

@shahawal1

Observability Engineer Grafana, Alloy, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Otel, Kubernetes

Pakistan
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Über mich
I’m an Observability Engineer specializing in Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry and Kubernetes. I design and deploy production-grade, open-source observability platforms that replace costly SaaS tools like Datadog, delivering comparable—and often more flexible—logs, metrics, traces, dashboards and alerting. I’ve migrated production environments to Grafana-based observability, optimized retention and storage, and delivered significant cost savings while maintaining comprehensive visibility across microservices and Kubernetes.... Mehr lesen

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Shah Khair
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Programmierung & Technik
I will migrate your datadog observability to grafana lgtm on k8s

Arbeitserfahrung

LogicEra

Observability and Site Reliability Engineer

LogicEra • Freiberufler

May 2024 - Present2 yrs 3 mos

Observability Engineer and DevSecOps practitioner with hands-on production experience designing and operating full-stack observability platforms across Azure and AWS. Experienced in Kubernetes monitoring, metrics, centralized logging, distributed tracing, dashboards, alerting, and OpenTelemetry. Led the migration from Datadog SaaS to a self-hosted Grafana-based observability stack, delivering comparable observability capabilities while reducing annual costs by approximately $72,000. Skilled in Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Alloy, Alertmanager, ELK Stack, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud platforms. Strong focus on reliability, cost optimization, automation, and practical production troubleshooting. KEY ACHIEVEMENT Observability Platform Migration and Cost Optimization - Approximately $72,000 Annual Savings Identified high recurring Datadog SaaS licensing costs and designed and deployed a production-grade, self-hosted Grafana observability platform on Kubernetes. Implemented metrics, centralized logging, distributed tracing, dashboards, alerting, and telemetry collection using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Alloy, OpenTelemetry, and Alertmanager. Replaced the previous SaaS-based monitoring approach, improved data ownership and visibility, eliminated unpredictable licensing costs, and maintained reliable observability across production microservices.