Associate Director, Technical Architecture

Merck · Rahway, NJ

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IT & SoftwareFull-time$142k–$224kCompany career page

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Role summary

Merck seeks an experienced technical leader to architect and drive adoption of a unified, company-wide observability strategy. This strategic role involves designing full-stack solutions, consolidating tools, partnering with SRE teams, and evangelizing best practices across the organization.

What they're looking for

Bachelor's degree
10+ years in observability, software engineering, SRE, or platform engineering
Deep expertise in observability practices and telemetry collection tools
Demonstrated experience creating and executing technical strategy across multiple teams
Practical mastery of SRE principles, SLOs, and error budgets
Strong proficiency with OpenTelemetry standard and instrumentation
Multi-cloud architecture experience across AWS, Azure, and GCP

What you'll be doing

Create and champion a unified, long-term observability strategy across all telemetry types
Design cohesive full-stack observability solution with best-in-class tools and self-service focus
Identify and decommission redundant tools to drive standardization and cost reduction
Partner with SRE teams to establish and manage Service Level Objectives and error budgets
Mentor engineers and communicate complex observability topics to senior leadership and stakeholders

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