Technology Engineering Associate Director, Observability and Event Management

AbbVie

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Work type
On-site
Location
North Chicago, IL
Salary
$141,500–$268,500 / yr
Posted
80 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Aug 7, 2126

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Below market

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About AbbVie

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions in immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care. Its products include Humira, Skyrizi, and Rinvoq.

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TL;DR · Technology Engineering Associate Director, Observability and Event Management

The Technology Engineering Associate Director, Observability and Event Management serves as the technical authority for the enterprise’s monitoring, telemetry, and event lifecycle capabilities. This role leads the technology strategy and engineering for observability as an enterprise service, ensuring platforms and infrastructure are measurable and resilient. Key responsibilities include owning the strategy for logs, metrics, traces, and digital experience monitoring while leading the engineering of modern telemetry pipelines. The position involves implementing AIOps capabilities, event correlation, and automated remediation to improve signal-to-noise ratios. Required expertise includes Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana, or SolarWinds, alongside OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and ITIL Event Management. The role solves the business problem of proactive detection and data-driven engineering decisions by embedding observability into new and existing services, applications, and infrastructure.

What you'll do

  • Own the enterprise observability strategy for logs, metrics, traces, events, and digital experience monitoring.
  • Lead the engineering and architecture of modern telemetry pipelines using OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing.
  • Manage the technology for event detection, correlation, noise reduction, and automated response.
  • Implement AIOps capabilities to improve signal-to-noise ratios and accelerate root-cause identification.
  • Drive automation-first approaches for alerting, remediation, and event routing across all platforms.
  • Lead tool selection, roadmap planning, and vendor management for observability and event platforms.
  • Manage and develop a team of engineers through coaching, performance management, and capacity prioritization.
  • Partner with cloud engineering teams to embed monitoring coverage into new and existing services.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, or Business Administration with 9 years’ experience.
  • Master’s Degree with 8 years’ experience.
  • PhD with 4 years’ experience.
  • Deep expertise in observability/monitoring platforms such as Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana, or SolarWinds.
  • Strong understanding of OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and telemetry standards.
  • Hands-on experience with event correlation, AIOps, and automation frameworks.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in ITIL Event Management, Incident Management, and Operations Control.
  • Exceptional communication skills to bridge the gap between technical and business audiences.

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