Onsite Grafana Developer: 2-3 Months, Saudi Arabia
Budget: ₹100,000 – ₹200,000 INR
Grafana Developer (Onsite – Saudi Arabia, 2–3 Months Contract)
Location
Onsite in Saudi Arabia in Riyadh
Contract Type
Short-term contract (2–3 months)
Start Date: ASAP (or specify)
Work Mode: Onsite, full-time
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Grafana Developer to design, build, and optimize dashboards and visualizations for key operational and business metrics. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, integrating diverse data sources, implementing alerting/monitoring, and ensuring dashboard performance and reliability—all while working onsite in Saudi Arabia for the duration of the engagement.
Key Responsibilities
Dashboard Design & Development
Architect and develop Grafana dashboards for infrastructure, application performance, business KPIs, and operational monitoring.
Create reusable panels, variables, templating, and multi-tenanted dashboard structures.
Implement drill-downs, annotations, and role-based access to support different stakeholder views.
Data Source Integration
Connect and configure common data sources (e.g., Prometheus, Loki, Elastic/Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, OpenSearch), ELK knowledge and zabbix datasources
Optimize queries (PromQL, LogQL, SQL) for performance and accuracy.
Alerting & Observability
Set up alert rules, notification channels (email, Slack/Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie), and escalation policies.
Collaborate with SRE/DevOps teams to strengthen observability across logs, metrics, and traces.
Performance & Security
Tune Grafana performance, caching, data source query limits, and reduce panel load times.
Implement RBAC, data source permissions, folder structures, and comply with organizational security standards.
Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
Produce documentation (dashboard usage, data mappings, alert playbooks).
Conduct workshops and handover sessions for internal teams.
Stakeholder Collaboration
Translate business requirements into meaningful visualizations, acceptance criteria, and SLA-backed monitoring.
Required Qualifications & Skills
3–6+ years of experience in Grafana dashboarding and observability.
Strong hands-on with Prometheus/PromQL, Loki/LogQL, Elastic/Elasticsearch/KQL, and SQL.
Experience integrating Grafana with common backends (Prometheus, Loki, Elastic, InfluxDB, RDBMS, cloud monitors).
Proficiency in Grafana Alerting, variables, templating, transformations, and advanced panels.
Understanding of time-series data, performance tuning, and dashboard UX best practices.
Familiarity with DevOps/SRE workflows, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure monitoring.
Solid grasp of RBAC, secrets management, and secure configurations.
Excellent communication and documentation skills; ability to work onsite with cross-functional teams.
Nice-to-Have
Experience with Grafana Enterprise features (SSO, reporting, fine-grained permissions).
Knowledge of Kubernetes/Helm, Terraform, or Ansible for provisioning Grafana and data sources.
Exposure to APM tools (Jaeger/Tempo, OpenTelemetry).
Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) & platform-specific monitors.
Prior experience working in Saudi Arabia or GCC region.
Engagement Details
Duration: 2–3 months (extendable based on project needs).
Onsite Requirement: Full-time onsite in Saudi Arabia.
Working Hours: Standard local business hours (specify if different).
Travel & Accommodation: (Specify policy—e.g., provided by employer, allowances, per diem).
Visa & Compliance: Employer to support work visa/permits as required; candidate must comply with local laws and company policies.
Security & Confidentiality: Background verification may be required; adherence to data protection and security guidelines.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Languages
English (professional proficiency) required
Location
Onsite in Saudi Arabia in Riyadh
Contract Type
Short-term contract (2–3 months)
Start Date: ASAP (or specify)
Work Mode: Onsite, full-time
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Grafana Developer to design, build, and optimize dashboards and visualizations for key operational and business metrics. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, integrating diverse data sources, implementing alerting/monitoring, and ensuring dashboard performance and reliability—all while working onsite in Saudi Arabia for the duration of the engagement.
Key Responsibilities
Dashboard Design & Development
Architect and develop Grafana dashboards for infrastructure, application performance, business KPIs, and operational monitoring.
Create reusable panels, variables, templating, and multi-tenanted dashboard structures.
Implement drill-downs, annotations, and role-based access to support different stakeholder views.
Data Source Integration
Connect and configure common data sources (e.g., Prometheus, Loki, Elastic/Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, OpenSearch), ELK knowledge and zabbix datasources
Optimize queries (PromQL, LogQL, SQL) for performance and accuracy.
Alerting & Observability
Set up alert rules, notification channels (email, Slack/Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie), and escalation policies.
Collaborate with SRE/DevOps teams to strengthen observability across logs, metrics, and traces.
Performance & Security
Tune Grafana performance, caching, data source query limits, and reduce panel load times.
Implement RBAC, data source permissions, folder structures, and comply with organizational security standards.
Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
Produce documentation (dashboard usage, data mappings, alert playbooks).
Conduct workshops and handover sessions for internal teams.
Stakeholder Collaboration
Translate business requirements into meaningful visualizations, acceptance criteria, and SLA-backed monitoring.
Required Qualifications & Skills
3–6+ years of experience in Grafana dashboarding and observability.
Strong hands-on with Prometheus/PromQL, Loki/LogQL, Elastic/Elasticsearch/KQL, and SQL.
Experience integrating Grafana with common backends (Prometheus, Loki, Elastic, InfluxDB, RDBMS, cloud monitors).
Proficiency in Grafana Alerting, variables, templating, transformations, and advanced panels.
Understanding of time-series data, performance tuning, and dashboard UX best practices.
Familiarity with DevOps/SRE workflows, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure monitoring.
Solid grasp of RBAC, secrets management, and secure configurations.
Excellent communication and documentation skills; ability to work onsite with cross-functional teams.
Nice-to-Have
Experience with Grafana Enterprise features (SSO, reporting, fine-grained permissions).
Knowledge of Kubernetes/Helm, Terraform, or Ansible for provisioning Grafana and data sources.
Exposure to APM tools (Jaeger/Tempo, OpenTelemetry).
Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) & platform-specific monitors.
Prior experience working in Saudi Arabia or GCC region.
Engagement Details
Duration: 2–3 months (extendable based on project needs).
Onsite Requirement: Full-time onsite in Saudi Arabia.
Working Hours: Standard local business hours (specify if different).
Travel & Accommodation: (Specify policy—e.g., provided by employer, allowances, per diem).
Visa & Compliance: Employer to support work visa/permits as required; candidate must comply with local laws and company policies.
Security & Confidentiality: Background verification may be required; adherence to data protection and security guidelines.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Languages
English (professional proficiency) required