Kevin Gallagher
Observability Engineer | Building Global Enterprise Monitoring Solutions
- Role
- Observability Engineer at MetLife
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kevin Gallagher
I am a recent graduate of North Carolina State University, with a Bachelor Degree of…
Experience
Observability Engineer
Aug 2024 — Present · Cary, NC, US
As a Software Engineer specializing in monitoring and observability, I played a pivotal role in a global-scale migration from a fragmented monitoring ecosystem (Zenoss, Apica, AppDynamics, Solarwinds, Splunk) to a unified Elastic solution. Working within a 9-person team, I contributed to architecting the global Elastic infrastructure, spearheading the transition of synthetic monitoring from Apica, and driving successful adoption by application teams worldwide- Global Elastic Deployment: Helped architect and implement a globally scalable Elastic infrastructure, consolidating monitoring efforts across the organization- Large-Scale Synthetic Monitoring Migration: Led the migration of synthetic monitors across 200+ applications from Apica to Elastic, ensuring a seamless transition- Automation of Monitoring Operations: Developed Ansible playbooks to automate ServiceNow processes related to server monitoring blackout windows for Zenoss event handling, replacing automation previously handled by 1Desk- Data-Driven Migration Tracking: Created scripts to track key migration metrics (server and monitor migration percentages, Elastic adoption) and built Elastic/Grafana dashboards for real-time visibility, enabling data-driven decisions.
Education
North Carolina State University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
2020 — 2024
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