active Observability

AWS CloudWatch Observability Stack

End-to-end observability stack built on CloudWatch — custom metrics, composite alarms, Container Insights dashboards for EKS, and log-based alerting. Designed to reduce MTTD for production incidents.

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Architecture

Layered observability: infrastructure metrics → application metrics → log insights → composite alarms → SNS notifications. Container Insights provides EKS cluster and pod-level visibility.

Operational Value

Problem Solved

Reduces mean time to detection from hours to minutes by surfacing infrastructure anomalies before they impact end users.

  • ✓ Composite alarms reduce alert noise by 60%
  • ✓ Container Insights provides pod-level resource attribution
  • ✓ Log Insights queries replace manual log analysis

Reliability Impact

MTTD reduced from hours to minutes

Detailed case study documentation is in progress.