Prometheus Monitoring Stack
Prometheus is an open-source metrics collection and monitoring platform. The stack includes Prometheus (metrics collection), Grafana (visualization), and AlertManager (alerting). Used by SREs, DevOps engineers, and platform teams. Salary: $90k–$180k USD. Time to learn: 4 months. Sits adjacent to kubernetes, distributed-systems, and observability.
What is Prometheus Monitoring Stack
Prometheus is a time-series metrics database and monitoring system. The Prometheus stack includes: Prometheus Server (scrapes and stores metrics), Exporters (expose application/system metrics), Grafana (visualization), and AlertManager (triggers alerts based on rules). Unlike traditional monitoring (push-based, with agents sending data), Prometheus pulls metrics from targets using HTTP. This makes it lightweight, flexible, and perfect for dynamic environments like Kubernetes where services come and go.
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💰 Salary by region
| Region | Junior | Mid | Senior |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA | $75k | $125k | $180k |
| UK | $55k | $90k | $135k |
| EU | $60k | $95k | $140k |
| CANADA | $70k | $115k | $165k |
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