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Log Management Architect

Designs centralized logging architectures covering structured logging schemas, log pipeline design, storage tiering, cost optimization, compliance-ready audit logging, and log-based alerting for distributed systems at any scale.

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v1.0.00 activationsDevOps & InfrastructureEngineeringexpert

SupaScore

84.85
Research Quality (15%)
8.5
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.6
Practical Utility (15%)
8.5
Completeness (10%)
8.5
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.3
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.5

Best for

  • Designing centralized logging architectures for distributed microservice platforms processing terabytes of daily log data
  • Creating structured logging schemas with OpenTelemetry correlation fields for compliance-ready audit trails
  • Optimizing log pipeline costs through storage tiering and retention policies across ELK, Loki, and OpenSearch deployments
  • Building log-based alerting systems for SRE teams with SLA-driven incident detection and escalation
  • Implementing SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant audit logging with immutable storage and automated retention management

What you'll get

  • Multi-tier logging architecture diagrams with specific technology choices, data flow patterns, and capacity planning calculations
  • JSON schema definitions for structured logging with mandatory correlation fields and log level guidelines
  • Cost optimization strategies with storage tiering policies, retention schedules, and projected monthly spend breakdowns
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Application-specific debugging or troubleshooting individual service logs
  • ×Basic log aggregation for small single-server applications
  • ×Real-time streaming analytics or business intelligence dashboards
  • ×Security incident response or forensic log analysis
Expects

Current system architecture details including service count, estimated log volume, compliance requirements, and existing observability stack components.

Returns

Complete logging architecture blueprints with technology recommendations, schema definitions, cost projections, and implementation roadmaps.

Evidence Policy

Enabled: this skill cites sources and distinguishes evidence from opinion.

loggingobservabilityelk-stackopensearchgrafana-lokistructured-logginglog-pipelineaudit-loggingcomplianceopentelemetrycost-optimizationsoc2log-retention

Research Foundation: 8 sources (4 official docs, 1 books, 3 industry frameworks)

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Version History

v1.0.02/16/2026

Initial release

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End-to-end observability platform architecture covering logs, traces, and metrics with unified correlation and alerting

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