From Blind Spots to Full Visibility: Kafka Observability with OpenTelemetry

In the world of modern finance, “We'll check those logs later” just doesn’t fly. At Fidelity, every Kafka event supports a regulatory audit, an operational workflow, or a customer’s investment-here observability isn’t a nice-to-have; it's a compliance requirement. But keeping a watchful eye on streaming data at enterprise scale isn’t for the faint of heart, especially when you want reliability, transparency, agility, and a good night's sleep for your SREs.

In this session, we’ll walk through how Fidelity has engineered an enterprise-grade observability platform for Kafka that brings together real-time monitoring, unified metrics, and interactive dashboards. By leveraging OpenTelemetry for vendor-neutral data collection, Grafana for dynamic visualization, and OpenSearch for comprehensive log analysis, Fidelity has built a robust observability stack that keeps a vigilant eye over every Kafka stream.

Attendees will walk away with insights on conquering compliance hurdles, supporting rapid incident response, and designing observability with enterprise reliability in mind. If your goal is to modernize legacy monitoring or embrace open-source culture like a fintech pro, this session offers a blueprint for building scalable Kafka observability.