Observability Architect (Dynatrace)

Job Title: Observability Architect (Dynatrace)

Location: Onsite - San Francisco, CA

Employment Type: Contract

Experience Required: 8-10 Years

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Observability Architect with deep expertise in Dynatrace to design, implement, and optimize enterprise observability frameworks. This role will drive end-to-end monitoring strategies across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, and containerized environments to ensure performance, availability, and operational resilience.

The ideal candidate will act as a strategic leader in observability architecture, enabling proactive monitoring, automation, and AIOps integration.

Key Responsibilities

Observability Architecture & Strategy

• Design and implement end-to-end observability solutions using Dynatrace.

• Establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, and best practices for monitoring.

• Ensure scalability, high availability, and performance of observability platforms.

Dynatrace Implementation

• Configure and optimize Dynatrace OneAgent, AppMon, Real User Monitoring (RUM), and cloud integrations.

• Design synthetic monitoring, custom metrics, dashboards, and alerting strategies.

• Optimize monitoring coverage across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Cloud & Container Monitoring

• Implement monitoring solutions across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform environments.

• Design observability for Kubernetes and Docker-based containerized applications.

• Ensure comprehensive visibility across microservices architectures.

Integration & Automation

• Integrate Dynatrace with ITSM, AIOps, and logging platforms.

• Utilize scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) to automate deployment and monitoring workflows.

• Work with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible for monitoring automation.

Collaboration & Enablement

• Partner with DevOps, SRE, IT, and business teams to align observability strategies with enterprise goals.

• Conduct training sessions and knowledge-sharing initiatives on observability best practices.

• Provide architectural guidance during modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in enterprise monitoring and observability architecture.

• Deep expertise in Dynatrace (OneAgent, AppMon, RUM, Cloud integrations).

• Strong experience with AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform cloud platforms.

• Experience monitoring containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker).

• Strong understanding of AIOps concepts and integrations.

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

• Knowledge of monitoring protocols such as SNMP, REST APIs, and log forwarding.

• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, and DevOps automation practices.

Technical Skills

Dynatrace | OneAgent | RUM | Cloud Monitoring | Kubernetes | Docker | AWS | Azure | Google Cloud Platform | AIOps | Terraform | Ansible | DevOps Monitoring