Overview
Remote
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required
Unable to Provide Sponsorship
Skills
Analytical Skill
AppDynamics
Cloud Computing
Collaboration
DQL
Dashboard
DevOps
Dynatrace
Instrumentation
Management
Migration
Operating Systems
Performance Tuning
Reliability Engineering
Service Level
Splunk
Workflow
Job Details
Title: Observability Engineer
Location: Remote (Nashville, TN)
Role Summary
The Observability Engineer is responsible for deploying and managing Dynatrace to deliver full-stack observability across applications, infrastructure, and cloud platforms. This role focuses on migrating environments from AppDynamics and Splunk to Dynatrace while building dashboards, alerts, DQL, and SLOs to proactively monitor system health. The engineer will work closely with development, operations, and SRE teams to instrument services, analyze telemetry, and optimize system reliability.
Responsibilities
• Deploy and manage Dynatrace to deliver full-stack observability across cloud and on-premise platforms.
• Execute "hands-on-keyboard" migration tasks from AppDynamics and Splunk to Dynatrace.
• Design and implement dashboards, alerting mechanisms, DQL (Dynatrace Query Language), and SLOs.
• Proactively monitor system health and detect performance issues to support incident resolution.
• Instrument services and analyze telemetry data to optimize system performance.
• Collaborate with SRE and DevOps teams to integrate observability into modern workflows.
Required Skills
• Dynatrace: Expert-level hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and administration.
• AppDynamics (AppD): 2–4 years of experience (Expert level) for migration purposes.
• Splunk: Hands-on experience designing and implementing monitoring solutions.
• Operating Systems: Extensive hands-on experience with underlying OS environments.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree required.
Nice-to-Have Skills
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience.
• Deployment automation.
Candidate Traits
• Technical expert capable of high-level independent execution ("hands-on-keyboard").
• Collaborative mindset for working across development and operations teams.
• Strong analytical skills for telemetry and performance optimization.
Job Responsibilities
• Design and implement Dynatrace monitoring solutions across applications and cloud platforms.
• Lead the migration efforts from AppDynamics and Splunk to a consolidated Dynatrace environment.
• Build and maintain customized dashboards, alerts, and Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
• Use Dynatrace Query Language (DQL) to analyze telemetry and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Partner with SRE and Development teams to improve system instrumentation and reliability.
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