Sre Engineer

Description
The Platform Engineering team is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in Datadog and modern observability practices.
The ideal candidate has strong experience implementing end to end monitoring solutions, building scalable observability platforms, and enabling engineering teams with actionable insights into system performance, reliability, and health.
You should be passionate about improving system visibility, reducing MTTR, enhancing developer experience, and building automated, data driven observability frameworks across distributed systems.
This role involves close collaboration with cross functional teams to design, implement, and optimize observability tooling, while driving the modernization of monitoring platforms from on premises to cloud or SaaS.
4-6+ years of experience in software engineering, SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering.
Strong hands on experience with Datadog or similar observability platforms (New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk).
Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred; Azure or Google Cloud Platform acceptable).
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred; Ansible a plus).
Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Java, .NET, Go, or Node.js).
Strong Linux fundamentals and shell scripting skills.
Excellent problem solving skills and a proactive approach to reliability and performance.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to mentor junior engineers and influence observability best practices.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
Relevant certifications (AWS, Kubernetes, Datadog Observability, DevOps) are a plus.
Skills
Cloud, Aws, Software development, Python, Node, telemetry, automation, Devops, Kubernetes
Top Skills Details
Cloud,Aws,Software development,Python,Node,telemetry,automation,Devops,Kubernetes
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Key Responsibilities
Design and Maintain Observability Platform: Build, enhance, and operate Datadog based observability solutions across applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
Developer Enablement Sessions: Lead training, workshops, and office hours to educate teams on observability best practices, tooling, and instrumentation patterns.
Application Instrumentation: Collaborate with development teams to instrument services for APM, distributed tracing, custom metrics, and RUM.
End to End Log Management: Implement and optimize log ingestion pipelines, parsing rules, retention strategies, and cost efficient log routing within Datadog.
Monitoring & Alerting Frameworks: Develop dashboards, monitors, SLOs/SLIs, and alerting strategies to ensure system reliability and rapid incident detection.
On Call Rotation: Participate in an on call schedule to support observability platform health, troubleshoot telemetry issues, and assist during incidents.
Automation & IaC: Automate observability configurations using Terraform or similar tools to ensure consistency, scalability, and repeatability.
Cross Team Collaboration: Work closely with SRE, DevOps, and application teams to integrate observability into CI/CD pipelines and the SDLC.
Operational Support & Troubleshooting: Investigate gaps in telemetry, resolve performance anomalies, and provide daily support for Datadog integrations and usage.
Documentation & Continuous Improvement: Maintain documentation for observability standards and drive ongoing improvements to reduce MTTR and enhance platform maturity.
Experience Level
Intermediate Leve
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Austin, TX.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $65.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Austin,TX.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Feb 6, 2026.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.