GTS IT Dev Ops Engineer, 2 Intermediate

Job#: 3032352

Job Description:

Job Description
GTS IT Dev Ops Engineer, 2 Intermediate

Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa / Denver Colorado / Philadelphia, PA (Onsite 3-4x a week)

Employment Type: Contract

Role Overview

The Intermediate Platform Engineer supports the design, implementation, and operation of enterprise monitoring and observability platforms, with a focus on Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Real User Monitoring (RUM), synthetics, and database visibility using AppDynamics and complementary tooling. This role contributes to platform stability, performance, and scalability by implementing instrumentation, automations, and monitoring standards. The engineer will partner with application and infrastructure teams to translate requirements into effective monitoring solutions and assist in troubleshooting performance and reliability issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain AppDynamics APM instrumentation, including transaction tracing, baselining, and performance analysis.
• Configure and support Real User Monitoring (RUM), synthetic monitoring, and database monitoring for application visibility.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and support of enterprise monitoring and observability solutions across cloud and on-premise environments.
• Assist with CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and configuration of monitoring agents and instrumentation.
• Build and maintain dashboards, visualizations, and telemetry ingest pipelines for logs, metrics, and traces.
• Implement and support alerting and integrations with ITSM (ServiceNow) and Event Management (BigPanda) platforms.
• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting by analyzing APM, RUM, and database telemetry.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and operations teams to gather requirements and deliver scalable monitoring solutions.
• Follow and help document monitoring standards, guidelines, and operational procedures.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, a related field, or equivalent experience.

Experience: 3-6+ years of experience in platform, monitoring, or observability engineering roles.

Technical Skills:

• Hands-on experience using AppDynamics APM for application instrumentation and performance analysis.
• Working knowledge of RUM, synthetic monitoring, and database monitoring concepts.
• Experience supporting observability platforms in enterprise or large scale environments.
• Experience configuring alerts and understanding alert noise reduction principles.
• Working knowledge of AWS services (Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, IAM).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure Pipelines, or similar).
• Scripting or automation experience (PowerShell, APIs, or infrastructure automation tools).

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Event Management platforms such as BigPanda.
• Experience supporting AppDynamics agent deployment and upgrades at scale.
• Awareness of security best practices in cloud and platform engineering.
• Progress toward or interest in cloud or observability certifications (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, M365).
• Experience working in distributed or globally aligned engineering teams.

Compensation & Benefits

The compensation for this position is set between $50.00 and $60.00 per hour. Compensation is determined by a number of factors including the applicant's skill set, experience, and specific location.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.