Russell Tobin · 9 hours ago
Dynatrace Observability Engineer
McLean, VA
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$80/hr - $80/hr
10+ years expRussell Tobin is seeking a Dynatrace Observability Engineer to design, implement, and optimize their enterprise observability ecosystem. The role involves leveraging Dynatrace's capabilities to ensure end-to-end visibility and system reliability while collaborating with various teams to build scalable observability solutions.
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Hiring Manager
Nancy Jaswal
Responsibilities
Administer and maintain the Dynatrace platform, including upgrades, configurations, integrations, and governance
Deploy and manage OneAgents and ActiveGates across cloud, on premise, and containerized environments (Kubernetes/OpenShift)
Build and manage dashboards, alerts, SLOs, custom events, tagging rules, and management zones
Implement end-to-end monitoring for applications, APIs, infrastructure, logs, and user experience
Configure distributed tracing, service flow mapping, synthetic monitoring, and RUM. Develop automated instrumentation strategies for microservices, serverless functions, and container workloads
Analyze application performance, latency, bottlenecks, and error trends using Davis AI insights
Partner with application teams to drive performance tuning and root-cause remediation
Define SLOs/SLIs aligned with business KPIs and reliability objectives
Integrate Dynatrace with CICD pipelines, ITSM tools, logging platforms, and event management systems
Build automation scripts (PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, etc.) to streamline deployments and configuration
Support observability-as-code using Dynatrace Monitoring-as-Code (Monaco) or Terraform
Provide observability insights during major incidents and post-incident reviews
Deliver reports and analytics that highlight trends, improvements, and system health
Act as a SME for monitoring strategies and observability best practices
Qualification
Required
10 years of hands-on experience with Dynatrace APM (SaaS or Managed environment)
Strong understanding of observability pillars metrics| logs| traces| events
Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS| Azure| GCP) andor Kubernetes
Experience configuring dashboards| alerts| tagging rules| management zones| and dashboards
Solid understanding of microservices| distributed systems| APIs| and application performance concepts
Proficiency with automationscripting tools (Python| Bash| PowerShell| YAML)
Familiarity with CICD tools (Jenkins| Azure DevOps| GitHub Actions| GitLab)
Strong analytical and problem solving abilities
Excellent communication skills comfortable interfacing with technical and business teams
Ability to work in fast-paced environments and drive technical ownership
Collaborative mindset with a desire to improve systems continuously
Preferred
Dynatrace Certifications (Associate| Professional| or extensions in APMCloudKubernetes)
Experience with Monaco| Dynatrace GrailLogs| or Open Telemetry
Exposure to SRE practices| chaos engineering| or performance engineering
Background integrating Dynatrace with tools such as oServiceNow| PagerDuty| Splunk| Prometheus| Grafana| SlackTeams
Knowledge of network monitoring and synthetic testing
Company
Russell Tobin
Russell Tobin is a staffing and recruiting company that provides recruitment and staffing advisory services.
201-500 employees
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