Release Train Engineer II
Cox Enterprises
Senior Dynatrace Engineer
Navy Federal Credit Union
full-time
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Location: Florida, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $111,600 - $163,100 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCitrixCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformITSMJavaJavaScriptKubernetes.NETNode.jsNoSQLPythonServiceNowVMware
About the role
- Serve as a subject matter expert in Dynatrace Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Infrastructure Monitoring, and Digital Experience Monitoring
- Deploy, configure and optimize Dynatrace components (OneAgent, ActiveGates, custom extensions) across various environments (dev, test, prod)
- Design and implement management zones, tagging strategies, dashboards, alerts, and SLAs tailored to business and technical needs
- Partner with dev and ops teams to identify monitoring opportunities, integrate Dynatrace with other systems (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, ITSM), and promote best practices
- Support onboarding of new applications and services into Dynatrace, ensuring accurate telemetry and meaningful insights
- Develop and maintain synthetic monitoring (clickpaths), JMX/PMI extensions, and custom metrics/log events
- Analyze performance data to troubleshoot issues, identify bottlenecks, and recommend optimizations across the full stack
- Provide training, documentation, and mentoring to internal teams and stakeholders to promote Dynatrace adoption and best practices
- Integrate Dynatrace with ITSM tools such as ServiceNow for incident and change management workflows
- Collaborate cross-functionally to align monitoring strategies with business goals and SLAs
Requirements
- 2+ years of hands-on experience as a Dynatrace Engineer or APM specialist
- Deep understanding of Dynatrace architecture, configuration, deployment best practices
- Deep understanding of various Dynatrace features (e.g., OneAgent, ActiveGates, Davis AI, Grail, AppEngine, extensions, dashboards, alerts, synthetic monitoring, log management)
- Development background in Java, .NET, Node.js, or Python
- Experience with log management, including ingesting and analyzing logs within Dynatrace
- Experience with configuring dashboards, tagging strategies, alerting rules, and management zones
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and virtualization technologies (VMware, Citrix)
- Proficiency in synthetic monitoring, custom extensions, and integration with third-party platforms
- Ability to embed monitoring into CI/CD pipelines for proactive issue detection
- Experience with monitoring On-Prem, Cloud, and Hybrid environments
- Integration with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Strong familiarity with Python, PowerShell, or Bash for automation tasks
- Experience with REST APIs for custom integrations
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases and performance monitoring of database interactions
- Ability to analyze application performance and diagnose root causes
- Familiarity with distributed tracing and service flow analysis
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical insights for both technical and non-technical audiences
- A collaborative, customer-focused mindset with a passion for performance engineering and observability
- Bachelor’s degree in technical field or 4+ years of equivalent experience in IT
- Dynatrace Associate certification (Professional level preferred) (desired)
- Master's Degree in IT Field is desired/preferred (desired)
- Candidates who have performed a full installation/implementation for E2E monitoring with full stack capabilities (desired)
