Own and evolve end-to-end observability using Datadog: APM, Distributed Tracing, DBM Log ingestion, parsing, pipelines, and correlation
Design and enforce monitoring standards: Alert quality, signal-to-noise reduction
Serve as the primary Datadog platform specialist: Dashboards, monitors, service catalog, integrations
Support production incident response: Use Datadog, Splunk, and logs to triage incidents
Partner with engineering teams to improve instrumentation (APM, custom metrics, logs)
Validate observability during releases and changes
Participate in DR testing, operational readiness reviews, and continuous improvement of SRE/IT Ops practices.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in Observability, SRE, or Production Operations roles
Strong, hands-on Datadog experience: APM, logs, DBM, dashboards, monitors, integrations
Experience working with telemetry concepts: Metrics, logs, traces, log correlation, distributed tracing
Working knowledge of AWS environments (EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, DynamoDB etc)
Ability to read and reason about application code (Java and/or Python) to support instrumentation, troubleshooting, and telemetry design (this is not a feature-development role).
Experience integrating monitoring tools with PagerDuty and ServiceNow
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Benefits

Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

observabilityDatadogAPMdistributed tracingDBMlog ingestionmonitoring standardstelemetry conceptsJavaPython

Soft Skills

troubleshootingdocumentationcommunication