Dynatrace Engineer

IT Minds LLC3 months ago
New York, NY, United States
Hybrid
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)

Job Description

Job Description

• They currently have a few Dynatrace resources that are doing support work but they need an actual engineer who can configure and set up Dynatrace. Not just be a user of the tool for observability

• They will be looking at what they currently do for observability and then match it to Dynatrace

Core Responsibilities

Design and Configure Monitoring Environments

  • Set up Dynatrace environments for LOB-aligned teams, ensuring proper governance, tagging, and Management Zones.
  • Configure dashboards, alerts, and integrations to meet both business and technical requirements.
  • Leverage Monitoring as Code to improve standardisation.
  • Configure service flows, distributed traces, and code-level visibility for critical applications.
  • Ensure accurate detection of services and dependencies for full-stack observability.

Act as Technical Point of Contact

  • Serve as the single point of technical contact for Markets Application Production Services and SRE-aligned teams.
  • Provide expert guidance and hands-on support for monitoring implementations.

Collaborate for Insights and Best Practices

  • Work closely with SRE and application support teams to deliver performance reports, share actionable insights, and advise on proactive monitoring strategies.
  • Promote observability best practices across development and operations teams.

Custom Metrics and Dimensions

  • Partner with development teams to instrument applications and push custom metrics/dimensions via Dynatrace APIs.

Knowledge Transfer and Documentation

  • Provide structured knowledge transfer sessions and maintain up-to-date documentation, including runbooks and configuration standards.
  • Ensure LOB teams can operate and extend observability independently post-engagement.

Extend Dynatrace Capabilities

  • Configure Dynatrace Extensions to achieve full observability across infrastructure, services, and third-party components.
  • Develop custom extensions where necessary to close monitoring gaps and integrate non-standard technologies.

Required Skills

Performance reporting
Distributed tracing
Technical documentation
Service flow management
Alert configuration
Custom metrics integration
Monitoring as Code
Code-level visibility
Dashboard setup
Dynatrace configuration