Senior Observability Engineer - Dynatrace and Automation

Job summary

The Senior Observability Engineer at Optum will lead the design, automation, and operational excellence of enterprise observability platforms, focusing on Dynatrace administration and Python development.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Dynatrace engineering experience
• 5+ years supporting enterprise observability or SRE platforms
• 3+ years developing production-grade Python automation solutions
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps
• Experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or Ansible
• Experience utilizing Dynatrace APIs and configuration automation
• Solid understanding of distributed tracing and reliability engineering practices
• United States Citizenship

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical SME for Dynatrace Managed and Dynatrace SaaS environments
• Design, implement, and maintain Dynatrace monitoring standards and management zones
• Configure and optimize OneAgent, ActiveGate, Distributed Tracing, RUM, and Synthetic Monitoring
• Develop enterprise observability standards and governance practices
• Develop Python-based automation solutions for observability operations
• Build integrations using Dynatrace APIs and cloud-native services
• Create automated onboarding and compliance capabilities
• Design self-healing workflows and operational runbooks
• Implement Observability-as-Code using Dynatrace Monaco and Terraform
• Build automated deployment pipelines for Dynatrace configurations
• Integrate monitoring validation into software delivery pipelines

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Relocation