Senior Dynatrace Engineer

Vector Consulting, Inc. is an IT Talent Acquisition Solutions firm headquartered in Atlanta, seeking an experienced Senior Dynatrace Engineer. The role involves coordinating and securing computer databases, monitoring systems, and providing insights for performance and availability, while also leading continuous improvement efforts in monitoring standards.

Responsibilities:

• Configure, maintain, and optimize monitoring solutions using Dynatrace
• Enable end-to-end visibility across infrastructure, systems, and applications
• Develop dashboards, alerts, and health checks to ensure system health and reliability
• Monitor service performance and availability and set alert thresholds to minimize false positives
• Monitor Windows/Linux servers, virtual environments, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Support monitoring of databases, middleware, and network components
• Collaborate with infrastructure and cloud teams to identify trends and capacity needs
• Proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact production
• Use Dynatrace to monitor application performance and transaction flows
• Support synthetic monitoring and real user monitoring
• Work closely with application teams to ensure comprehensive monitoring coverage
• Assist in troubleshooting performance issues at both the application and system level
• Participate in incident response efforts related to performance and availability
• Provide monitoring insights during troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Identify and close monitoring gaps
• Enhance monitoring standards and documentation
• Recommend improvements to monitoring configurations and alert strategies
• Support integration of monitoring tools with IT Service Management (ITSM) platforms

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years in systems engineering, infrastructure support, or monitoring roles
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Dynatrace or similar APM tools
• Knowledge of Windows/Linux servers, virtualized environments (VMware), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Basic networking understanding (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing)
• Experience with scripting or automation tools like PowerShell or Bash
• Experience migrating from Dynatrace Managed to SaaS
• Knowledge of recommending baseline monitoring thresholds, KPI's and SLA's
• Familiarity with enterprise log analysis frameworks and tools like Jira or Service Now
• Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of staff and management
• Exposure to AWS Solution Architect Professional Certification