SRE - Observability Specialist

SRE - Observability (Datadog)

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience with Datadog set up in critical production environments.
• Has experience working with AWS and on-prem hosted applications in hybrid cloud.
• Experience in implementing APM and RUM for end-to-end tracing and custom alerts with Datadog.

Core Capabilities:

• Expert level knowledge on Datadog integration with agents as well as APM and RUM.
• AWS proficiency with containers and CloudWatch is key.
• Ability to configure custom alerts and monitors with Datadog.
• Ability to build end-to-end observability using Datadog from user interaction all the way into infrastructure.
• Good understanding of Datadog’s integration capabilities with other systems.
• Ability to build custom Datadog dashboards.
• Ansible or Powershell knowledge is helpful.

Qualification:

• Datadog Fundamentals official certification or alternative Datadog certification from Udemy, Coursera, or other platforms.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Implement the entire observability solution using Datadog for a .NET monolithic application and its infrastructure.
• Implement Datadog RUM, APM setup, and log consolidation.
• Build integrations for observability into on-prem and cloud-hosted applications using Datadog, ensuring deployment and continuous running of agents.
• Instrument and expose traces from monolithic .NET applications using Datadog libraries.
• Set up monitoring of database queries and performance of application transactions with Datadog.
• Consult and guide a team of observability engineers to implement the Datadog solution.
• Train a new team and hand over in-life maintenance of the Datadog solution built.