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Observability Engineer / Architect (Datadog) Remote

Insight Global

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Schiller Park, ILRemote
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Insight Global is hiring an Observability Engineer / Architect (Datadog) Remote. The Observability & Monitoring (APM) Engineer designs, implements, and maintains enterprise-wide application performance monitoring and observability platforms. This role ensures the health, reliability, and performance of applications and infrastructure. The engineer collaborates with developers, SREs, DevOps, and operations teams to build monitoring practices and improve visibility across the technology stack.

Key focus areas include Own and administer enterprise APM platforms, Define, implement, and maintain monitoring dashboards, alerts, and SLOs, and Integrate APM solutions with CI/CD pipelines, logging platforms, and incident management tools.

Successful candidates bring Bachelor’s Degree In Computer Science Engineering Or Equivalent Experience, 3–5+ Years Of System Monitoring Observability Or APM Engineering Experience, and Hands‑On Experience With At Least One Leading APM/Observability Platform. Important skills include Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, OpenTelemetry, and Elastic Stack.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

DatadogNew RelicDynatraceAppDynamicsOpenTelemetryElastic StackPrometheusGrafanaAWSAzureGCPKubernetesDockerCI/CD PipelinesDevOps PracticesTroubleshootingProblem-SolvingCommunicationAPM Tool ManagementObservability StrategyOperational ExcellenceCollaborationObservability Best PracticesMonitoring ConfigurationsSubject-Matter Expert in ObservabilitySubject-Matter Expert in Monitoring

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or Equivalent Experience3-5+ Years of Experience in System Monitoring3-5+ Years of Experience in APM EngineeringHands-on Experience With at Least One Leading APM/Observability Platform

Full job description

Job Description

We are seeking an Observability & Monitoring (APM) Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our enterprise-wide application performance monitoring (APM) and observabilityplatforms. This role is critical in ensuring the health, reliability, and performance of our applications and infrastructure. The engineer will partner closely with developers, site reliability engineers (SREs), DevOps, and operations teams to build best-in-class monitoring practices and improve visibility across the technology stack.

Key Responsibilities

APM Tool Management:

Own and administer enterprise APM platforms (e.g., Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, AppDynamics).

Define, implement, and maintain monitoring dashboards, alerts, and service-level objectives (SLOs).

Integrate APM solutions with CI/CD pipelines, logging platforms, and incident management tools.

Observability Strategy:

Drive adoption of observability best practices across applications, services, and infrastructure.

Ensure consistent instrumentation of applications (metrics, logs, traces).

Establish and refine standards for monitoring, alerting thresholds, and data retention policies.

Operational Excellence:

Proactively detect and resolve performance bottlenecks, anomalies, and system failures.

Collaborate with SRE, DevOps, and development teams during incident response and postmortems.

Optimize monitoring configurations to reduce alert fatigue and increase actionable insights.

Collaboration & Enablement:

Act as a subject-matter expert (SME) in observabilityand monitoring.

Provide training, documentation, and guidance to engineering teams on instrumenting code and leveraging APM tools.

Work with product and engineering leadership to align observability goals with business outcomes.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected] learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Skills and Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

3–5+ years of experience in system monitoring, observability, or APM engineering.

Hands-on experience with at least one leading APM/observability platform (Datadog, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or New Relic).

Strong knowledge of logging, metrics, and tracing frameworks (e.g., OpenTelemetry, ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana).

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker).

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex systems.

Excellent communication skills to collaborate across engineering, operations, and leadership teams.

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