AHU Technologies Recruitment ยท 3 weeks ago
Software Engineer (Observability & Monitoring) - West Des Moines, IA
Washington, DC 20009
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$45/hr - $45/hr
5+ years expAHU Technologies INC. is an IT consulting and permanent staffing firm that meets the evolving IT service needs of leading corporations within the United States. They are seeking an experienced Observability and Monitoring Engineer to build and mature enterprise-wide monitoring and observability capabilities across an AWS-based technology stack, focusing on proactive detection and faster troubleshooting.
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Responsibilities
You will establish standards for logs, metrics, traces, event correlation, and alert across multiple environments
You will build centralized dashboards and alerting policies that provide unified visibility across: applications & services, operating systems, AWS services (EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, etc.), databases (MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.), file transfer systems (SFTP, managed transfer tools), batch jobs and scheduled processes
You will create actionable and noise-free alerting thresholds, escalation policies, and runbooks
You will integrate existing tools (Dynatrace, Graylog, Splunk, SolarWinds, Zabbix) into a cohesive ecosystem
You will rationalize tool usage and recommend consolidation or modernization where appropriate
You will manage the lifecycle, configuration, tuning, and health of monitoring and logging platforms, automate monitoring deployments using IaC (CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines, and develop reusable templates/standards so teams can onboard new applications quickly
You will build self-service dashboards and reporting for technical/business stakeholders, create documentation for monitoring standards, dashboard naming conventions, logging schemas, and alert configuration guidelines
You will define SLOs/SLIs and reliability KPIs for critical services
You will partner with scrum teams, infrastructure, and security teams to reduce MTTR and improve system reliability, participate in incident resolution, root cause analysis, and problem management
You will provide technical leadership/mentoring to team members and consult on architecture decisions and best practices
You will Develop/maintain system documentation and participate in project planning and technical strategy sessions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
5+ years of experience implementing monitoring and observability using Dynatrace
Hands-on experience with monitoring/logging tools such as Zabbix, Graylog, Splunk, SolarWinds, or equivalents
5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS services and architecture
Deep understanding of metrics, logs, traces, distributed tracing, and event correlation
Experience building dashboards and KPIs for application, infrastructure, and database layers
Strong scripting/automation skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and familiarity with Terraform or CloudFormation
Strong understanding of network monitoring, performance tuning, and systems architecture
Familiarity with ITIL incident/problem management processes
AWS Services (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, ECS/EKS, etc.)
Configuration Management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
Monitoring Tools (Dynatrace, CloudWatch, Zabbix, Solarwinds, Graylog etc.)
CI/CD Tools (Jenkins, Quickbuild, Bitbucket)
Scripting Languages (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
Database Management (MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Container Technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Preferred
Proficiency with AI tools and using them responsibly in improving observability
Experience with container orchestration and microservices architecture
Experience with AWS OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar tools
Company
AHU Technologies Recruitment
At AHU Technology, we specialize in IT consulting and permanent staffing, serving the dynamic IT needs of top United States corporations.
51-200 employees
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