Dynatrace Monitoring Architect - Remote

Role : Dynatrace Monitoring Architect Location : Columbus OH / Remote Exp : 8 -12 Years Skills : Dynatrace, RUM, Synthetic, APM, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, ITIL, SRE, and AIOps practices We are seeking an experienced Observability Architect with deep expertise in Dynatrace to design, implement, and scale end-to-end observability solutions across enterprise applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments. The role involves driving observability strategy, enabling proactive monitoring, supporting AIOps / self-healing capabilities, and partnering with stakeholders to deliver actionable insights that improve availability, performance, and reliability. Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the observability strategy using Dynatrace as the core platform, integrating with existing IT monitoring ecosystems.
• Design and implement end-to-end monitoring architectures across applications, microservices, APIs, databases, infrastructure, and cloud workloads.
• Architect service flow mapping, distributed tracing, real-user monitoring (RUM), and synthetic monitoring frameworks.
• Enable AI-driven root cause analysis (RCA), anomaly detection, and self-healing automation through Dynatrace and its ecosystem.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, DevOps, SREs, and application teams to embed observability in CI / CD pipelines.
• Drive instrumentation best practices for logs, metrics, and traces following Open Telemetry (OTel) and other open standards.
• Establish dashboards, service-level objectives (SLOs), and key performance indicators (KPIs) aligned with business outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership, governance, and roadmap planning for observability adoption across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Act as a Dynatrace subject matter expert (SME), mentoring teams and influencing observability maturity. Required Skills & Experience
• 8–12 years of IT experience with at least 4+ years in Observability / Monitoring architecture.
• Hands-on expertise in Dynatrace deployment, configuration, and architecture (App Monitoring, Infra Monitoring, RUM, Synthetic, APM).
• Strong understanding of application architectures : microservices, containers (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker), APIs, cloud-native apps.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid / on-premises integrations.
• Knowledge of ITIL, SRE, and AIOps practices with a focus on proactive incident management and RCA.
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, ELK / EFK stack, Grafana, ServiceNow integration is a plus.
• Proven ability to architect dashboards and service-level indicators (SLIs / SLOs) mapped to business KPIs.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills. Preferred Certification
• Dynatrace Certified Professional / Associate / Master certification
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• ITIL Foundation / SRE Foundation