Datadog Consultant - Remote / Telecommute

Cynet Systems • Full-time • Remote • $90k - $130k / year • 3w ago

Job Description:

The Datadog Monitoring Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining end-to-end observability solutions using Datadog.
This role involves developing dashboards, configuring alerts, and integrating application and database monitoring.
The engineer will also collaborate with stakeholders to ensure proactive monitoring, improved reliability, and compliance with enterprise observability standards.

Requirement/Must Have:

Strong experience in designing and deploying Datadog dashboards for application and database domains.
Experience configuring alerting logic using Datadog monitors, composite alerts, and anomaly detection.
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell for dynamic alerting and data enrichment.
bility to work remotely with strong technical proficiency.

Experience:

Proven experience integrating Datadog APM with microservices (Java, .NET, Node.js) and front-end layers.
Experience monitoring service health, latency, error rates, and throughput.
Hands-on experience enabling distributed tracing and log correlation for root cause analysis.
Experience configuring synthetic tests and real-user monitoring (RUM) for critical endpoints.

Responsibilities:

Design and implement Datadog dashboards for both application and database monitoring.
Configure and manage alerts using Datadog monitors, anomaly detection, and composite logic.
Develop automation scripts to support dynamic alerting and data enrichment.
Integrate Datadog APM with various applications and services to monitor performance and reliability.
Set up Datadog integrations for Oracle and SQL Server to monitor query performance, blocking sessions, replication lag, backup status, and more.
utomate alerting for threshold breaches and unusual patterns through scripting.
Build reusable scripts to generate dynamic dashboards and auto-adjust alert thresholds based on historical data.
Integrate Datadog with ServiceNow for automated incident creation and management.
Maintain version-controlled repositories and CI/CD pipelines for observability assets.
Collaborate with application and database teams to gather monitoring requirements and ensure proper observability coverage.
Conduct workshops and knowledge transfer sessions for support teams on dashboard usage and alert management.
Generate regular reliability reports using Datadog analytics and maintain SOPs, runbooks, and RCA documentation.
Ensure compliance with enterprise monitoring standards and maintain audit readiness.

Should Have:

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
Familiarity with SRE practices and monitoring SLIs/SLOs.

Qualification And Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred.

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