APM Engineer; Management Engineer

Job Title: APM Engineer (Application Performance Management Engineer)

Location:
Atlanta, GA (Onsite 5 days a week)
Job Type: Long Term Contract

Employment Type:

W2 Only
Experience

Required:

12 Years

We are seeking a highly experienced APM Engineer with deep expertise in building and optimizing observability solutions across cloud and on-premises environments. The ideal candidate will excel in configuring monitoring tools, developing automation scripts, and driving end-to-end performance visibility for large-scale distributed systems.

• Configure, implement, and optimize Dynatrace
  , Zabbix
  , Pager Duty
  , and Alertbot for full-stack application and infrastructure monitoring.
• Utilize Dynatrace DQL
  , APIs
  , custom extensions
  , and AI/OPS features to enhance observability and automated root-cause detection.
• Build dashboards, alerts, synthetic tests, and custom event processing rules.

• Enable monitoring across AWS
  , ECS
  , and on-prem servers
  .
• Monitor and analyze AWS services using Cloud Watch
  , and integrate metrics and events with Dynatrace
  .
• Ensure comprehensive monitoring coverage for microservices, containers, load balancers, databases, and distributed systems.

• Create and manage PBIs (Product Backlog Items) in Azure Dev Ops for monitoring improvements, incidents, and automation tasks.
• Develop automation and integration scripts using Shell
  , Power Shell and YAML
  .
• Work with CI/CD and infrastructure automation processes to embed observability standards.

• Configure alerting workflows and escalations using Pager Duty
  .
• Analyze performance trends, bottlenecks, and resource usage to provide actionable recommendations.
• Support production issues by identifying root causes with monitoring tools and logs.

• 12 years of IT experience with strong focus on APM, Observability, and Monitoring
  .
• Hands‑on experience with Dynatrace
  , Zabbix
  , Pager Duty
  , and Alertbot
  .
• Strong expertise in Dynatrace DQL
  , extensions, API integrations, and AI/OPS
  .
• Proven experience monitoring AWS
  , ECS
  , and hybrid/on‑prem environments.
• Proficiency in Cloud Watch monitoring and integrating AWS data with Dynatrace
  .
• Strong scripting experience in Shell
  , Power Shell and YAML
  .
• Experience working with Azure Dev Ops and managing PBIs.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

• Experience with containerized environments (Docker, ECS, EKS, etc.).
• Familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code and Dev Ops tooling.
• Experience in performance engineering or SRE environments.