About the Role
The engineer will be responsible for deploying and managing observability tools with a focus on Cisco AppDynamics. This includes configuring monitoring systems, analyzing performance data, and working closely with development and operations teams to ensure system reliability and responsiveness.
Responsibilities
- Design and deploy observability frameworks using Cisco AppDynamics
- Configure and maintain monitoring agents across application environments
- Analyze application performance metrics to identify bottlenecks
- Collaborate with engineering teams to resolve system issues
- Develop dashboards and alerts for proactive incident detection
- Ensure monitoring coverage for microservices and distributed systems
- Optimize data collection to balance performance and cost
- Support root cause analysis during production incidents
- Maintain documentation for monitoring configurations and procedures
- Integrate observability tools with CI/CD pipelines
- Troubleshoot instrumentation problems in application code
- Enforce observability best practices across teams
- Scale monitoring infrastructure to meet growing demands
- Work with security teams to ensure compliance in data handling
- Provide technical guidance on AppDynamics capabilities and limits
- Assist in onboarding new services to the monitoring platform
- Evaluate new features in AppDynamics for potential adoption
- Participate in incident response rotations
- Monitor for anomalies in application behavior
- Support cloud and on-premises deployment environments
- Ensure high availability of observability systems
- Collaborate on capacity planning for monitoring infrastructure
- Improve system observability through custom metrics and traces
- Contribute to post-mortem reviews and action follow-ups
- Stay current with trends in application performance monitoring
Nice to Have
- Cisco AppDynamics certification
- Experience with other APM tools alongside AppDynamics
- Background in large-scale enterprise environments
- Familiarity with open-source observability ecosystems
- Hands-on work with telemetry data pipelines
- Knowledge of SRE principles and practices
- Experience in regulated industries such as finance or healthcare
- Contributions to internal tools or automation frameworks
- Public speaking or technical writing experience
- Prior work in global, distributed teams
Compensation
Competitive salary and benefits package
Work Arrangement
Hybrid work model with flexible remote options
Team
Collaborative engineering team focused on system observability and performance monitoring
Why This Role Matters
Effective observability is critical to maintaining system health and user satisfaction. This role directly impacts the organization's ability to detect, diagnose, and resolve issues before they affect customers. By leveraging Cisco AppDynamics, the engineer ensures that applications perform reliably at scale.
What We Value
We value technical depth, collaboration, and a proactive approach to problem-solving. Candidates who combine strong technical skills with the ability to communicate effectively and support team goals will thrive in this position.
Available for qualified candidates
