Observability Engineer - Dynatrace

  • fortice
  • 27/07/2026
Contractor Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Observability Engineer
Max Supplier Rate: £650
Clearance Required: SC Eligible
Duration: 6 months
Location: Remote
IR35 Status: Mandated PAYE only

Role Description:

As a Dynatrace/Observability Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting monitoring solutions across a range of technologies and platforms, ensuring service stability, performance insight, and proactive incident management.

Key Responsibilities:

Translate high-level monitoring and non-functional requirements (NFRs) into actionable configurations in Dynatrace.
Deliver full-stack observability solutions, including application-aware network performance monitoring (NPM), synthetics, log analytics, and infrastructure metrics.
Collaborate with architects and project teams to integrate monitoring into solution designs and test strategies.
Maintain and enhance dashboards, alerts, and visualisations to support proactive service management.
Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and tooling exploitation to enhance operational efficiency within immature teams.

Required Skills and Experience:

Strong experience configuring Dynatrace alerts, workflows, extensions, DQL Queries

Strong understanding and experience with implementing and using APM tooling including Dynatrace

Experience delivering Dynatrace configuration using automation (Terraform or Monaco)

Hands-on experience with monitoring tools including Dynatrace

Strong understanding and experience in SRE principals and methodologies
Strong understanding of Observability within a complex tech stack.
Ability to analyse and resolve complex technical problems and document solutions effectively.
Understanding of log and synthetic monitoring principles

Able to work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders, to bring them along on a journey of change

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive and detail-oriented mindset.

Mandatory Certifications:

Dynatrace Associate Certification