Senior APM Engineer

Location: Charlotte, NC (preferred)
Duration: 6-Month Contract-to-Hire
Compensation: $65-70/hr W2

Please note: This opportunity is not available for C2C arrangements.

Our client, a global industry leader headquartered in Charlotte, is seeking a Senior APM Engineer to join their Application Performance & Monitoring team. This role will focus on designing, implementing, and optimizing monitoring solutions across AWS and on-prem environments to ensure application reliability, performance, and availability.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support monitoring tools including Dynatrace, Zabbix, PagerDuty, Alertbot, and Foglight
• Configure and maintain application and infrastructure monitoring across AWS, ECS, and on-prem environments
• Develop alerts, dashboards, and performance monitoring strategies
• Troubleshoot performance issues, support incident response, and perform root cause analysis
• Leverage Dynatrace DQL, APIs, extensions, and AIOps capabilities to enhance observability
• Create automation solutions using Shell scripting, PowerShell, YAML, and APIs
• Support AWS monitoring through CloudWatch integrations
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and leadership teams to improve system health and reliability
• Manage work items and documentation within Azure DevOps

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of Application Performance Monitoring (APM) experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Dynatrace and Zabbix
• Experience with PagerDuty, Alertbot, and Foglight
• AWS monitoring experience, including CloudWatch
• Proficiency with Shell scripting, PowerShell, and YAML
• Experience supporting databases, microservices, and enterprise applications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Preferred Experience

• Dynatrace administration, integrations, and custom monitoring development
• Automation and observability engineering
• Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments

Category Code: JN008
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Seniority Level: Mid-Senior