<p>Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer in Milford, CT.</p> <p>Summary: The Senior Observability Engineer is responsible for implementing and managing monitoring solutions across infrastructure and applications-including servers, networks, cloud services, databases, mobile apps, and web platforms. This role is responsible for the configuration, maintenance, and documentation of observability tools such as Dynatrace and SolarWinds. The Engineer also partners with technology stakeholders through instrumentation planning, service reviews, and operational enablement to ensure monitoring solutions meet evolving business and technical needs.</p> <p>Duties:</p> <ul> <li>Design, configure, and maintain observability and alerting platforms such as Dynatrace, OpsGenie, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, and Splunk; Responsibilities include instrumentation, dashboard creation, alerting configuration, anomaly detection, business events processing and creation, log pipeline configuration and analysis, synthetic and real user monitoring, and continuous improvement of monitoring coverage and quality </li><li>Guide and support the work of internal engineers and external consultants focused on observability; Establish priorities, ensure quality outcomes, and provide technical and process leadership across distributed teams </li><li>Collaborate with developers, architects, and platform teams to define observability strategies that align with business and operational goals; This includes integrating observability into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code workflows and supporting business observability through end-to-end transaction tracing and event instrumentation </li><li>Develop, document, and maintain observability processes and response procedures, ensuring operational readiness through knowledge transfer, training, and enablement of technical teams* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field </li><li>6+ years of related technical experience; 2 years of DynTrace </li><li>Proven experience leading technical teams in the design, implementation, and support of observability solutions </li><li>Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure services to support instrumentation and management of observability solutions for cloud-hosted applications and services </li><li>Expert in Dynatrace with skills in distributed tracing, logging, business events, metrics, DQL, OpenPipeline, dashboarding, alerting, anomaly detection, and proactive monitoring </li><li>Familiarity with additional observability tools such as SolarWinds, Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, and Splunk </li><li>Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to work effectively across technical teams, development groups, and architecture stakeholders </li><li>Capable of coaching and training internal teams on observability best practices and Dynatrace implementation </li><li>Skilled in developing, documenting, and improving observability-related processes and procedures </li><li>Excellent analytical skills with the ability to identify patterns, trends, and anomalies in complex datasets </li><li>Naturally curious and committed to continuous learning and improvement </li><li>Proactive in identifying opportunities for optimization and innovation in monitoring strategies </li><li>Proficient in Windows and Linux environments, experience with scripting languages such as PowerShell and Bash </li><li>Skilled in administering Dynatrace and SolarWinds platforms, including integration with AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, OpsGenie, and Splunk </li><li>Ability to mentor team members, delegate responsibilities, and align team efforts with organizational goals </li></ul>