Nb
Observability Platform Engineer
New York, NY
Work authorization required$120k-$150kDetected 6 days ago
PythonC#BashPowerShellFull-Stack DevelopmentAWSAzureCloud PlatformsTerraformCI/CDLinuxDatadogDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringIncident ResponseAccessibilityStakeholder ManagementFirewallNetwork MonitoringCommunication
About the role
- This is an individual contributor role with strong Datadog engineering and scripting expectations - not a pure administrator role, though prior admin experience is beneficial.
- The environment includes an active migration from OpenView to Datadog, with workflows integrating into ServiceNow for incident routing and escalation.
- Hybrid Notice This is a hybrid position.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary Datadog platform owner - architecting, building, and maintaining scalable observability solutions across cloud and on-prem environments (Windows and Linux/Unix), with direct ownership of monitoring capabilities for key applications and services.
- Partner closely with application, DevOps, SRE/operations, infrastructure, and security teams to translate reliability goals into actionable Datadog monitoring strategies, dashboards, SLOs, and alerting frameworks.
- Develop and automate processes using Datadog's APIs, Terraform provider, and scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash) to manage monitors, dashboards, alerts, and telemetry configuration at scale - ensuring consistency across Windows Server and Unix (Linux/Solaris) environments.
- Implement and optimize Datadog APM, distributed tracing, log management, infrastructure monitoring, and Network Performance Monitoring (NPM) to provide full-stack visibility.
- Build and evolve Datadog RUM and Synthetic Monitoring capabilities to track end-user experience and proactively validate availability of external-facing services and critical workflows.
- drive alert noise reduction through correlation, enrichment, threshold tuning, and monitor dependency mapping.
- produce runbooks, post-incident reviews, and executive/operational dashboards to support reliability reporting.
- Champion OpenTelemetry (OTel) adoption and drive consistent logging, metrics, and tracing standards across the engineering organization using Datadog as the central observability platform.
- Collaborate on platform cost optimization, data governance, and scaling strategies to ensure Datadog remains performant and cost-effective as the environment grows.
- Define and operationalize SLOs and error budgets within Datadog; drive alert noise reduction through correlation, enrichment, threshold tuning, and monitor dependency mapping.
Requirements
- Proficiency in both Windows Server and Unix (Linux/Solaris) environments, including agent deployment, service instrumentation, and OS-level performance analysis.
- Experience integrating Datadog with cloud platforms (Azure and AWS) and centralizing cross-environment telemetry.
- Demonstrated ability to reduce alert noise and MTTR through Datadog monitor tuning, correlation, and enrichment strategies.
- Experience with ITSM integrations (e.g., Datadog → ServiceNow) and producing clear service maps, dependency views, and stakeholder-facing dashboards.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate technical observability concepts for non-technical audiences.
- Strong documentation habits, attention to detail, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Required Skills and Experience
Nice to have
- Datadog certifications (e.g., Datadog Fundamentals, APM, or Log Management).
- Experience migrating from legacy monitoring platforms (e.g., OpenView, AppDynamics, Nagios) to Datadog.
- Familiarity with.NET development (C#), including Datadog instrumentation patterns for.NET applications.
- Experience in financial services or other regulated industries.
- Familiarity with ITSM integrations and CMDB alignment for incident, problem, and change management workflows.
- Experience with CI/CD pipeline integration, synthetic testing strategies, and Datadog-based performance/capacity analysis for latency-sensitive systems.
- Knowledge of network monitoring concepts and Datadog NPM/NDM capabilities.
- Applicants must be authorized and have the right to work in the country where the role is located without the need for current or future sponsorship.
Compensation
- The salary range for this role is $120,000-$150,000.
- This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.
- We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future.
- This job is also eligible for a discretionary bonus, which, along with base salary and retirement contributions, is part of our total comprehensive package.
- Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.
- The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, production, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Benefits
- Lead and execute the migration from OpenView to Datadog, ensuring continuity of coverage and an improvement in monitoring fidelity across all migrated services and infrastructure.
Equal opportunity
- Neuberger is an equal opportunity employer.
- equal opportunity employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Applicants must be authorized and have the right to work in the country where the role is located without the need for current or future sponsorship.
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