Cloud Native Specialist

Dynatrace; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Dynatrace seeks a Cloud Native Specialist to serve as the technical lead across EMEA for Kubernetes and multi-cloud environments. You will partner with Global Sales and Customer Success to navigate day-2 operations in containerized stacks, delivering full-stack observability.

You will drive POCs, ROI models, and observability-as-code strategies with Terraform/GitOps, while supporting the sales team in differentiating Dynatrace in competitive landscapes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a technical pre-sales, DevOps, or SRE role with at least 3 years focused on Kubernetes.
• CKA or CKAD preferred.
• Deep understanding of container runtimes, ingress controllers, and service discovery.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME for Kubernetes and container orchestration (EKS, AKS, GKE, OpenShift).
• Show how Dynatrace provides automated, code-level visibility into microservices.
• Lead technical discovery and POCs for Born-in-the-Cloud accounts.
• Build Cloud-Native ROI models showing reduced Kubernetes overhead.
• Support sales in positioning Dynatrace against niche cloud-native tools.
• Design observability-as-code strategies using Terraform, Pulumi, or Crossplane.
• Consult with customer Platform Teams to integrate Dynatrace into CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows.
• Help customers implement SLOs and Error Budgets for cloud-native stacks.

Skills

Kubernetes

Containerized workloads

Terraform

Helm

YAML

Go

Java

Node.js

SRE

Pre-sales

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

CKA/CKAD (preferred)

Service Mesh

Job description

Your role at Dynatrace

What’s the role?

Dynatrace is seeking a high-energy Cloud Native Specialist to serve as the technical vanguard for modern infrastructure environments across EMEA. This is a specialized overlay role focused on the intersection of Platform Engineering, Kubernetes (K8s), and Multi-cloud strategy. You will partner with our Global Sales and Customer Success teams to help organizations navigate the complexities of "day-2" operations in containerized environments, ensuring they achieve full-stack observability across dynamic, epithelial architectures.

Core Responsibilities

Cloud Native Domian Expertise

• Act as the technical "Subject Matter Expert" (SME) for all things Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE, OpenShift) and container orchestration.

• Demonstrate how Dynatrace provides automated, code-level visibility into microservices without manual instrumentation or sidecar overhead.

• Advocate for OpenTelemetry (OTel) integration and explain how Dynatrace extends the value of open-source telemetry in a production-grade environment.

Domain Execution

• Lead technical discovery and high-stakes Proof of Concepts (POCs) specifically targeting "Born-in-the-Cloud" accounts or legacy enterprises undergoing digital transformation.

• Build "Cloud-Native ROI" models, illustrating how automated observability reduces "Kubernetes Tax" (the operational overhead of managing K8s at scale).

• Support the sales team in positioning Dynatrace against niche cloud-native tools by highlighting our AI-driven root cause analysis.

Platform Engineering & SRE Alignment:Design observability-as-code strategies using Terraform, Pulumi, or Crossplane.

• Consult with customer Platform Teams to integrate Dynatrace into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions) and "GitOps" workflows (ArgoCD, Flux).

• Help customers implement Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Error Budgets within their cloud-native stacks to drive SRE maturity.

Ecosystem Advocacy

• Stay at the forefront of the CNCF landscape, including Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd), Serverless (AWS Lambda, Fargate), and eBPF technologies.

• Conduct "Cloud Native Maturity" workshops focused on automated scaling, pod-level resource optimization, and cost-aware infrastructure management.

What will help you succeed

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years in a technical pre‑sales, DevOps, or SRE role, with at least 3 years specifically focused on Kubernetes and containerized workloads.

• Technical Depth: * Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Application Developer (CKAD) preferred.

• Deep understanding of container runtimes, ingress controllers, and service discovery.

• Hands‑on experience with Service Mesh architectures and sidecar patterns.

• Cloud Mastery: Expert‑level knowledge of at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP), with a focus on their managed Kubernetes and Serverless offerings.

• Automation & Code: Proficiency in Terraform, Helm, and YAML. Ability to read/write code in Go, Java, or Node.js to assist with microservices troubleshooting.

• Business Acumen: Ability to explain the business impact of "MTTR" and "Deployment Frequency" to executive stakeholders.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with eBPF-based monitoring tools.

• Familiarity with FinOps principles (matching cloud spend to container performance).

• Active participation in the CNCF community or open-source projects.

Why you will love being a Dynatracer

• Dynatrace is a leader in unified observability and security.

• We provide a culture of excellence with competitive compensation packages designed to recognize and reward performance.

• Our employees work with the largest cloud providers, including AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, and other leading partners worldwide to create strategic alliances.

• You'll get to work at the forefront of innovation with Dynatrace Intelligence—the industry's first agentic operations system. Bringing together deterministic and agentic AI, it helps teams understand what's happening, why it matters, and what to do next— automatically.

• Over 50% of the Fortune 100 companies are current customers of Dynatrace.

Compensation and Rewards

Dynatrace is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical abilities, age, sexual orientation, creed, disability status, veteran status, pregnancy, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by law.