Dynatrace Observability Engineer / Analyst

Cognizant; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,600,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer/Analyst to advance our Dynatrace observability capabilities across platforms, including Windows and Linux environments, Kubernetes clusters, and Azure services. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, data quality, and active gate/extension management.

You will deploy OneAgent across VMs and containers, design OpenTelemetry integrations, and build dashboards and DQL queries to improve application and platform visibility.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Dynatrace experience (UI + backend) required.
• ActiveGate deployment/troubleshooting experience (VMs, synthetics, extensions) required.
• Solid DQL skills with Dynatrace queries.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize Dynatrace (SaaS/Managed): alerting, anomaly detection, dashboards, DQL, management zones, and tagging.
• Act as Dynatrace SME: field questions, troubleshoot issues, tune alerts, and fix data gaps.
• Build and maintain dashboards and DQL queries for app, platform, and operational visibility.
• Deploy and support OneAgent on Windows & Linux Azure VMs; Kubernetes / AKS; Function Apps (Windows) – OneAgent Extension based.
• Design, deploy, and operate ActiveGates for VM traffic routing, synthetic private locations, and extension execution.
• Configure and support OneAgent & ActiveGate extensions.
• Implement and support OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for Azure Function Apps (Linux) and other workloads.

Skills

Dynatrace experience

OpenTelemetry (OTEL)

DQL skills

Azure

Kubernetes / AKS

Windows & Linux

ActiveGates management

OneAgent deployment

Tools

OneAgent

ActiveGate

Job description

Senior Observability Engineer / Analyst – Dynatrace

Looking for a senior‑level Dynatrace Observability Engineer / Analyst to support both platform engineering and day‑to‑day operational use of Dynatrace.

Core Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize Dynatrace (SaaS/Managed): alerting, anomaly detection, dashboards, DQL, management zones, and tagging
• Act as Dynatrace SME: field questions, troubleshoot issues, tune alerts, and fix data gaps
• Build and maintain dashboards and DQL queries for app, platform, and operational visibility
• Deploy and support OneAgent on:
• Windows & Linux Azure VMs
• Kubernetes / AKS
• Function Apps (Windows) – OneAgent Extension based
• Design, deploy, and operate ActiveGates for:
• VM traffic routing
• Synthetic private locations
• Extension execution (ActiveGate‑based extensions)
• Configure and support OneAgent & ActiveGate extensions
• Implement and support OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for Azure Function Apps (Linux) and other custom workloads

Required Experience

• Strong hands‑on Dynatrace experience (UI + backend)
• ActiveGate deployment and troubleshooting experience (VMs, synthetics, extensions)
• Solid DQL skills
• Azure, Kubernetes/AKS, Windows & Linux environments
• OpenTelemetry implementation experience