Senior Dynatrace & Observability Engineer (Automation)

UnitedHealth Group; La Crosse (WI); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Stock purchase plan

401(k) contribution

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer to lead Dynatrace engineering, Python automation, and CI/CD automation across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. The role emphasizes building scalable observability platforms, automating operations, and enabling DevOps teams through self-service monitoring.

The ideal candidate has deep Dynatrace experience, strong Python automation, and proven CI/CD expertise in modern software delivery pipelines, with a focus on

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Dynatrace engineering experience.
• 5+ years supporting enterprise observability, monitoring, or SRE platforms.
• 3+ years developing production-grade Python automation solutions.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and/or Ansible.
• Experience utilizing Dynatrace APIs and configuration automation.
• Solid understanding of distributed tracing, OpenTelemetry, metrics, logs, events, and reliability engineering practices.
• If you are offered this position, you will be required to provide extensive personal information to obtain and maintain a suitability or determination of eligibility for a Confidential/Secret or Top Secret security clearance as a condition of your employment.
• United States Citizenship

Responsibilities

• Dynatrace Platform Engineering: serve as the primary technical SME for Dynatrace environments and maintain monitoring standards, management zones, alerting, and governance.
• Python Development & Automation: build Python-based automation solutions and create integrations leveraging Dynatrace APIs and REST endpoints.
• CI/CD & Observability as Code: implement observability as code using Dynatrace Monaco, Terraform, and CI/CD tools; build automated deployment pipelines and quality gates.

Skills

Dynatrace engineering

Observability platforms

Python automation

CI/CD pipelines

Distributed tracing

OpenTelemetry

Reliability engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Elasticsearch

Grafana

Prometheus

Fluent Bit

OpenTelemetry

Monaco

Job description

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer to lead Dynatrace engineering, Python automation, and CI/CD automation across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. The role emphasizes building scalable observability platforms, automating operations, and enabling DevOps teams through self-service monitoring.

The ideal candidate has deep Dynatrace experience, strong Python automation, and proven CI/CD expertise in modern software delivery pipelines, with a focus on