Senior Monitoring Architect (Plano, Pennington, CLT)

Matlen Silver; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Matlen Silver is seeking a skilled engineer for the Operational Intelligence Team to develop and drive a monitoring strategy for critical Banking Applications. The successful candidate will have experience with monitoring tools like Dynatrace and Splunk, and programming in Java or .NET. Responsibilities include rolling out tools across applications, setting up monitoring infrastructure, and participating in strategic discussions. Excellent communication skills and a strategic mindset are essential. This role is positioned in Plano, Texas.

Qualifications

• 2+ years Development or Architecture experience for multi-tiered business applications.
• 5+ years production systems architecture and/or support role.
• Proven experience with supporting monitoring tools.
• Excellent communication and networking skills.

Responsibilities

• Rollout the strategic monitoring tool across Banking APS applications.
• Host demos and training of monitoring tools.
• Participate in global discussions on the monitoring strategy.
• Prepare reporting on monitoring tools adoption.

Skills

Monitoring tools expertise (Dynatrace, Tivoli, Splunk)

Application performance monitoring

Programming (Java and/or .NET)

Cloud and Containers knowledge

N-Tier Architecture understanding

OS Knowledge (Windows/Unix)

Education

4-year college degree

Tools

Dynatrace

Tivoli

Splunk

Sitescope

Catchpoint

Job description

Overview

The Operational Intelligence Team seeks a strong engineer to develop, document and drive the monitoring strategy and its adoption and evolution with a focus on standards and application instrumentation for critical Banking Applications. Senior architect will participate in the development and implementation of monitoring strategy and solutions aligned as core to the business information flows and systems architecture. The individual provides integrated systems planning and recommends new or different technologies that will enhance current systems and support overall corporate and business goals aligned to the application production support monitoring strategy. The role recommends appropriate monitoring capabilities in support of business process and is responsible for delivery of aligned capabilities across critical business applications. It serves as a fully seasoned/proficient technical resource, providing leadership in the execution of aligned activities as a team member or as an individual contributor.

This unique opportunity involves working with Business, Application Development and Support teams, Monitoring Tools teams, and creating monitoring requirements to build end‑to‑end monitoring solutions for applications. The role is not an application development position, but requires experience working with application development teams and understanding how application components work across middleware, system software and hardware.

What you will do

• Rollout the strategic monitoring tool across Banking APS applications
• Serve as SME for monitoring tools that form part of the global monitoring strategy
• Set up monitoring for Applications on Cloud and Containers infrastructure
• Host demos, overviews, and training of the monitoring tools for adoption across teams, preparing related materials (presentations, operational manuals, etc.)
• Liaise with APS in the planning and scheduling of deployments
• Consult with APS teams and assist in configuration of monitoring events and dashboards to maximize the potential and use of the monitoring tool
• Prepare reporting on monitoring tools adoption and other related data points and metrics
• Participate in global discussions on the continuation and evolution of the global monitoring strategy

Qualifications

• 4-year college degree required
• 2+ years Development or Architecture experience for multi-tiered business applications
• 5+ years production systems architecture and/or support role
• Proven experience with supporting monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Tivoli, Splunk, Sitescope, Catchpoint
• Familiarity with supporting monitoring on Cloud and Containers infrastructure
• Knowledge of OS (Windows/Unix) based infrastructure services, processing, monitoring, shell scripts, etc.
• Proven experience in programming languages (Java and/or .NET)
• Proven experience in application/network performance and availability monitoring
• Proven experience in N-Tier Architecture supporting a multitude of products (Web server, Middleware, Database, etc.)
• Knowledge of ITIL functions and processes
• Excellent communicator, able to network and influence across multiple levels
• Self‑motivated, hands‑on, driven individual
• Strategic thinker who can link business context to technical reality
• Previous experience in development and/or support of Banking applications
• Experience with monitoring of Microsoft Teams, Co‑Pilot, M365
• Experience in Major Incident Management

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will have experience working and being successful in a large, multi‑data‑center enterprise environment. Business acumen is a plus. Communication and flexibility are important skills for this role, as special projects may be assigned over time.

Locations

Pennington, New Jersey; Charlotte, North Carolina.