Lead Systems Engineer(Hybrid)

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Datadog Administration experience on Linux platform to instrument Java-based applications running on Tomcat Application Server.
• Configuration experience in Infrastructure Monitoring, Network Monitoring, and Centralized Logging; or similar Administration experience with ELK Stack - Elasticsearch (search and analytics engine), Logstash (ingest pipeline), and Kibana (visualization and creating dashboards).
• Strong Linux platform (Red Hat) background.
• Automation experience with scripting (Python, Shell, ANSIBLE) preferred.
• Understanding of SSL setup on Linux servers. Installing CA certs, etc.
• Experience with Network Monitoring and knowledge of Network components like Switches, Routers, Palo Alto Network utilization SNMP, F5 Load Balancers, WebSeal, Info Blocks, Gigamon, and Network Mapping is a plus.
• Working knowledge of other monitoring tools, such as Big Panda and CloudBeat (Synthetic Monitoring), is desired. These tools are currently used to monitor applications and business transactions that impact the business and customers.
• Responsibilities include script writing, installing, managing, and maintaining the monitoring tools, as needed, as well as integration with other tools and collaboration with other groups and their tools

TASKS:

• Manages, configures, and maintains the Datadog tool on the Linux platform.
• Responsible for Network Monitoring and infrastructure/Server Monitoring (Linux, Windows, AIX) using Datadog, Application, SNMP, and Log Monitoring.
• Configure centralized logging of all logs from different sources like WebSphere / Tomcat and IHS Webservers on AIX servers to Data Dog on Linux. Knowledge of Load Balancers like F5 to route logs to the Log server. Handling different types of Log formats.
• Creates required dashboards with data visualization in Datadog.
• Manages, configures, and maintains the Datadog APM tool on the Linux platform.
• Responsible for Java Applications instrumentation with Datadog, set up health rules, and fine-tuned monitoring in Datadog.
• Setup End User Monitoring / Browser Real User Monitoring of Datadog for applications using JavaScript injection.

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