Job Description

Experience: 8+ Years

Location: Chennai Preferred (India)

Job Description

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Observability Engineer / Analyst with strong expertise in Dynatrace to support both platform engineering and day-to-day operational monitoring. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Dynatrace administration, observability engineering, Active Gate deployment, Open Telemetry implementation, and cloud-native monitoring across Azure and Kubernetes environments.

Core Responsibilities
Administer and optimize Dynatrace (SaaS/Managed), including alerting, anomaly detection, dashboards, DQL, management zones, and tagging.
Act as the Dynatrace Subject Matter Expert (SME) by troubleshooting issues, tuning alerts, resolving data gaps, and supporting platform users.
Design, develop, and maintain dashboards and DQL queries for application, infrastructure, and operational visibility.
Deploy and manage Dynatrace One Agent across:
Windows & Linux Azure Virtual Machines
Kubernetes / AKS
Azure Function Apps (Windows) using One Agent Extension
Design, deploy, and maintain Active Gates for:
VM traffic routing
Synthetic private locations
Extension execution (Active Gate-based extensions)
Configure and support One Agent and Active Gate Extensions.




Implement and support Open Telemetry (OTEL) for Azure Function Apps (Linux) and other custom workloads.
Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and cloud teams to improve observability and monitoring capabilities.

Required Skills
7+ years of IT experience with strong hands-on expertise in Dynatrace (UI & backend).
Extensive experience with Dynatrace SaaS/Managed settings.
Robust knowledge of Dynatrace Query Language (DQL).
Hands-on experience deploying and troubleshooting Active Gates.
Experience with Azure, Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes/AKS environments.
Experience implementing Open Telemetry (OTEL).
Robust troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Certifications
Dynatrace Associate – Required
Dynatrace Professional – Preferred
Microsoft Azure and/or Kubernetes Certifications – Preferred

Essential Skills
Dynatrace
Dynatrace SaaS / Managed
DQL
Active Gate
One Agent
Open Telemetry (OTEL)
Azure
Kubernetes / AKS
Windows & Linux
Observability Engineering

Keywords: Dynatrace, Observability, DQL, Active Gate, One Agent, Open Telemetry, Azure, AKS, Kubernetes, Monitoring, Dynatrace Associate

📌 Senior Observability Engineer / Analyst Dynatrace Chennai
🏢 Prophecy Technologies
📍 Chennai