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

Cognizant is an equal prospect employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

📌 Dynatrace Observability Engineer / Analyst (Chennai)
🏢 Cognizant
📍 Chennai