At a Glance
- Tasks: Set up and optimise monitoring frameworks for cloud-native apps using Dynatrace and ELK.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking tech company in Sydney focused on innovation.
- Benefits: Full-time role with competitive salary and opportunities for growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with a focus on collaboration and learning.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of cloud technology and make a real impact.
- Qualifications: Experience with Dynatrace, ELK stack, and AWS services required.
The predicted salary is between 123750 - 151250 $ per year.
We are looking for an experienced Dynatrace SaaS and ELK Engineer to support observability and performance monitoring for our cloud-native applications running on AWS. You will be responsible for the end-to-end setup and optimization of monitoring and logging frameworks using Dynatrace SaaS and the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), with a strong focus on AWS services, infrastructure, and serverless applications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deploy and configure Dynatrace OneAgents and ActiveGates across AWS EC2, ECS, EKS, and Lambda environments.
- Set up RUM, synthetic monitoring, and Davis AI to proactively detect performance issues.
- Build service-centric dashboards and alerting rules aligned with business KPIs and SLAs.
- Integrate Dynatrace with AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and incident/alerting platforms (ServiceNow, PagerDuty, etc.).
- Design and implement centralized logging pipelines using Logstash, Beats, and FluentBit for AWS logs.
- Manage Elasticsearch clusters for performance, indexing strategies, and retention policies.
- Create meaningful Kibana dashboards and alerts for application and infrastructure logs.
- Correlate log and APM data to assist in root cause analysis and proactive monitoring.
AWS-Focused Monitoring Operations:
- Work closely with cloud engineering teams to embed observability in CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement tagging standards and custom metadata strategies to enhance traceability.
- Tune and optimize monitoring for cost efficiency and noise reduction in dynamic AWS environments.
Required Skills:
- Hands-on experience with Dynatrace SaaS, especially in cloud-native and AWS integrations.
- Deep knowledge of ELK stack (Elastic 7.x or 8.x) and best practices for logging in AWS.
- Solid experience with AWS services (EC2, EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, etc.).
- Strong skills in Bash/Python/PowerShell scripting for automation and data transformation.
- Experience working in DevOps/Agile delivery environments.
- Understanding of microservices and container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes).
Nice to Have:
- Dynatrace certifications (Associate, Professional).
- Experience with Terraform or AWS CDK for infrastructure automation.
- Familiarity with other observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, New Relic.
DevOps Engineer / Observability Engineer in Sydney employer: CareCone Group
CareCone Group is an exceptional employer located in the vibrant city of Sydney, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Employees benefit from ongoing professional development opportunities, competitive remuneration, and a supportive environment that values work-life balance. Joining our team means being part of a forward-thinking organisation dedicated to delivering high-quality IT solutions while ensuring compliance with Australian working rights.
