Hiring: Application Monitoring Engineer Company: D2 Consulting Location: Springfield, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 11:19:00 Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Azure, Bash, CI/CD, CloudFormation, Datadog, Docker, Dynatrace, ELK Stack, GCP, Grafana, Kubernetes, Microservices, New Relic, Prometheus, Python, Security Clearance, Splunk, Terraform About the job Experience: •5+ years of experience in application monitoring, observability, or site reliability engineering, with hands-on expertise in at least one major APM platform (Datadog, New Relic, or Dynatrace) — deep familiarity with more than one is a strong plus Required Skills: •Design, build, and maintain end-to-end application performance monitoring using platforms like Dynatrace, instrumenting applications and services so that the right signals surface before customers notice a problem •Define and maintain SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets in partnership with engineering and product teams, and build dashboards and alerting that reduce noise while catching what actually matters •When incidents happen, you'll lead or support triage and root-cause analysis, using distributed tracing and APM data to pinpoint issues across complex, distributed systems. •Drive continuous improvement of the observability stack itself — evaluating new tools, refining alert thresholds, and reducing alert fatigue across the engineering organization •Serve as a technical mentor, helping other engineers build monitoring into their own services from the start rather than bolting it on later •Partner closely with DevOps/SRE, infrastructure, and application development teams to make sure monitoring coverage keeps pace with new deployments and architectural changes •Solid grasp of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and how to trace a request across services, containers, and cloud infrastructure •Understanding of the fundamentals of APIs, databases, and networking well enough to diagnose issues across the full stack Qualifications: •Operational familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code is a plus •Relevant certifications (Datadog, New Relic, AWS/Azure/GCP) •All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. •Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, Accrued PTO, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, Referral Bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and more! Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!