Randstad Digital Americas
Website:
randstaddigital.com
Job details:
Job Description:
Datadog Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead the design, implementation, optimization, and
ongoing management of monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions across our technology
landscape. The SME will act as a trusted advisor and technical authority, enabling teams to
maximize the value of Datadog for performance monitoring, application observability,
infrastructure health, security insights, and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Design & Architecture:
Develop scalable observability strategies using Datadog for applications, infrastructure, cloud
services, and security monitoring.
Architect dashboards, monitors, and alerting frameworks tailored to business and operational
requirements.
Implementation & Integration
Lead deployment and configuration of Datadog agents, integrations, and APIs across
hybrid/multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, on-prem).
Integrate Datadog with CI/CD pipelines, logging systems, and collaboration tools (e.g., Slack,
ServiceNow, Jira).
Optimization & Governance:
Establish best practices for metric collection, log ingestion, tracing, and anomaly detection.
Optimize cost management and usage efficiency of Datadog licenses and features.
Ensure alerting policies reduce noise while providing actionable insights.
Collaboration & Enablement:
Partner with Network, Backup, Storage Cloud, Security, and Application teams to embed
observability into daily operations.
Conduct training, documentation, and workshops to upskill engineering teams in Datadog
usage.
Troubleshooting & Support:
Serve as escalation point for Datadog-related performance or monitoring issues.
Perform root-cause analysis using Datadog dashboards, traces, and logs to identify and resolve
system issues quickly.
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