Observability Engineer

Location: Phoenix, AZ. Visa transfer or sponsorship is not available for this role.

About the role

We are seeking an Observability Engineer with hands-on experience in monitoring, application performance management, and observability platforms. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Dynatrace, Splunk or OpenSearch/ELK, distributed tracing, cloud platforms, and modern DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize the Dynatrace platform, including OneAgent, ActiveGate, alerting, anomaly detection, management zones, and dashboards.
• Implement and support observability solutions using Dynatrace, OpenSearch/ELK, and Splunk for application, infrastructure, and log monitoring.
• Perform incident analysis and troubleshooting, conduct root cause analysis (RCA), tune alerts, and resolve monitoring gaps to improve system reliability.
• Build dashboards, reports, and telemetry pipelines to provide operational visibility and performance insights across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Automate monitoring and integrate observability tools with CI/CD pipelines, ServiceNow, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and OpenTelemetry frameworks.

Requirements

6+ years of relevant experience.

Skills

• Dynatrace Administration & Monitoring
• Splunk OR OpenSearch/Elasticsearch (ELK)
• Monitoring & Observability Concepts
• Distributed Tracing & APM
• Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure)
• CI/CD & DevOps Practices
• Kubernetes / Containers

Pay

Annual salary range: $49,000–$106,000, depending on experience and qualifications. Eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program based on performance.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contribution
• Long-term and Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan