Datadog Monitoring Specialist

Looking for candidate with strong experience in Datadog.

Experience Required:

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in Datadog Monitoring, Dashboards, Alerts, and Integrations
• Strong expertise in Datadog integration with AWS services (CloudWatch, Lambda, EC2, RDS, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, Load Balancer, S3, etc.)
• Good knowledge of infrastructure monitoring, APM (Application Performance Monitoring), and log management
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills

Responsibilities:

• Integration & Setup
• Configure and integrate Datadog with AWS accounts and services (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, CloudFront, S3, API Gateway, etc.).
• Ensure seamless CloudWatch metrics ingestion into Datadog.
• Implement infrastructure, application, and log monitoring in line with best practices.
• Dashboards & Monitoring
• Design and build custom Datadog dashboards for real-time visibility of infrastructure, applications, and business KPIs.
• Create service-specific monitoring views (e.g., database health, API latency, container performance).
• Develop business-level dashboards for stakeholders (e.g., uptime SLAs, cost monitoring).
• Alerts & Incident Management
• Configure alerts and notifications for critical AWS resources and services.
• Define thresholds, anomaly detection, and predictive alerts to minimize downtime.
• Performance & Optimization
• Analyze performance data to identify bottlenecks, high latency, or resource inefficiencies.
• Provide recommendations for scaling and optimization.
• Set up APM for microservices and distributed tracing.
• Security & Compliance Monitoring
• Implement Datadog Security Monitoring rules for suspicious activity in AWS.
• Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
• Document all monitoring configurations, dashboards, and alerting logic.
• Provide training/knowledge transfer to internal teams for continued operations after engagement.

Job Type: Temporary
Contract length: 2 months