Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer - Boston

Our client specializes in implementations & integrations for Datadog. Their experienced team of SREs and DevOps engineers powerfully brings together these two ecosystems to drive better observability, availability, and deployment velocity across organizations of all sizes.

About the job

The ideal candidate will be responsible for building and managing Linux/Unix systems on cloud instances, as well as ensuring all instances have good monitoring health. The candidate will be responsible for learning the Datadog platform, and how to implement its integrations on different systems as well as provide best practices consulting. We will provide assistance and training on the Datadog platform but the candidate must know their way around deploying Linux systems and using basic configuration management tools.

What you'll do:

• Develop quality configurations in YAML and JSON
• Work closely with clients and team members from diverse backgrounds to deliver projects
• Build cloud and on-prem monitoring solutions for Infrastructure, APM, and Logs
• Build grok patterns for custom logs
• Modify code to send traces and subtraces to Datadog
• Analyze and maintain existing software applications
• Write custom scripts in shell, Python, PowerShell
• Design highly scalable, testable configuration tools

What you should have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with systems administration
• Linux/Unix experience with on-prem or cloud systems
• Experience working on multiple projects simultaneously
• Self-learner and eager to understand new technologies
• Experience in a modern monitoring platform is a plus
• Scripting/programming experience in shell, Python, Go, or PowerShell is a plus
• Willingness to work from our Boston office three days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)

Benefits

• 100% Employee Healthcare Coverage (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (5% 401k Match, IRA)
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (4-week minimum) (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Hybrid Work Opportunities
• Fitness & Commuter Subsidies available
• Equity (without a vesting period)
• SL & LT Disability