Job title: Senior Datadog Engineer- Remote
Company: SAS Institute
Job description: Senior Datadog Engineer- Remote or Hybrid, Cary | NCNice to meet you!We’re the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence – and questions into answers.We’re also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If you’re looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you’ll find it here.About the jobThe CIS Observability and Monitoring (O&M) Engineering team is looking for a Datadog Engineer – Remote or Hybrid to develop and deliver enterprise-wide Datadog solutions to meet the current and future needs for all of SAS Institute, Inc.As a Senior Datadog Engineer, you will:
- Gather requirements from various SAS business units.
- Participate in the planning, design, development, testing, and troubleshooting Datadog features.
- Provide support, including user and operational problems, documentation, customization, and utilization of Datadog features.
- Work closely with technology partners on integrations.
- Define and promote monitoring best practices across the organization.
- Assist with special projects, as assigned, in design, implementation, transition, and operational roles.
Required qualifications
- 8+ years Information Technology experience.
- 2+ years of Datadog experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
- Proven track record of designing, delivering, and administering Datadog solutions.
- Experience developing and delivering monitoring configurations as code
- Experience instrumenting Datadog in container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Familiarity with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and modern application development practices.
- Willingness to be a member of an on call rotation.
- You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.
Preferred qualifications
- Datadog certification achievements
- Experience working on an Agile development team.
- Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).
- Working knowledge of ServiceNow ITOM Event Management and ITIL concepts
- Knowledge of other monitoring tools such as Zabbix, Grafana, ELK stack, New Relic, etc.
- General knowledge of networking and firewalls
World-class benefitsHighlights include…
- Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
- Medical plan options include…
- PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
- HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
- Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There’s a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
- An industry-leading 401k plan.
- Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
- Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
- Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees
#LI-CC1Diverse and InclusiveAt SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.Additional Information:To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: . Also view the notice.Resumes may be considered in the order they are received. SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process.SAS only sends emails from verified “sas.com” email addresses and never asks for sensitive, personal information or money. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of any type of communication from, or on behalf of SAS, please contactSASCLOUD#SAS
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Location: Cary, NC
Job date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 23:05:52 GMT
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