Cloud Engineer
Boston, MA

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