Senior Datadog Administrator

Title: Senior Datadog Administrator Duration: 9 Months+ Location: Washington, DC (Remote Job) Responsible for software tool administration for systems and applications monitoring tools. Expertise with at least one of the Monitoring tools like DataDog and Service Now. • DataDog Administration experience on Linux platform to instrument Java based applications running on Tomcat Application Server. • Configuration experience in Infrastructure Monitoring, Network Monitoring and Centralized Logging. • Or similar Administration experience with ELK Stack – Elasticsearch (search and analytics engine), Logstash (ingest pipeline) and Kibana (visualization and creating dashboards). • Strong Linux platform (Red Hat) background. • Automation experience with scripting (Python, Shell, ANSIBLE) preferred. • Understanding of SSL setup on Linux servers. Installing CA certs etc. • Experience with Network Monitoring and knowledge on Network components like Switches, Routers, Palo Alto Network utilization SNMP, F5 Load Balancers, WebSeal, Info Blocks, Gigamon, Network Mapping is a plus. • Working knowledge of other monitoring tools like Big Panda, CloudBeat (Synthetic Monitoring) is desired. These tools are used to monitor applications and business transactions that impact the business and customers, currently. • Responsibilities include script writing, installing, managing, and maintaining the monitoring tools, as needed, as well as integration with other tools and collaboration with other groups and their tools. Tasks • Manages, configures and maintains the Data Dog tool on Linux platform. • Responsible for Network Monitoring, Infrastructure/Server Monitoring (Linux, Windows, AIX) using Data Dog, Application, SNMP and Log Monitoring. • Configure centralized logging of all logs from different sources like WebSphere / Tomcat and IHS WebServers on AIX servers to Data Dog on Linux. Knowledge of Load Balancers like F5 to route logs to Log server. Handling different types of Log formats. • Creates required dashboards with data visualization in Data Dog. • Manages, configures and maintains the DataDog APM tool on Linux platform. • Works with different Systems and Application Architecture teams to ensure that systems monitoring requirements are addressed early in the development process. Coordinates with project teams to ensure that monitoring of new applications is available before release for production. • Assists in reviewing and analyzing business & system requirements and specifications for systems monitoring tool protocols and future tool usage. Required Skills • 5-8 years strong IT experience and good working knowledge of a variety of technology platforms in a distributed environment including: Microsoft systems (e.g. Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint), Linux/Unix, VMWare, SQL Server, database architectures, TCP/IP, VPNs, Mainframe, LAN/WAN technologies and architectures • A minimum of 3 years hands-on experience installing, integrating, managing and maintaining monitoring tools like Data Dog administration and support. • Or similar Log Management experience with ELK Stack – Elasticsearch (search and analytics engine), Logstash (ingest pipeline), and Kibana (visualization and creating dashboards) • Experience in writing Shell, Python, Selenium, VuGen scripts • Experience with SSL certs, encryption methods on Linux