Observability Engineer

Observability Engineer

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Experience: 6+ years

Job Summary

We are seeking an Observability Engineer with hands-on experience in monitoring, application performance management, and observability platforms. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Dynatrace, Splunk or OpenSearch/ELK, distributed tracing, cloud platforms, and modern DevOps practices.

Required Skills

• Dynatrace Administration & Monitoring
• Splunk OR OpenSearch/Elasticsearch (ELK)
• Monitoring & Observability Concepts
• Distributed Tracing & APM
• Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure)
• CI/CD & DevOps Practices
• Kubernetes / Containers

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize the Dynatrace platform, including OneAgent, ActiveGate, alerting, anomaly detection, management zones, and dashboards.
• Implement and support observability solutions using Dynatrace, OpenSearch/ELK, and Splunk for application, infrastructure, and log monitoring.
• Perform incident analysis and troubleshooting, conduct root cause analysis (RCA), tune alerts, and resolve monitoring gaps to improve system reliability.
• Build dashboards, reports, and telemetry pipelines to provide operational visibility and performance insights across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Automate monitoring and integrate observability tools with CI/CD pipelines, ServiceNow, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and OpenTelemetry frameworks.

Applications will be accepted until 9/11/2026

The annual salary for this position is between $49,000- $106,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and is subject to the terms of Cogniant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cogniant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contribution
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cogniant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.