Dynatrace Architect

Mroads is looking for a "Dynatrace Architect" for one of the direct clients. This is a remote opportunity with the client.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and design end-to-end enterprise solutions that are scalable, secure, resilient, cost-efficient, and maintainable.
• Define and promote architectural standards, design patterns, best practices, and reusable frameworks across development teams.
• Produce and maintain high-quality architectural artifacts, including solution designs, technical specifications, system diagrams, and implementation roadmaps.
• Design systems with a strong focus on observability, leveraging monitoring and APM platforms such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Datadog, New Relic, or similar tools.
• Provide architectural guidance and governance for compliance-driven initiatives, including regulatory and audit-related projects; experience with SOX-controlled environments is a plus.
• Collaborate closely with business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into effective technology solutions.
• Evaluate complex business and technical challenges, identify solution options, and drive architectural recommendations with minimal supervision.
• Lead technical decision-making throughout the solution lifecycle, ensuring successful execution, delivery, and adoption.
• Communicate architectural vision, trade-offs, and technical strategies effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Prioritize competing initiatives, manage architectural risks, and ensure alignment with enterprise technology standards.
• Foster collaboration across teams and contribute to the continuous improvement of architecture practices and organizational capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Solutions Architect, Enterprise Architect, or Technical Architect designing large-scale enterprise applications and platforms.
• Strong understanding of architectural principles including scalability, performance optimization, security, resiliency, maintainability, and cost management.
• Hands-on experience implementing observability and monitoring strategies using APM tools such as Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, or similar platforms.
• Demonstrated expertise in creating and maintaining architecture documentation, diagrams, and technical design artifacts using industry-standard tools.
• Experience supporting compliance, governance, risk, or audit-focused initiatives within enterprise environments.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently, drive initiatives from concept through delivery, and influence technical direction across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in SOX-regulated or highly governed environments.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and modern application design patterns, including microservices and event-driven systems.
• Experience leading architecture reviews, technology evaluations, and enterprise modernization initiatives.