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# Principal Dynatrace Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Randstad
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $156,000.0 - $176,800.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Database, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Python (Programming Language), OpenShift, Windows PowerShell, Reliability Engineering, Tag Management, Google Cloud, Enterprise Software Applications, Delivery Pipeline, Multi-Cloud, HybridCloud, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Deployment Automation, Terraform, Dynatrace, Jenkins
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/fd6144e7-11b8-4dc0-a78c-ebd48d94340e

## About the Role

Subject Matter Expertise: Proven expertise operating at a Dynatrace Master or Gold-Certified level, with 8+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise application performance management (APM) and observability administration.

Automation & Scripting: Strong scripting and automation background using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Go, with direct experience utilizing the Dynatrace API and Configuration-as-Code (Monaco / Terraform provider).

Infrastructure & Cloud Platforms: Demonstrated experience deploying and configuring OneAgents and ActiveGates across containerized platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift) and major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform).

Modern CI/CD & DevOps: Deep familiarity with modern deployment pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and integrating automated performance gates into standard release cycles.

Architecture & Communication: Outstanding ability to design scalable systems, document technical blueprints, and translate complex observability metrics into high-level strategic insights for technical leaders and stakeholders.

## Description

Randstad is seeking a high-caliber Principal Dynatrace Platform Engineer to serve as the subject matter expert and lead observability architect for a premier enterprise client in Washington, D.C. In this mission-critical role, you will take ownership of the client's enterprise Dynatrace ecosystem, spearheading the architecture, design, and deployment of scalable self-service automation workflows to streamline observability across complex hybrid-cloud environments. As a Gold-level equivalent SME, you will leverage advanced platform capabilities-such as Davis AI root-cause analysis, synthetic monitoring, distributed tracing, and automated remediation-to empower product and engineering teams with actionable operational intelligence., Enterprise Solution Architecture: Architect, implement, and maintain high-availability Dynatrace deployment strategies across complex multi-cloud and on-premises enterprise environments.

Self-Service & Automation Engineering: Design, build, and operationalize self-service automation tools, APIs, and CI/CD integrations to simplify agent rollouts, synthetic script deployments, and monitoring lifecycle management for development teams.

Advanced Feature Exploitation: Leverage cutting-edge Dynatrace capabilities, including Davis AI engine tuning, Cloud Automation, SLO/SLA management dashboards, OneAgent configuration, and distributed tracing.

Platform Governance & Standards: Define enterprise observability best practices, tag management taxonomies, alerting policies, and configuration-as-code (Monaco / Terraform) frameworks to ensure clean governance and prevent alert fatigue.

Technical Leadership & Enablement: Partner with cross-functional Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, and application delivery teams to drive observability adoption, troubleshoot critical bottlenecks, and lead incident post-mortem analysis.