Application Performance Engineer

Charlotte, North Carolina

Lighthouse Technology Services
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Remote Contract-to-Hire Opportunity

Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Engineer position. This is a 6+ month contract-to-hire opportunity and will be remote in the United States (EST working hours). This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services.

What You'll Be Doing:
  • Install, configure, and maintain Zabbix, Dynatrace, Foglight, Splunk, and CloudWatch monitoring tools.
  • Work with application teams to define thresholds and configure alerts.
  • Perform daily operations such as release management, health checks, log analysis, and alert reviews.
  • Conduct trend and prediction analysis and tune system alerts.
  • Create custom Splunk dashboards and scripts for application monitoring.
  • Support Kubernetes monitoring using Dynatrace and maintain AWS monitoring via CloudWatch.
  • Upgrade and patch monitoring infrastructure.
  • Support incident response and participate in troubleshooting calls.
  • Collaborate across teams for root cause analysis and proactive system improvements.
  • Manage service requests within defined SLAs and communicate status updates clearly.
  • Leverage Azure DevOps for tracking PBIs and task assignments.
What You'll Need to Have:
  • 8+ years of experience as a Performance Monitoring Engineer.
  • Expertise in Zabbix, Dynatrace, Splunk, Foglight, and AWS CloudWatch.
  • Proficient in Shell scripting and PowerShell.
  • Experience with backups, restores, and recovery models.
  • Solid understanding of Windows and Linux platforms.
  • Experience with SQL, DB concepts, and microservices architecture.
  • Experience with Azure DevOps.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to multitask, think critically, and communicate technical concepts to varied audiences.

Pay Range: $50-$60/hr +

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Date Posted: 23 April 2025
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