Extension Architect

Job Description

This is an architect level position, requiring more than just product knowledge and expertise. Ideally you have years of experience running integration engagements, from planning the architecture, to developing the implementation. You are also a natural problem solver who likes a variety of challenges while working in complex environments. It helps to be personable and outgoing because you’ll be right in the middle of things, having regular interactions with developers, architects, sales engineers, product management and consultants.

Your strong technical background, combined with your ability to communicate clearly, credibly, and confidently, will make you the direct cause of “wow!” experiences at our customers. You will be part of a global team of experts and architects, reporting to a director based in Europe. This is a remote role, but with limited traveling to conferences and team meet ups.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years hands-on design and programming experience in an object-oriented language, preferably Python
• 4+ years of consulting experience, preferably with APM tools
• Strong architectural understanding of either the JEE or .NET platform and how it works, and a self-directed willingness to learn about other platforms and “new stack” technologies
• Clear understanding of highly distributed applications and how they interconnect and communicate, from the browser or mobile app, through the cloud, CDNs, and third parties, into the data center, and through to the back end
• Ability to have meaningful discussions around technical concepts such as object-oriented fundamentals, web application infrastructure, memory management and GC, threading, frameworks, design patterns, exception handling, messaging, reflection, aspect-oriented programming, dependency injection
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and attention to detail.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on techniques and best practices for extending Dynatrace, combining product expertise with your skills and knowledge
• Consult with customers to understand, and then meet, their business and technical goals
• Develop, and support, integrations with 3rd party tools and devices to extend the footprint of Dynatrace
• Work with customers to provide information on how to best incorporate the
• Dynatrace product into non-out-of-the-box supported environments
• Participate in project scoping and integration architectural deployment design
• Partner with the sales team as needed in presales technical sessions
• Recommend complementary Dynatrace products or product features to meet customer goals

Preferred requirements: 

• Demonstrated experience with data visualization via charts and dashboards, including appropriate use of granular and aggregate data
• High technical comfort with Windows administration, and with Linux/UNIX command line
• High technical comfort creating and maintaining personal virtual machines (Windows and Linux guest OSes)
• Experience with, and understanding of, Docker for personal test environments Inherent and proven problem-solving nature, with an engaged, self-motivated, can-do attitude