Aequor

Job title : DataDog Engineer Location : Bangalore, India Duration : 12 months Job Description : About the Role We are looking for a skilled Datadog Engineer to design, implement, and maintain monitoring and observability solutions using Datadog. This role focuses on ensuring system reliability, performance, and proactive incident detection across cloud and on-prem environments. Key Responsibilities Deploy and configure Datadog agents for infrastructure, applications, and services. Create dashboards, alerts, monitors, log pipelines, parsing rules for real-time visibility into system health. Integrate Datadog with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools. Implement APM and distributed tracing for microservices and APIs. Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, and application teams to define observability requirements. Collaborate with Datadog vendor for platform related issues. Optimize alerting strategies to reduce noise and improve incident response. Maintain documentation for monitoring standards and best practices. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience. 2+ years of experience with Datadog (dashboards, APM, integrations). Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows systems , scripting (Python, Bash, Ruby), and automation tools (Chef, Ansible). Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP). Experience with log management , synthetic monitoring, and network monitoring. Strong in English communication skills (both spoken and written). Preferred Skills Experience with Kubernetes , Docker, and container monitoring. Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation). Exposure to SLO/SLI metrics and performance tuning. AWS or other cloud certifications.