Senior Application Performance Monitoring Engineer (AppDynamics)

Job Purpose

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior APM Engineer to lead the implementation, optimization, and support of application performance monitoring solutions across our enterprise environment. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience with AppDynamics, strong analytical skills, and a proven ability to drive performance improvements across complex, distributed applications

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, and configuration of AppDynamics APM across enterprise applications, infrastructure, and services.
• Develop and maintain custom dashboards, health rules, and alerts for critical applications and business transactions.
• Analyze performance metrics and transaction traces to identify application bottlenecks, code-level issues, and infrastructure dependencies.
• Collaborate with application developers, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot performance issues and provide actionable recommendations.
• Maintain and optimize AppDynamics controllers, agents, and extensions for scalability and efficiency.
• Provide training and mentorship to junior engineers on APM best practices and AppDynamics usage.
• Integrate AppDynamics with other monitoring and alerting platforms (e.g., Splunk, ServiceNow, PagerDuty).
• Participate in performance testing and capacity planning initiatives using AppDynamics insights.
• Document configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guidelines for internal knowledge base

Qualifications and Education Requirement:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in application performance monitoring and IT operations.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AppDynamics APM, including controller and agent management.
• Strong understanding of application architecture (Java, .NET, microservices, APIs, databases).
• Deep knowledge of transaction tracing, business transaction modeling, and performance baselining.
• Experience with scripting or automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker)

Skills:

*AppDynamics Certified Associate or Professional.

*Experience integrating AppDynamics with ITSM and alerting tools (e.g., ServiceNow, PagerDuty, Splunk).

*Knowledge of other APM tools (Dynatrace, New Relic, DataDog) is a plus.

*Understanding of log analysis and SIEM tools