Sr. Solution Architect
Dynatrace · Detroit, MI
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- $215,000 / year
- Detroit, MI
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Job highlights
- Lead customer engineering teams and solve complex issues.
- Design and implement Dynatrace monitoring solutions.
- Work remotely with moderate travel.
- Utilize diverse technologies and cloud platforms.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams.
About the role
Your role at Dynatrace
As a member of the Enterprise Solutions Architect team, you will work with a variety of accounts, leading skilled engineering staff of our customers. You may also dive in to help isolate major performance issues and/or provide solutions for mitigating performance problems within large environments. You will collaborate with our product engineering teams to ensure functional gaps and improvement opportunities are clearly articulated and managed between our accounts and our engineering team. Our team members regularly engage in hands-on solutioning, either to improve our own efficiency or to assist in the deployment of solutions for customers. Our joint team of highly experienced ESAs are frequently found solutioning in C#, Java, SQL, NodeJS, JavaScript, Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, and many more. Being part of this team means contributing a history of high-level consulting while also being ready to roll up your sleeves and contribute in code, either for the team or the customer.
The Enterprise Solution Architect is a hybrid role encompassing infrastructure and automation expertise, coding skills, trusted advisory, and cloud services authority. You will be responsible for leading the design and implementation of our monitoring solutions, executed through a well-defined, repeatable services engagement model. Our ESA team members perform most of their responsibilities remotely from a home office, with moderate to minimal travel as needed.
Minimum Requirements
What will help you succeed:
- Bachelors Degree required or an additional 10 years of relevant Information Technology experience accepted in lieu of degree.
- 12+ years of real-world experience in software and/or solution engineering.
- 5+ years experience leading and consulting in large Enterprise/Corporate environments is a must.
Preferred Requirements
- Prior experience using Dynatrace or managing APM solutions is a major plus.
- Solid understanding of a variety of Cloud technologies and offerings such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, with at least expertise and/or certification in one, and an aptitude to learn others quickly.
- Solid understanding of network topologies, routing, network security, security protocols, load balancers, and capacity planning.
- Solid understanding of container-based solutions using Kubernetes and similar products. Service mesh experience is a plus.
- Outstanding communication and writing skills are a must, with the ability to consult and lead multi-day meetings to assess technologies and processes.
- Solid understanding of Application and/or Infrastructure Monitoring & Observability.
- Developing automation and repeatable processes/scripts to enable solutions that deploy, manage, configure, scale, and monitor client applications is a plus.
- Solid understanding of solutions using Chef, Puppet, Ansible, GoCD, Jenkins, TFS, and similar products.
- Solid understanding of PaaS concepts and implementations such as Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, BlueMix, or similar offerings.
- At least 7+ years of prior development experience in at least one object-oriented language.
- Solid understanding of byte-code based runtimes, e.g., Java, .NET.
- Solid to Expert hands-on experience with SQL is a plus.
- Prior experience with enterprise logging technologies and strategies.
- Prior hands-on experience providing troubleshooting expertise for performance and other issues.
- Prior experience in streamlining a development lifecycle with automated provisioning and testing of resources.
- Demonstrable Enterprise Architecture planning and design skills. Expert authoring of diagrams is desired.
- Expert analytical, organization, presentation, customer service, and facilitation skills. Ability to gather customer requirements and translate them into short and long-term deliverables while working with Project Managers and Directors.
- Comfortable with Software Development Life Cycles, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery/Deployment.
- Solid understanding and experience working with high availability, disaster recovery designs, high performance, multi-data center systems, and hybrid cloud environments.
- Considered an expert in a combination of database and platform application services is a plus.
- Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies and cloud services.
- Preference will be given to candidates that also have web applications, database, and support skills.
Why you will love being a Dynatracer
Dynatrace is a leader in unified observability and security. We provide a culture of excellence with competitive compensation packages designed to recognize and reward performance. Our employees work with the largest cloud providers, including AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, and other leading partners worldwide to create strategic alliances. You'll get to work at the forefront of innovation with Dynatrace Intelligence—the industry's first agentic operations system. Bringing together deterministic and agentic AI, it helps teams understand what's happening, why it matters, and what to do next— automatically. Over 50% of the Fortune 100 companies are current customers of Dynatrace.
Compensation And Rewards
Salary Range $175K-215K DOE, plus Health, Dental, Life, STD, LTD, 401k, PTO.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. We offer competitive compensation, company-sponsored premium benefits, medical, dental, vacation/holidays, company matching 401(k) Plan, etc. Dynatrace is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical abilities, age, sexual orientation, creed, disability status, veteran status, pregnancy, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If your disability makes it difficult for you to use this site, please contact careers@dynatrace.com. Dynatrace participates in E-Verify, participant information in English and Spanish. Right to work information in English and Spanish. EEO is the Law. To be considered for this position, please upload your resume/CV.
Key skills/competency
- Solutions Architecture
- Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- APM Solutions
- Kubernetes
- Automation
- Observability
- Enterprise Consulting
- Software Engineering
- Customer Requirements Gathering
- High Availability Systems
Skills & topics
- Solutions Architect
- Enterprise Architecture
- Cloud Computing
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- APM
- Observability
- Kubernetes
- Automation
- Consulting
- Software Engineering
- Dynatrace
- Remote
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 12+ years of software/solution engineering and 5+ years of enterprise consulting experience, emphasizing Dynatrace or APM solutions.
- Showcase technical expertise: Detail your experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, automation tools, and monitoring/observability.
- Demonstrate consulting skills: Emphasize your ability to lead meetings, gather requirements, and translate them into technical deliverables.
- Prepare for technical interviews: Be ready to discuss your hands-on experience with coding, infrastructure, and troubleshooting complex performance issues.
- Research Dynatrace: Understand their unified observability and security offerings, and their impact on Fortune 100 companies.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What are the core responsibilities of a Senior Solutions Architect at Dynatrace?
- As a Senior Solutions Architect at Dynatrace, you'll lead customer engineering teams, design and implement monitoring solutions, and troubleshoot complex performance issues. You'll act as a trusted advisor, leveraging your expertise in cloud technologies, automation, and observability. A significant part of the role involves hands-on solutioning and collaborating with Dynatrace's product engineering teams.
- What technical skills are most important for this Senior Solutions Architect role at Dynatrace?
- Dynatrace prioritizes strong experience in cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP), APM solutions, Kubernetes, and automation tools. Expertise in application and infrastructure monitoring, observability, and proficiency in object-oriented programming languages are crucial. The ability to author diagrams and demonstrate enterprise architecture planning and design skills is also highly valued.
- Is this a remote position? What is the travel expectation for a Senior Solutions Architect at Dynatrace?
- Yes, the Senior Solutions Architect role is primarily remote, performed from a home office. There will be moderate to minimal travel required from time to time, depending on customer needs and project engagements.
- What level of experience is required for the Senior Solutions Architect position at Dynatrace?
- Dynatrace requires a minimum of 12+ years of real-world experience in software and/or solution engineering. Additionally, at least 5 years of experience leading and consulting in large enterprise/corporate environments is a mandatory requirement for this Senior Solutions Architect role.
- How does Dynatrace value innovation and employee growth in this role?
- Dynatrace is at the forefront of innovation with Dynatrace Intelligence, an agentic operations system. As a Senior Solutions Architect, you'll work with leading cloud providers and contribute to cutting-edge solutions. The company fosters a culture of excellence and provides opportunities to work with advanced technologies and strategic alliances.
- What is the typical career path for a Senior Solutions Architect at Dynatrace?
- While specific paths vary, a Senior Solutions Architect at Dynatrace often progresses into more senior architecture roles, technical leadership positions, or specialized consulting areas. The role provides a strong foundation in enterprise solutions, cloud technologies, and customer-facing strategy, opening doors to various leadership opportunities within the company.