Site Reliability Engineer, Datadog Specialist

S&P Global

United States
Base: $90,000 to $122,000; bonus: annual incentive...
Hybrid (2-3 days onsite)
Strong hands-on datadog experience
Experience with apm and distributed tracing
Working knowledge of aws environments
S&P Global is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer specializing in Datadog to enhance its IT Operations team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with observability tools, particularly Datadog, and will focus on ensuring system reliability and operational excellence

Job Summary

  • This role sits at the intersection of Site Reliability Engineering and Observability, focused on the hands-on implementation and operation of enterprise telemetry platforms.
  • The team ensures critical market-facing services remain available, observable, and resilient within S&P Dow Jones Indices' global index platforms.
  • Candidates will lead root-cause analysis, improve observability gaps during incidents, and partner with engineering teams to adopt OpenTelemetry standards.

Matching Summary

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S&P Global is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer specializing in Datadog to enhance its IT Operations team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with observability tools, particularly Datadog, and will focus on ensuring system reliability and operational excellence.

Salary

Base: $90,000 to $122,000; Bonus: Annual incentive plan eligible; Benefits: Health care, flexible downtime, retirement planning

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Strong hands-on Datadog experience
  • Experience with APM and distributed tracing
  • Working knowledge of AWS environments
  • Ability to read Java or Python code
  • Experience integrating monitoring with PagerDuty

Nice-to-have

  • Datadog certifications in APM or Logs
  • Exposure to Splunk or ELK tools
  • Experience with OpenTelemetry instrumentation
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
  • Support for mission-critical high-availability systems

Key Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in Observability or SRE roles
  • Strong troubleshooting and documentation skills
  • US-based location required for hybrid work

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