16th July, 2025For more than three decades, Strategic Data Systems (SDS) has been a software consultancy firm specializing in strategy, technology, and business transformation for Fortune 100 companies, mid-sized firms, and startups. At SDS, we empower our development teams to address our clients' critical business challenges by leveraging cutting edge technologies. If you seek a workplace where your contributions are truly appreciated, then SDS is the company for you. Join us today to work alongside fellow development specialists and become a crucial part of our dynamic and cohesive community.
Job Title: Platform Engineer III Location: Cincinnati, OH - Onsite TOP SKILLS:Must Have
- Dynatrace monitoring
- Lean Six Sigma Principles
- Python
Nice To Have
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
- SiteScope
What You'll Do The role is responsible for leveraging software development, deployment and support experience to lead or support evaluations of technical solutions to identify improvements in monitoring, architecture, ITIL practices, utilization of managed services and automation that can be used to address improved system availability. Ensure that processes and solutions meet the demanding nature of business critical applications that have low unavailability tolerances.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Evaluate tools, automation and frameworks supporting monitoring, batch and reporting functions, identifying recommended improvements / changes.
• Participate in implementation of improvements as needed.
• Evaluate manual processes and procedures and identifying automation opportunities.
• Evaluate application support documentation for accuracy and completeness and identify areas that are not adequately documented
• Engineering and support of monitoring tools.
• Troubleshooting, Incident escalation and problem solving, including assisting in driving root cause analysis and prevention
• Design, upgrade and support production monitoring solutions.
• Drive change to improve and maintain the company platform uptime, performance, stability, and scalability
• Analyze and offer recommentations for improved deployment strategies for client-facing and internal systems
Qualifications:
• Technical Degree or related work experience
• Lean Six Sigma certification and/or experience
• Experience in IT operations and system administration
• Experience building robust monitoring solutions utilizing Dynatrace
• Experience with scripting/programming and engineering of infrastructure batch and monitoring tools.
• Experience in software/systems development.
• Experience in System administration, preferrably in multiple platforms:
- Windows
- Linux
- Cloud
• Experience with automation/configuration software (puppet, ansible), and/or orchestration software (docker swarm, kubernetes, etc).
• Understanding of computer networks.
What You'll Get SDS, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
- Competitive base salary
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
- Optional life and disability insurance provided
- 401(k) with a company match and optional profit sharing
- Paid vacation time
- Paid Bench time
- Training allowance offering
- You'll be eligible to earn referral bonuses!
