AppDynamics/Dynatrace Monitoring SME - SC Clearance
SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment
Description
Specialist Infrastructure Engineer/AppDynamics/Dynatrace Monitoring SME - SC Cleared
£500 per day | Inside IR35 | Public Sector | Remote/Hybrid | Contract - 5 months
SR2 is partnering with an established technology delivery client supporting a major UK government programme within Borders & Trade.
We're looking for an experienced AppDynamics SME/Application Performance Monitoring Engineer to support a business-critical Java and Linux environment, taking ownership of monitoring, alerting, incident triage and production stability.
With the environment transitioning from AppDynamics to Dynatrace, this is a great opportunity to contribute to an evolving observability landscape.
What you'll be doing
- Design, configure and maintain AppDynamics alerts and health rules.
- Investigate monitoring issues across lower environments and production.
- Own AppDynamics defects from initial triage through to resolution.
- Act as the technical AppDynamics SME across multiple delivery teams.
- Work with Cisco support to resolve complex platform issues.
- Improve monitoring governance and reduce recurring production alerts.
- Support releases, go-lives and ongoing live service operations.
- Contribute to the transition from AppDynamics to Dynatrace.
What we're looking for
- Strong hands-on experience with AppDynamics.
- Experience configuring health rules, alerting and application monitoring.
- Understanding of Java applications and Linux environments.
- Experience supporting production services and troubleshooting application performance.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum delivery.
- Exposure to Dynatrace or monitoring platform migrations is highly desirable.
- Current SC clearance or eligibility for an appropriate SC transfer, subject to client requirements.
Contract details
- Rate: £500 per day, Inside IR35
- Start: 18 November 2026
- End: 31 March 2027 with possible extension
- Working pattern: Full-time, hybrid (onsite expectations TBC)
- Clearance: SC required, with BPSS checks applicable