Principal Cloud Native Specialist

Whats the role

Dynatrace is seeking a high-energy Cloud Native Specialist to serve as the technical vanguard for modern infrastructure environments across EMEA. This is a specialized overlay role focused on the intersection of Platform Engineering Kubernetes (K8s) and Multi-cloud strategy. You will partner with our Global Sales and Customer Success teams to help organizations navigate the complexities of day-2 operations in containerized environments ensuring they achieve full-stack observability across dynamic ephemeral architectures.

Core Responsibilities

1. Cloud Native Domian Expertise:

• Act as the technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all things Kubernetes (EKS AKS GKE OpenShift) and container orchestration.
• Demonstrate how Dynatrace provides automated code-level visibility into microservices without manual instrumentation or sidecar overhead.
• Advocate for OpenTelemetry (OTel) integration and explain how Dynatrace extends the value of open-source telemetry in a production-grade environment.

2. Domain Execution:

• Lead technical discovery and high-stakes Proof of Concepts (POCs) specifically targeting Born-in-the-Cloud accounts or legacy enterprises undergoing digital transformation.
• Build Cloud-Native ROI models illustrating how automated observability reduces Kubernetes Tax (the operational overhead of managing K8s at scale).
• Support the sales team in positioning Dynatrace against niche cloud-native tools by highlighting our AI-driven root cause analysis.

3. Platform Engineering & SRE Alignment:Design observability-as-code strategies using Terraform Pulumi or Crossplane.

• Consult with customer Platform Teams to integrate Dynatrace into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins GitLab GitHub Actions) and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD Flux).
• Help customers implement Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Error Budgets within their cloud-native stacks to drive SRE maturity.

4. Ecosystem Advocacy:

• Stay at the forefront of the CNCF landscape including Service Mesh (Istio Linkerd) Serverless (AWS Lambda Fargate) and eBPF technologies.
• Conduct Cloud Native Maturity workshops focused on automated scaling pod-level resource optimization and cost-aware infrastructure management.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience: 5 years in a technical pre-sales DevOps or SRE role with at least 3 years specifically focused on Kubernetes and containerized workloads.
• Technical Depth: * Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Application Developer (CKAD) preferred.
• Deep understanding of container runtimes ingress controllers and service discovery.
• Hands-on experience with Service Mesh architectures and sidecar patterns.
• Cloud Mastery: Expert-level knowledge of at least one major cloud provider (AWS Azure or GCP) with a focus on their managed Kubernetes and Serverless offerings.
• Automation & Code: Proficiency in Terraform Helm and YAML. Ability to read/write code in Go Java or to assist with microservices troubleshooting.
• Business Acumen: Ability to explain the business impact of MTTR and Deployment Frequency to executive stakeholders.
• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with eBPF-based monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with FinOps principles (matching cloud spend to container performance).
• Active participation in the CNCF community or open-source projects.

• 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.
• Youll get to work at the forefront of innovation with Dynatrace Intelligencethe industrys first agentic operations system. Bringing together deterministic and agentic AI it helps teams understand whats happening why it matters and what to do next automatically.
• Over 50% of the Fortune 100 companies are current customers of Dynatrace.