Platform Engineer (Cedar Rapids, Philly, Denver Three Days A Week)

Description

The Intermediate Platform Engineer supports the design, implementation, and operation of enterprise monitoring and observability platforms, with a focus on Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Real User Monitoring (RUM), synthetics, and database visibility using AppDynamics and complementary tooling. This role contributes to platform stability, performance, and scalability by implementing instrumentation, automations, and monitoring standards under the guidance of experienced engineers and platform leadership.

The Intermediate Platform Engineer partners with application and infrastructure teams to translate requirements into effective monitoring solutions, assists in troubleshooting performance and reliability issues, and helps improve operational efficiency through well instrumented platforms and automated observability practices.

Skills

Devops, Elastic Stack, Big Panda, Python, Automation

Top Skills Details

Devops,Elastic Stack,Big Panda

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Implement and maintain AppDynamics APM instrumentation, including transaction tracing, baselining, and performance analysis.

• Configure and support Real User Monitoring (RUM), synthetic monitoring, and database monitoring for application visibility.

• Contribute to the design, implementation, and support of enterprise monitoring and observability solutions across cloud and on prem environments.

• Assist with CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and configuration of monitoring agents and instrumentation.

• Build and maintain dashboards, visualizations, and telemetry ingest pipelines for logs, metrics, and traces.

• Implement and support alerting and integrations with ITSM (ServiceNow) and Event Management (BigPanda) platforms.

• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting by analyzing APM, RUM, and database telemetry.

• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and operations teams to gather requirements and deliver scalable monitoring solutions.

• Follow and help document monitoring standards, guidelines, and operational procedures.

Experience Level

Expert Level

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Cedar Rapids, IA.

The pay range for this position is $45.00 - $65.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a hybrid position in Cedar Rapids,IA.

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 3, 2026.

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.