At CI, we see a great place to work as one that is a safe place for everyone to have a voice, where people are empowered to take ownership over meaningful work, where there is an opportunity to grow through stretching themselves, where they can work on innovative products and projects, and where employees are supported and engaged in doing so.

We are seeking a Mid-Level Observability Engineer to help build, maintain, and enhance our enterprise monitoring and observability capabilities across cloud and hybrid environments.

This role is hands-on and execution-focused, supporting Dynatrace and AWS Cloud

Watch implementations, dashboard development, alert tuning, instrumentation, and operational reporting for critical platforms and applications.

The ideal candidate will partner with Cloud Engineering, Dev

Ops, SRE, and application teams to improve service visibility, strengthen monitoring coverage, and embed observability practices into ongoing operational and delivery workflows.

Observability Platform Ownership & Architecture Design, deploy, and optimize enterprise-grade observability solutions using Dynatrace SaaS or Managed , including One

Agent, Active

Gate, full-stack monitoring, RUM, synthetic monitoring, Davis AI, distributed tracing, dashboards, and log monitoring on Grail.

Define platform standards for tagging, management zones, network segmentation, alerting profiles, access control, dashboards, and telemetry governance across hybrid environments.

Architect observability coverage across AWS and on-prem platforms, including containerized and serverless workloads such as EKS, ECS, Lambda, EC2, RDS, and API Gateway .

Lead migration from legacy monitoring tools into Dynatrace and drive closure of enterprise monitoring gaps through structured onboarding and platform modernization. 2.

Application Performance Management & Incident Triage Configure and optimize APM instrumentation for distributed applications, APIs, microservices, databases, and business transactions.

Serve as the escalation point for complex incidents, using Smartscape, Distributed Traces, Davis AI, Live Debugger, and method-level diagnostics to accelerate root cause identification and reduce MTTR.

Define and maintain SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets , aligning platform telemetry to business reliability targets and engineering commitments Lead post-incident reviews using observability evidence and drive corrective improvements in instrumentation, thresholds, dashboards, and alerting logic 3.

Telemetry Automation & Observability as Code Standardize monitoring configurations using Terraform and/or Dynatrace Monaco , including alerting profiles, dashboards, SLOs, tagging rules,



synthetic tests, and management zones Build automation for platform operations, integration workflows, reporting, and remediation using Python, Bash, or Power

Shell , along with REST APIs and webhooks. 5–10 years of experience in Observability, Monitoring Engineering, SRE, APM, Dev

Ops, or Infrastructure Engineering, including several years of hands-on Dynatrace administration and architecture.

Deep hands-on expertise with Dynatrace across full-stack monitoring, Davis AI, Smartscape, RUM, synthetic monitoring, distributed tracing, Grail log monitoring, DQL, management zones, Workflows/Automation

Engine, and access governance.

Strong experience with AWS cloud services , especially Cloud

Watch, EKS, ECS, Lambda, EC2, RDS, API Gateway, networking, and modern cloud architecture patterns.

Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes and cloud-native observability patterns, including instrumentation for microservices and distributed systems.

Strong proficiency in observability-as-code using Terraform and/or Monaco, plus scripting in Python, Bash, or Power

Shell Solid understanding of distributed application architecture, networking fundamentals, telemetry pipelines, performance engineering, and incident management.

Dynatrace certification at Associate or Professional level required; higher-level certification is strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications Experience with tools such as Nagios/Solar

Winds/Prometheus/Grafana, Splunk, or ELK Experience with Open

Telemetry , Dynatrace Grail, advanced log analytics, and enterprise telemetry standardization Experience integrating observability with ITSM or event-management platforms such as Service

Now Background in SRE practices such as reliability reviews, error budget management, and incident reduction programs.

Integrate observability controls into CI/CD pipelines and establish telemetry quality standards for new application and infrastructure deployments Use Dynatrace Query Language (DQL) and Grail capabilities for advanced log analysis, event correlation, notebooks, and custom operational insights. 4.

Governance, Cost Control & Enablement Own monitoring governance practices related to telemetry quality, alert design, data retention, platform usage standards,



and operational reporting Manage Dynatrace usage and consumption responsibly by monitoring ingest patterns, tuning retention, and optimizing log, metric, and trace collection for value and efficiency.

Build executive and engineering dashboards that communicate service health, reliability KPIs, error budgets, and infrastructure visibility to multiple audiences Mentor engineers and partner teams on observability best practices, onboarding, dashboarding, instrumentation, and platform self-sufficiency.

This chance is for an existing vacancy with the company.

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $85,000 to $125,000.

Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget.

Salary range may vary based on geographic location.

In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a bonus program.

In addition, The Company offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage, wellness programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others.

Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company. CI Financial is an independent company offering global wealth management and asset management advisory services through diverse financial services firms.

Since 1965, we have consistently anticipated and responded to the changing needs of investors.

We are driven by a commitment to provide individuals and institutions with the highest-quality investments and advice.

Our commitment to the highest levels of performance means that whatever their position, CI employees must be comfortable in a fast-paced environment that will stretch them to tap into their highest potential.

Employees with a healthy dose of ambition, a desire to commit to a curious mindset for continuous learning, and a willingness to go the extra mile thrive at CI. A Supportive Environment for Success We offer an in-office environment, competitive benefits, and a supportive workplace to help our employees thrive both personally and professionally. WHAT WE OFFER Modern HQ location within walking distance from Union Station Training Reimbursement Paid Professional Designations Employee Savings Plan (ESP) Corporate Discount Program Enhanced group benefits Parental Leave Top–up program Paid time off for Volunteering We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce.

If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.

📌 Senior Observability Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 CI Financial
📍 Toronto