Observability Engineer / System Administrator

Job Description:

DXC Technology Italy is looking for a Observability Engineer / System Administrator to join C&I offering.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining complex monitoring and observability platforms for infrastructure, applications, and services.
• Integrating monitoring solutions with heterogeneous environments, including on‑premise systems and public cloud platforms.
• Managing and evolving existing monitoring systems to ensure scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Defining monitoring standards, alerting strategies, dashboards, and reporting to support proactive incident detection and resolution.
• Collaborating with infrastructure, application, and operations teams to ensure comprehensive system visibility.
• Contributing to incident investigation, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Producing and maintaining technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Acting as a technical reference and mentor for junior colleagues, promoting knowledge sharing and best practices.
   

Requirements
 

Monitoring & Observability Tools:

· Strong hands-on experience with open-source monitoring tools such as Nagios, Zabbix, Grafana.

· Familiarity with observability concepts and tools, including OpenTelemetry and Prometheus (considered a plus).

· Experience with commercial monitoring platforms such as Nagios XI and AWS CloudWatch.

· Additional experience with Dynatrace and/or Azure Monitor is highly appreciated.
 

System Administration & Integration:

· Solid experience administering Linux-based systems in complex, distributed environments.

· Proven ability to integrate monitoring platforms with existing infrastructure and operational processes.

· Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S) and system performance concepts.
 

Cloud & Hybrid Environments:

· Practical experience monitoring workloads deployed on public cloud platforms, particularly AWS.

· Exposure to hybrid environments combining on‑premise and cloud infrastructures.

Work location: Rome with smart working possibility
Why Join Us
The position offers a gross annual base salary starting from €36,000. Compensation is determined in line with the applicable collective labor agreement (Contratto Collettivo Nazionale di Lavoro per l’industria metalmeccanica e della installazione di impianti) and based on objective and gender-neutral criteria, including responsability, experience and skills.

• Health Insurance
• Life and permanent disability by accident coverage
• Meal vouchers
• Supplemental Pension Plan
• Smart Working Agreement
• Employee Discounts Program
   

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