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This role partners closely with infrastructure, operations, development, and security teams to help ensure IT services and systems remain available, reliable, and high performing.\nThis position is based at our Corporate Headquarters in Wood Dale, IL, with a planned relocation to the Merchandise Mart (Chicago) in early 2027.\nWhat you will be responsible for:\nDevelop and maintain the organization’s monitoring and observability strategy, standards, and best practices.\nDesign, deploy, and manage monitoring platforms and related tools.\nCollect, analyze, and visualize metrics, logs, traces, and events to deliver end-to-end observability across infrastructure and applications.\nBuild and maintain dashboards, alerts, and reports for infrastructure, operations, development, and security teams.\nImprove performance, reliability, scalability, and operational maturity of systems and applications.\nCapacity Planning: Plan for future growth and ensure that systems can handle increased loads without performance degradation.\nPartner with development teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures\nTroubleshoot and resolve issues involving app performance, monitoring and observability tools.\nProvide guidance and support to IT teams on effective use of monitoring and observability solutions and standardize their usage.\nResearch and assess emerging technologies and trends in app performance, monitoring and observability.\nThe Site Reliability and Performance Engineer designs implement and maintains monitoring and observability solutions and supports the performance and scalability of IT infrastructure and applications. This role partners closely with infrastructure, operations, development, and security teams to help ensure IT services and systems remain available, reliable, and high performing.\nThis position is based at our Corporate Headquarters in Wood Dale, IL, with a planned relocation to the Merchandise Mart (Chicago) in early 2027.\nWhat you will be responsible for:\nDevelop and maintain the organization’s monitoring and observability strategy, standards, and best practices.\nDesign, deploy, and manage monitoring platforms and related tools.\nCollect, analyze, and visualize metrics, logs, traces, and events to deliver end-to-end observability across infrastructure and applications.\nBuild and maintain dashboards, alerts, and reports for infrastructure, operations, development, and security teams.\nImprove performance, reliability, scalability, and operational maturity of systems and applications.\nCapacity Planning: Plan for future growth and ensure that systems can handle increased loads without performance degradation.\nPartner with development teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures\nTroubleshoot and resolve issues involving app performance, monitoring and observability tools.\nProvide guidance and support to IT teams on effective use of monitoring and observability solutions and standardize their usage.\nResearch and assess emerging technologies and trends in app performance, monitoring and observability.\nWhat you will need to be successful in this role:\nProven experience in app performance and IT monitoring and observability role.\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.\nAt least three years of experience in IT monitoring and observability administration, engineering, or support.\nStrong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools and platforms.\nExperience with IT infrastructure and application technologies, including Linux, Windows, Azure, networking, databases, and web platforms.\nStrong experience with scripting and automation tools such as Python, Bash, and Ansible.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills.\nStrong communication and collaboration skills.\nRelevant certifications in monitoring and observability tools and platforms are preferred.\n\nAdditional Positives for the Position:\nHolding credentials that demonstrates ability to perform a specific level of tasks related IT Monitoring and Observability\nWorking Knowledge of New Relic Platform\nSystem admin experience\nApplication performance testing experience\nThe rewards of your career at AAR go far beyond just your salary:\nCompetitive salary and bonus package\nComprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage.\n401(k) retirement plan with company match\nGenerous paid time off program\nProfessional development and career advancement opportunities\nPhysical Demands/Work Environment:\nThe physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.\nReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nWhile performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach and move about the facility.\nThe environmental characteristic for this position is an office setting.\nCandidates should be able to adapt to a traditional business environment.\nAAR provides accommodation in accordance with applicable laws through all stages of the hiring process. If you require accommodation for any part of the application and/or hiring process, please advise Human Resources.\nCompensation:\nThe anticipated salary range for this position is $110,000 to $130,000 annually. This range reflects the base salary for candidates who meet the requirements of the role, including experience, education, and location. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for a 10% bonus. 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