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Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.
Project Overview
The role focuses on defining and implementing enterprise-wide Observability and DevOps standards to improve application performance, reliability, security, and engineering efficiency. The architect will lead Dynatrace-based observability transformation as the primary responsibility, with DevOps and DevSecOps standards as a secondary focus.
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Chief Architect to define, govern, and drive enterprise Observability Gold Standards, with mandatory hands-on Dynatrace SaaS expertise. The role will own observability strategy, reference architectures, technology evaluations, Proofs of Value (POVs), implementation, and enterprise adoption across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, databases, APIs, and distributed systems.
The individual must combine enterprise architecture leadership with deep technical expertise, complex troubleshooting capabilities, and hands-on implementation experience. The role also defines and drives DevOps and DevSecOps standards covering CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automation, and secure software delivery.
Key Responsibilities
1. Enterprise Observability & Dynatrace Architecture — Primary
- Define enterprise Observability Strategy, Gold Standards, reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and governance.
- Own Dynatrace SaaS architecture, configuration, deployment patterns, OneAgent, ActiveGate, instrumentation, access controls, tagging, and platform optimization.
- Establish observability standards for APM, infrastructure, cloud, Kubernetes, databases, APIs, distributed tracing, logs, metrics, synthetic monitoring, and digital experience monitoring.
- Define telemetry collection, instrumentation, application onboarding, dashboards, alerting, Golden Signals, SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, and performance baselines.
- Establish reusable observability patterns for microservices, cloud-native, serverless, legacy, and hybrid applications.
2. Implementation, AIOps & Troubleshooting — Primary
- Lead hands-on implementation and enterprise adoption of Dynatrace and Observability Gold Standards across applications and infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot complex application performance, distributed tracing, infrastructure, OneAgent, ActiveGate, telemetry ingestion, and monitoring configuration issues.
- Implement event correlation, anomaly detection, alert noise reduction, root-cause analysis, and actionable incident detection.
- Integrate Dynatrace with ServiceNow ITSM and relevant AIOps, incident management, and operational automation platforms.
- Drive observability-led operational improvements, including reduced Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR), improved availability, and increased reliability.
- Assess existing monitoring maturity, identify gaps, and develop implementation and remediation roadmaps.
3. Technology Evaluation & Enterprise Adoption
- Lead technology assessments, hands-on evaluations, POVs, technical demonstrations, and build-versus-buy-versus-partner recommendations.
- Evaluate observability and AIOps capabilities, integrations, scalability, security, and enterprise applicability.
- Drive adoption through architecture reviews, engineering workshops, technical evangelization, and collaboration with application, cloud, SRE, infrastructure, and operations teams.
- Establish adoption metrics, compliance scorecards, and continuous improvement practices.
4. DevOps & DevSecOps Standards — Secondary
- Define and govern enterprise DevOps and DevSecOps Gold Standards, reference architectures, reusable components, and engineering Golden Paths.
- Establish best practices for source control, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, automated testing, artifact management, containers, Kubernetes, GitOps, and release management.
- Define secure pipeline practices covering SAST, DAST, SCA, container security, IaC security, secrets management, and policy enforcement.
- Evaluate DevOps tooling, develop reusable pipeline templates and automation patterns, and drive implementation across application teams.
- Assess engineering maturity and improve deployment automation, security, compliance, and delivery efficiency.
5. Architecture Assets & Governance
- Maintain reusable enterprise assets, including Observability and DevSecOps Gold Standards, reference architectures, Dynatrace configurations, dashboards, alerting templates, onboarding frameworks, CI/CD templates, IaC modules, implementation runbooks, maturity assessments, POV frameworks, and Architecture Decision Records.
- Establish architecture governance and adoption metrics to measure compliance, operational improvements, engineering efficiency, and business outcomes.
MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- 15+ years of overall experience in technology architecture, application performance engineering, infrastructure, observability, or related disciplines.
- Mandatory, strong hands-on Dynatrace SaaS expertise, including architecture, configuration, implementation, application onboarding, and enterprise-scale adoption.
- Deep knowledge of Dynatrace APM, OneAgent, ActiveGate, distributed tracing, service topology, Davis AI capabilities, anomaly detection, and root-cause analysis.
- Proven experience defining observability architectures, instrumentation standards, dashboards, alerting, Golden Signals, SLIs, SLOs, and performance baselines.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across complex applications, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, databases, APIs, and distributed systems.
- Experience integrating Dynatrace with ServiceNow ITSM, APIs, AIOps platforms, and operational automation.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technology POVs, define enterprise standards, and drive hands-on implementation and adoption.
- Strong working knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform/IaC, containers, Kubernetes, GitOps, and DevSecOps practices.
- Proven enterprise architecture, stakeholder management, technical evangelization, and cross-functional leadership capabilities.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenTelemetry, and hybrid cloud environments.
- SRE, reliability engineering, incident management, and operational automation experience.
- Familiarity with complementary observability platforms such as Splunk, Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana.
- Relevant Dynatrace certifications or equivalent demonstrated technical expertise.
SUCCESS MEASURES
- Enterprise adoption and compliance with Observability Gold Standards.
- Increased application and infrastructure observability coverage.
- Improved MTTD, MTTR, application availability, and SLO attainment.
- Reduced alert noise, incident recurrence, and troubleshooting effort.
- Standardized Dynatrace configurations, integrations, dashboards, and onboarding.
- Improved CI/CD standardization, automation, security, and engineering efficiency.
CANDIDATE PROFILE: An enterprise architect who combines deep, hands-on Dynatrace SaaS expertise with observability strategy, complex troubleshooting, AIOps integration, and enterprise implementation leadership. DevOps and DevSecOps are important secondary competencies; observability and Dynatrace remain the primary hiring criteria.
Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Candidate Privacy Policy
Orion Systems Integrators, LLC and its subsidiaries and its affiliates (collectively, "Orion," "we" or "us") are committed to protecting your privacy. This Candidate Privacy Policy (orioninc.com) ("Notice") explains:
- What information we collect during our application and recruitment process and why we collect it;
- How we handle that information; and
- How to access and update that information.
Your use of Orion services is governed by any applicable terms in this notice and our general Privacy Policy.
INTRODUCTION
Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.
Project Overview
The role focuses on defining and implementing enterprise-wide Observability and DevOps standards to improve application performance, reliability, security, and engineering efficiency. The architect will lead Dynatrace-based observability transformation as the primary responsibility, with DevOps and DevSecOps standards as a secondary focus.
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Chief Architect to define, govern, and drive enterprise Observability Gold Standards, with mandatory hands-on Dynatrace SaaS expertise. The role will own observability strategy, reference architectures, technology evaluations, Proofs of Value (POVs), implementation, and enterprise adoption across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, databases, APIs, and distributed systems.
The individual must combine enterprise architecture leadership with deep technical expertise, complex troubleshooting capabilities, and hands-on implementation experience. The role also defines and drives DevOps and DevSecOps standards covering CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automation, and secure software delivery.
Key Responsibilities
1. Enterprise Observability & Dynatrace Architecture — Primary
- Define enterprise Observability Strategy, Gold Standards, reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and governance.
- Own Dynatrace SaaS architecture, configuration, deployment patterns, OneAgent, ActiveGate, instrumentation, access controls, tagging, and platform optimization.
- Establish observability standards for APM, infrastructure, cloud, Kubernetes, databases, APIs, distributed tracing, logs, metrics, synthetic monitoring, and digital experience monitoring.
- Define telemetry collection, instrumentation, application onboarding, dashboards, alerting, Golden Signals, SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, and performance baselines.
- Establish reusable observability patterns for microservices, cloud-native, serverless, legacy, and hybrid applications.
2. Implementation, AIOps & Troubleshooting — Primary
- Lead hands-on implementation and enterprise adoption of Dynatrace and Observability Gold Standards across applications and infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot complex application performance, distributed tracing, infrastructure, OneAgent, ActiveGate, telemetry ingestion, and monitoring configuration issues.
- Implement event correlation, anomaly detection, alert noise reduction, root-cause analysis, and actionable incident detection.
- Integrate Dynatrace with ServiceNow ITSM and relevant AIOps, incident management, and operational automation platforms.
- Drive observability-led operational improvements, including reduced Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR), improved availability, and increased reliability.
- Assess existing monitoring maturity, identify gaps, and develop implementation and remediation roadmaps.
3. Technology Evaluation & Enterprise Adoption
- Lead technology assessments, hands-on evaluations, POVs, technical demonstrations, and build-versus-buy-versus-partner recommendations.
- Evaluate observability and AIOps capabilities, integrations, scalability, security, and enterprise applicability.
- Drive adoption through architecture reviews, engineering workshops, technical evangelization, and collaboration with application, cloud, SRE, infrastructure, and operations teams.
- Establish adoption metrics, compliance scorecards, and continuous improvement practices.
4. DevOps & DevSecOps Standards — Secondary
- Define and govern enterprise DevOps and DevSecOps Gold Standards, reference architectures, reusable components, and engineering Golden Paths.
- Establish best practices for source control, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, automated testing, artifact management, containers, Kubernetes, GitOps, and release management.
- Define secure pipeline practices covering SAST, DAST, SCA, container security, IaC security, secrets management, and policy enforcement.
- Evaluate DevOps tooling, develop reusable pipeline templates and automation patterns, and drive implementation across application teams.
- Assess engineering maturity and improve deployment automation, security, compliance, and delivery efficiency.
5. Architecture Assets & Governance
- Maintain reusable enterprise assets, including Observability and DevSecOps Gold Standards, reference architectures, Dynatrace configurations, dashboards, alerting templates, onboarding frameworks, CI/CD templates, IaC modules, implementation runbooks, maturity assessments, POV frameworks, and Architecture Decision Records.
- Establish architecture governance and adoption metrics to measure compliance, operational improvements, engineering efficiency, and business outcomes.
MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- 15+ years of overall experience in technology architecture, application performance engineering, infrastructure, observability, or related disciplines.
- Mandatory, strong hands-on Dynatrace SaaS expertise, including architecture, configuration, implementation, application onboarding, and enterprise-scale adoption.
- Deep knowledge of Dynatrace APM, OneAgent, ActiveGate, distributed tracing, service topology, Davis AI capabilities, anomaly detection, and root-cause analysis.
- Proven experience defining observability architectures, instrumentation standards, dashboards, alerting, Golden Signals, SLIs, SLOs, and performance baselines.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across complex applications, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, databases, APIs, and distributed systems.
- Experience integrating Dynatrace with ServiceNow ITSM, APIs, AIOps platforms, and operational automation.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technology POVs, define enterprise standards, and drive hands-on implementation and adoption.
- Strong working knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform/IaC, containers, Kubernetes, GitOps, and DevSecOps practices.
- Proven enterprise architecture, stakeholder management, technical evangelization, and cross-functional leadership capabilities.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenTelemetry, and hybrid cloud environments.
- SRE, reliability engineering, incident management, and operational automation experience.
- Familiarity with complementary observability platforms such as Splunk, Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana.
- Relevant Dynatrace certifications or equivalent demonstrated technical expertise.
SUCCESS MEASURES
- Enterprise adoption and compliance with Observability Gold Standards.
- Increased application and infrastructure observability coverage.
- Improved MTTD, MTTR, application availability, and SLO attainment.
- Reduced alert noise, incident recurrence, and troubleshooting effort.
- Standardized Dynatrace configurations, integrations, dashboards, and onboarding.
- Improved CI/CD standardization, automation, security, and engineering efficiency.
CANDIDATE PROFILE: An enterprise architect who combines deep, hands-on Dynatrace SaaS expertise with observability strategy, complex troubleshooting, AIOps integration, and enterprise implementation leadership. DevOps and DevSecOps are important secondary competencies; observability and Dynatrace remain the primary hiring criteria.
Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Candidate Privacy Policy
Orion Systems Integrators, LLC and its subsidiaries and its affiliates (collectively, "Orion," "we" or "us") are committed to protecting your privacy. This Candidate Privacy Policy (orioninc.com) ("Notice") explains:
- What information we collect during our application and recruitment process and why we collect it;
- How we handle that information; and
- How to access and update that information.
Your use of Orion services is governed by any applicable terms in this notice and our general Privacy Policy.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Chief Architect
Align your credentials before applying
PERM requires your employer to list a specific degree and field in the job posting. Make sure your architecture degree and any licensure credentials match the role's stated requirements exactly, since discrepancies can stall the labor certification audit.
Target firms with active PERM history
Use the OFLC Wage Search to identify architecture and design firms that have filed PERM applications in your specialty. Employers with existing PERM infrastructure move faster and face fewer internal approvals before sponsoring a new candidate.
Understand EB-2 versus EB-3 for your credentials
If your role requires a master's degree or you hold a bachelor's plus five years of progressive experience, you may qualify for EB-2, which can mean shorter priority date waits for some nationalities. Confirm your classification with your employer before PERM is filed.
Find green card sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate
Search Chief Architect roles on Migrate Mate to filter specifically for employers offering employment-based green card sponsorship. The platform surfaces PERM-filing history so you can prioritize outreach to companies that have sponsored architects before.
Negotiate sponsorship terms before accepting an offer
Ask whether the employer covers PERM filing and I-140 legal fees, or passes costs to you. USCIS does not require employers to pay attorney fees, so this is a negotiable point that significantly affects your out-of-pocket costs during the multi-year process.
Request concurrent filing when your priority date is current
Once your I-140 is approved and a visa number is available, ask your employer to file the I-485 adjustment of status concurrently. This lets you obtain work authorization and travel permission while USCIS adjudicates permanent residency, reducing employment gaps.
Green Card Chief Architect: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Chief Architect role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Chief Architect positions typically qualify for both. EB-3 covers roles requiring at least a bachelor's degree in architecture or a related field. EB-2 applies when the position requires an advanced degree, or when you hold a bachelor's plus at least five years of progressive post-degree experience. Your employer's job requirements and your credentials together determine which category USCIS reviews your I-140 petition under.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for a Chief Architect?
H-1B visa is temporary status that must be renewed every three years and is subject to an annual lottery cap for most applicants. PERM-based green card sponsorship has no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most nationalities, leads to permanent residency rather than temporary authorization, and gives you portability rights after 180 days of I-485 adjudication. The trade-off is time: the PERM and I-140 process typically takes one to three years before an immigrant visa number becomes available.
What does the PERM labor certification process involve for architecture roles?
PERM requires your employer to run a mandatory recruitment campaign, including print and online job postings, to document that no qualified U.S. worker applied for the Chief Architect position. DOL reviews the application and, if approved, your employer files the I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS. Architecture roles with highly specific licensure requirements, such as state licensure in a particular jurisdiction, can support a narrower recruitment definition, which sometimes strengthens the PERM application.
How can I find architecture firms that sponsor green cards?
OFLC Wage Search lets you search DOL's public PERM disclosure data by occupation and employer, so you can identify firms that have filed labor certifications for architecture roles before. Migrate Mate also filters Chief Architect job listings by employers with documented green card sponsorship history, saving you the step of manually cross-referencing disclosure files with open positions.
Can I change employers during the green card process without losing my place?
Yes, under AC21 portability rules, you can change to a same or similar occupation after your I-485 has been pending for at least 180 days and your I-140 has been approved. For Chief Architects, a move to a senior design or principal role at another firm generally qualifies as same or similar. Your new employer doesn't restart PERM, but they should confirm portability in writing before you resign.