Solarwinds PHP Developer Jobs
Jobs tagged with Solarwinds require PHP developers to have experience with the Solarwinds platform for application performance monitoring (APM), infrastructure monitoring, and log analysis. In these roles, you are responsible for ensuring that PHP applications are observable, reliable, and performant by integrating them with Solarwinds tools like AppOptics or Loggly.
Your primary goal is to leverage the platform to gain deep insights into application behavior, identify bottlenecks, and troubleshoot issues in production environments. This involves configuring monitoring agents, setting up alerts for critical performance thresholds, and creating dashboards to visualize key metrics.
Responsibilities in a Solarwinds PHP Role
Developers in these positions typically handle tasks related to the full lifecycle of application monitoring. You will work with operations and infrastructure teams to ensure that the monitoring solutions effectively cover all aspects of the application stack, from the PHP code itself to the underlying servers and databases.
Essential Skills and Tools
- Experience with APM tools, specifically the Solarwinds suite (e.g., AppOptics, Pingdom, Loggly).
- Proficiency in instrumenting PHP code to export custom metrics and traces.
- Understanding of concepts like distributed tracing, logging best practices, and service level objectives (SLOs).
- Familiarity with configuring monitoring agents on servers running PHP applications (e.g., Apache, Nginx with PHP-FPM).
- Ability to analyze performance data to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.
