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Baher Fathy

Baher Fathy

Cairo,Egypt

Summary

Lead Dynatrace Observability Engineer with 15+ years of experience in enterprise monitoring, observability architecture, and APM solutions across large-scale banking environments. Specialized in Dynatrace Managed/SaaS deployment, ActiveGate architecture, OneAgent rollout, SLO/SLI dashboards, Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), Synthetic monitoring, custom API extensions, and full end-to-end Observability strategies.
Certified Dynatrace Associate, Dynatrace Professional Admin, and Dynatrace Professional Implementer, with proven expertise leading POVs, optimizing monitoring ecosystems, and enhancing service reliability. Adept at designing scalable observability architectures, integrating APM solutions with ITSM/monitoring tools, and driving operational excellence through intelligent automation and performance analytic.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Lead Dynatrace Observability Engineer

Crédit Agricole Bank
Cairo, Egypt
07.2019 - 11.2025

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the design and implementation of Dynatrace Managed/SaaS across enterprise environments.
  • Deploy and configure OneAgents, ActiveGates, and integrations.
  • Build dashboards, alerts, SLOs, and problem detection rules.
  • Integrate Dynatrace with cloud providers, Kubernetes clusters, VMware, databases, and ITSM tools.
  • Analyze performance issues using PurePath, code-level tracing, and AI root cause analysis.
  • Tune monitoring configurations for high availability, scalability, and accuracy.
  • Support SRE initiatives with SLO/SLI metrics and automated remediation workflows.
  • Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Key Achievements:

  • Reduced MTTR by 40–60% using automated root cause detection.
  • Improved application performance through deep code-level analysis.
  • Successfully deployed large-scale OneAgent rollouts across distributed environments.
  • Implemented Kubernetes monitoring for mission-critical production workloads.
  • Automated observability workflows to reduce manual effort and false positives.

Senior ITSM Consultant

Crédit Agricole Bank
Cairo, Egypt
01.2014 - 06.2019
  • Led the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-wide IT monitoring solutions, ensuring 24/7 availability and performance across critical business systems.
  • Managed and enhanced tools such as OpenText Operations Bridge Manager (OBM),SiteScope, Network Node Manager i (NNMi), BMC Truesight Capacity Optimization, Dynatrace Application Performance Management, and PagerDuty to provide proactive detection and resolution of incidents.
  • Established performance baselines, KPIs, and SLAs, reducing mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to resolve (MTTR) by 35% through automated alerting and escalation workflows.
  • Developed real-time dashboards and reporting frameworks for senior management, enabling data-driven decisions and improved service quality.
  • Directed a cross-functional team of engineers in incident, problem, and performance management activities in alignment with ITIL best practices.
  • Coordinated with vendors and stakeholders to integrate monitoring with ITSM platforms, enhancing incident response and change impact analysis.
  • Championed the adoption of proactive monitoring strategies, improving system uptime and reducing critical outages by 30% year-over-year.
  • Advised CIO and senior leadership on monitoring capabilities, capacity planning, and performance optimization to support business growth and digital transformation.

ITSM Consultant

Credit Agricole Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
01.2008 - 12.2013

Network Security Engineer

Suez Canal Bank
Cairo, Egypt
05.2006 - 12.2007

Network Engineer

Egypt Post
Cairo, Egypt
05.2005 - 04.2006

Network Engineer

Nile Online
Cairo, Egypt
08.2003 - 04.2005

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer and Communications

Mansoura University

Skills


Observability & Monitoring

  • Dynatrace Managed / SaaS Architecture
  • OneAgent & ActiveGate Deployment
  • Monitoring as a Service (MaaS)
  • Synthetic Monitoring & DEM
  • Real User Monitoring (RUM)
  • Custom Extensions, API Integrations
  • SLO/SLI Design & Dashboarding
  • Transaction & Distributed Trace Analysis
  • Log Monitoring & Log Processing Pipelines

OpenText & ITOM Tools

  • SiteScope (Agentless Monitoring)
  • NNMi / NOM
  • Operations Bridge Manager (OBM)
  • OPTIC Data Lake
  • uCMDB Discovery & Integrations
  • BSM/OBM Event Correlation

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • VMware, Linux, Windows
  • Kubernetes / OpenShift Monitoring
  • AWS / Azure Monitoring
  • Database Monitoring (Oracle, SQL, MySQL)
  • Network & Storage Monitoring
  • Hybrid Cloud & On-Prem Architectures

Leadership & Delivery

  • Technical Team Leadership
  • PoV/PoC Management
  • Stakeholder & Vendor Management
  • Capacity & Performance Optimization
  • Incident / Problem Management
  • Automation & DevOps Culture Enablement
  • RFP/RFI Technical Scoping & Solutioning

Personal Skills

  • Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking
  • Customer Communication & Stakeholder Management
  • Project Planning & Delivery
  • Time Management

Certification

  • Dynatrace Associate Certification
  • Dynatrace Professional Admin Certification
  • Dynatrace Professional Implementer Certification
  • ITIL Foundation v4
  • OpenText Certified Professional – SiteScope / OBM / NNMi

Languages

English
Fluent
Arabic
Native

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Lead Dynatrace Observability Engineer

Crédit Agricole Bank
07.2019 - 11.2025

Senior ITSM Consultant

Crédit Agricole Bank
01.2014 - 06.2019

ITSM Consultant

Credit Agricole Egypt
01.2008 - 12.2013

Network Security Engineer

Suez Canal Bank
05.2006 - 12.2007

Network Engineer

Egypt Post
05.2005 - 04.2006

Network Engineer

Nile Online
08.2003 - 04.2005

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer and Communications

Mansoura University
Baher Fathy