Infrastructure Engineer III at American Express
Phoenix, AZ
$103,750–$174,750from the description
Aug 11, 2026
Phoenix, AZ
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role administers and optimizes enterprise observability platforms — primarily Splunk, Grafana, and Dynatrace — at large scale within American Express's infrastructure organization. Day-to-day work covers platform configuration, upgrades, data ingestion pipelines, dashboard development, and integration with cloud and container environments. It suits an experienced infrastructure or platform engineer with deep hands-on expertise in monitoring and observability tooling.
Senior level · 5+ years · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9 people in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 4–15
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $95,791 (middle half $77,906–$122,281). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (7)
The role sits at the boundary between platform administration (15-1244) and software/platform engineering (15-1252): it involves significant scripting and automation (Python, Terraform, Ansible, REST APIs) alongside core platform-ops work. 15-1244 was chosen because the primary day-to-day activity is administering and operating existing observability platforms rather than building new software products.
The title 'Infrastructure Engineer III' maps to a level-III designation, treated here as Senior.
The 3+ years of hands-on Splunk/Grafana/Dynatrace experience is stated as a combined requirement; individual the years demanded of 3 is applied to each of the three named platforms to reflect this.
AWS, Azure, and GCP are listed together as cloud integration targets; AWS is used as the primary skill name with Azure and GCP as alternatives.
Splunk Certified Admin/Architect, Dynatrace Associate/Professional, and Grafana certifications are explicitly listed as preferred, not required.
The posting states 'Bachelor's Degree' under Job Info, treated as a hard degree requirement.
Salary range of $103,750–$174,750 annually is stated explicitly, plus bonus and benefits.
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