Observability Engineer
Posted Today by Whitehall Resources
Negotiable
Inside
Remote
England
Summary: The Observability Engineer role involves designing, implementing, and supporting monitoring solutions to ensure service stability and performance insight. This position is remote and is offered on a contract basis for an initial duration of six months. The role requires collaboration with various teams to integrate monitoring into solutions and enhance operational efficiency. Candidates must be eligible for security clearance and the position is classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and support monitoring solutions across various technologies and platforms.
- Translate high-level monitoring and non-functional requirements (NFRs) into actionable configurations in Dynatrace.
- Deliver full-stack observability solutions, including application-aware network performance monitoring (NPM), synthetics, log analytics, and infrastructure metrics.
- Collaborate with architects and project teams to integrate monitoring into solution designs and test strategies.
- Maintain and enhance dashboards, alerts, and visualisations to support proactive service management.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and tooling exploitation to enhance operational efficiency within immature teams.
Key Skills:
- Strong understanding and experience in SRE principles and methodologies.
- Strong understanding of Observability within a complex tech stack.
- Hands-on experience with monitoring tools including Dynatrace.
- Strong understanding and experience with implementing and using APM tooling including Dynatrace.
- Ability to analyse and resolve complex technical problems and document solutions effectively.
- Understanding of log and synthetic monitoring principles.
- Able to work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive and detail-oriented mindset.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: England
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Observability Engineer
Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a Observability Engineer on a remote basis for an initial 6 month contract.
*** SC ELIGIBLE ***
*** INSIDE IR35 ***
Role Description:
- As an Observability Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting monitoring solutions across a range of technologies and platforms, ensuring service stability, performance insight, and proactive incident management.
- Key Responsibilities:
- Translate high-level monitoring and non-functional requirements (NFRs) into actionable configurations in Dynatrace.
- Deliver full-stack observability solutions, including application-aware network performance monitoring (NPM), synthetics, log analytics, and infrastructure metrics.
- Collaborate with architects and project teams to integrate monitoring into solution designs and test strategies.
- Maintain and enhance dashboards, alerts, and visualisations to support proactive service management.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and tooling exploitation to enhance operational efficiency within immature teams.
Key Skills:
- Strong understanding and experience in SRE principals and methodologies
- Strong understanding of Observability within a complex tech stack
- Hands-on experience with monitoring tools including Dynatrace.
- Strong understanding and experience with implementing and using APM tooling including Dynatrace
- Ability to analyse and resolve complex technical problems and document solutions effectively.
- Understanding of log and synthetic monitoring principles
- Able to work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders, to bring them along on a journey of change
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive and detail-oriented mindset.
Desirable Certifications:
- Dynatrace Associate Certification
All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.
Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.
