Observability Engineer - Outside IR35 - £800 Per Day
Posted Today by Oliver Bernard
£800 Per day
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Observability Engineer role involves enhancing the core Infrastructure Engineering team by developing an Observability Platform, Automation, and Performance function for a leading FinTech company. This position is a fully remote, initial 6-month contract that offers a competitive daily rate. The engineer will focus on monitoring, observability, and automation solutions across the IT estate, utilizing tools like Datadog, Kubernetes, and Terraform. This opportunity is part of a significant investment aimed at transforming the company's infrastructure capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement monitoring and observability systems using Datadog.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams on automation and performance functions.
- Work with Kubernetes, Terraform, and Azure to enhance infrastructure.
- Drive the vision and design of observability solutions for production systems.
- Contribute to the automation and scripting efforts using Python and/or Bash.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience in an Observability/Monitoring role.
- Strong knowledge of Datadog.
- Proficiency in Azure.
- Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
- Automation and scripting skills with Python and/or Bash.
- Ability to communicate effectively in complex IT environments.
Salary (Rate): £800 daily
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Observability Engineer - Outside IR35 - £800 Per Day
Our client is one of the world’s leading financial technology (FinTech) companies. They’re looking to hire an experienced Monitoring / Observability engineer to grow their core Infrastructure Engineering team and build out their Observability Platform, Automation and Performance function. This is an initial 6 month contract, outside IR35, fully remote working, paying up to £800 per day.
You’ll be a key part of the engineering of monitoring, observability and automation solutions, covering key production systems and applications across their entire IT estate. You’ll help drive the vision, design and implementation of a monitoring and observability system using Datadog. Working side by side with DevOps teams you’ll also have the chance to work with Kubernetes, Terraform an Azure. This is a true greenfield opportunity. You’ll be joining right at the start of new investment and a drive to revolutionise their infrastructure and re-define what they can do with monitoring, DevOps and automation tools.
Requirements:
- Excellent previous experience in a similar Observability / Monitoring role.
- Great Datadog knowledge
- Azure skills
- Experience of CI/CD and DevOps would be ideal
- Experience of automation and scripting with Python and / or Bash
- Experience working in complex, large-scale, distributed IT infrastructures
- Excellent communication skills