Monitoring & Observability Engineer

Berenberg; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading European private bank based in London is seeking a Monitoring & Observability Engineer to manage their Splunk environment. In this role, you will ensure system monitoring and security, work closely with diverse teams, and contribute to a technology-driven bank. An ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in Splunk, understanding of financial systems, and proficiency in various monitoring tools. The bank offers competitive benefits including a 10% pension plan, 30 days of holiday, and private health insurance.

Benefits

Private pension plan - 10% of base salary contribution

30 days holiday allowance

Private Health Insurance

Life Insurance scheme

Flexible working hours

Enhanced parental leave policies

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Splunk Engineer, preferably in financial services.
• Experience in monitoring tools setup and administration.
• Understanding of incident management processes.

Responsibilities

• Administer the overall health and performance of the Splunk deployment.
• Onboard various data sources into Splunk.
• Collaborate with teams to improve monitoring and observability.

Skills

Splunk Engineering

Proficiency with SPL/SPL2

Linux

Networking

Grafana

Prometheus

DevOps methodology

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Description & Requirements

For our Global Technology division in London, we are looking to hire a:

Monitoring & Observability Engineer.

Global Technology @ Berenberg

In an era where digitalisation and modern IT infrastructure is revolutionizing banking, we are shaping a technology-driven bank in which you as an IT professional will work closely with our business units. Our technology teams offer you an environment that will present you with exciting challenges - be it through the support and further development of legacy systems or the introduction of modern technologies such as AI, machine learning and highly automated trading applications.

Our Technology department of around 300 employees works largely in an agile way using a Scrumban approach and covers areas such as Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Operations, Process and Governance, Software Development and Architecture. We are particularly proud to develop almost all of our applications in-house, which gives us unique flexibility and innovative strength. Our tech stack includes modern technologies such as Java, Kotlin, TypeScript and Python, CI/CD pipelines, containers, Kubernetes as well as Azure Cloud, Azure SQL Database and Oracle Database with PL/SQL.

Your role in the team

We are seeking an experienced Splunk Engineer (very much with a DevOps mindset) to join our Berenberg’s Investment Banking Technology department. They will be expected to closely collaborate with a wide range of different teams (infrastructure, development, InfoSec etc). This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our Splunk environment, ensuring the effective monitoring and security of financial systems and data. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of monitoring and observability tools and possesses the necessary skills and experiences to administer and operate them in an on-prem as well as cloud environment.

What will you do?

• Splunk Enterprise Administration: Responsible for ensuring the overall health, stability, and performance of the Splunk deployment through regular maintenance, including patching, version upgrades, and performance tuning. This includes implementing best practices for patch management to keep the Splunk environment up to date, secure, and compatible with current infrastructure.
• Data Source Onboarding: Skilled in the end-to-end process of onboarding various data sources into Splunk, with a focus on diverse financial applications, security devices, network appliances, and cloud environments.
• Observability: With a clear trend to enhance traditional monitoring with observability, the engineer should be familiar with tool sets as well as the approaches that underpin a successful observability approach.
• Collaboration: Proven ability to collaborate with incident response (IR) teams and provide actionable insights during (security) incidents. Furthermore, support other teams in their adoption journey with Splunk in particular the use and implementation of effective and efficient dashboards, alerts etc.

Who are we looking for?

• 5+ years of experience as a Splunk Engineer, ideally with a background in the financial services industry, with solid in-depth experience in administering and operating a distributed Splunk Enterprise setup.
• Proficiency with SPL/SPL2 (Splunk Query language), Linux and networking
• Experience in a range of monitoring tools, such as Grafana and Prometheus (setup, administration and operating), Solarwinds, Cribl.
• Has exposure of working with security and network operations teams.
• A DevOps approach to implementing, testing and releasing features, i.e. code reviews, fully automated build, test and deployment pipeline.
• Containers (aka Docker) and Kubernetes, e.g. operating Splunk component in a K8s cluster using Splunk Operator for Kubernetes.
• Experience with EDR, NDR and XDR solutions.
• Incident Management process understanding.
• Experience in capacity management concepts and implementations.

What we offer you

• Private pension plan - 10% of base salary contribution by Berenberg.
• Generous 30 days holiday allowance.
• Private Health Insurance.
• Life Insurance scheme.
• Flexible working hours.
• Enhanced parental leave policies.
• Employee Assistance Programme offering counselling sessions related to mental health, financial wellbeing, and other topics.

Apply online now to join our team –we look forward to receiving your application!

We are a leading European private bank, with over 430 years of experience and deep rooted history, but we are still shaping and heavily investing in our future. Our progress and evolution are driven by our people. We encourage them to try new approaches, voice their opinions and achieve success in their own way.We provide opportunities for them to develop their talents, explore different career paths and achieve their full potential.

We’re an ambitious, forward‑looking business, backed by centuries of tradition and built on innovation. You’ll find a culture that encourages people to think independently, act entrepreneurially and challenge the status quo. Together we collaborate to shape our business and fulfil our ambitious goals.

We welcome you to join us in our commitment to always do the right thing for our people, clients and our business – Our future is where you take us!

We will only accept applications submitted through our online application management system on the website.

Berenberg is an Equal Opportunities Employer and prides itself on being a modern, dynamic and internationally orientated organisation. We value the rich diversity, skills and abilities and creative potential that people from differing backgrounds and experiences bring to the workplace. Every employee plays a vital role in providing quality service to all our customers and helping to create and inclusive working environment, where everyone can realise their full potential.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates who require adjustments during our recruiting process. Please contact us directly on [e-mail] to discus