Observability Platform Engineer – On-Prem & Kubernetes

Thomson Keene; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Generous benefits

Job summary

Thomson Keene is seeking an Observability Engineer to own and improve services for a critical electronic trading platform in London. You will lead observability with Prometheus, Grafana and OpenTelemetry, automate manual tasks, and create self-service tools for engineering and security teams.

The role requires a proven track record in production observability, solid Kubernetes expertise (on-prem/bare-metal), and strong Python/Linux/IaC/CI/CD skills.

Qualifications

• Proven track record implementing observability tooling in production.
• Strong Kubernetes experience in on-premise or bare-metal environments.
• Proficient in Python, Linux, IaC and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Own observability across the platform using Prometheus, Grafana and OpenTelemetry.
• Automate manual processes and build self-service tooling for engineering and security teams.
• Improve and maintain monitoring as part of the platform engineering team.

Skills

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Python

Linux

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Tools

Splunk

Job description

Thomson Keene is seeking an Observability Engineer to own and improve services for a critical electronic trading platform in London. You will lead observability with Prometheus, Grafana and OpenTelemetry, automate manual tasks, and create self-service tools for engineering and security teams.

The role requires a proven track record in production observability, solid Kubernetes expertise (on-prem/bare-metal), and strong Python/Linux/IaC/CI/CD skills.