Platform Specialist

Actus Search; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Actus Search is seeking a Platform Engineer – Observability for a global investment firm. You will shape the observability stack, build scalable monitoring, and own automation across distributed environments, partnering with engineering teams worldwide to improve reliability.

Key responsibilities include expanding metrics, logs, tracing and alerting, developing automated telemetry pipelines, and enhancing monitoring across Kubernetes and Linux.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years' experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE or related infrastructure engineering
• Strong programming and scripting capabilities, particularly Python, with exposure to Go or Rust advantageous
• Hands-on experience with observability technologies such as Grafana, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Elasticsearch, Vector, OpenTelemetry or Alertmanager
• Experience supporting containerised applications and distributed systems running on Kubernetes
• Strong Linux engineering skills, including troubleshooting, system administration and Bash scripting
• Experience using Git and software engineering practices to develop infrastructure tooling
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical discipline
• Strong communication skills and collaboration across locations

Responsibilities

• Engineer and improve observability infrastructure covering metrics, logs, distributed tracing and alerting
• Develop automated solutions that enable engineering teams to monitor and troubleshoot their applications independently
• Support and optimise monitoring capabilities across large-scale Kubernetes and Linux environments
• Build and maintain reliable data pipelines for collecting, processing and analysing telemetry
• Work closely with infrastructure and software engineering teams to improve system visibility, performance and resilience
• Contribute to technical architecture, platform improvements and DevOps best practices

Skills

Python

Go or Rust

Bash scripting

Git

Linux

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

VictoriaMetrics

Elasticsearch

Vector

OpenTelemetry

Alertmanager

Job description

Platform Engineer – Observability | Global Investment Firm

We are working with a leading global organisation within the investment and trading sector that is expanding its Platform Engineering team.

This opportunity is suited to an experienced Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer or Site Reliability Engineer with a strong background in observability, automation and large-scale infrastructure.

You will be responsible for developing and enhancing the infrastructure and tooling used to monitor complex, distributed technology environments. Working alongside engineering teams globally, you will help deliver highly available, scalable monitoring solutions while improving automation, system reliability and operational efficiency.

The position offers significant technical ownership, with the opportunity to influence platform design, introduce new technologies and develop engineering solutions within a high-performance environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineer and improve observability infrastructure covering metrics, logs, distributed tracing and alerting.
• Develop automated solutions that enable engineering teams to monitor and troubleshoot their applications independently.
• Support and optimise monitoring capabilities across large-scale Kubernetes and Linux environments.
• Build and maintain reliable data pipelines for collecting, processing and analysing telemetry.
• Work closely with infrastructure and software engineering teams to improve system visibility, performance and resilience.
• Contribute to technical architecture, platform improvements and the adoption of DevOps best practices.

Experience Required

• Minimum 4 years' experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering or a related infrastructure engineering position.
• Strong programming and scripting capabilities, particularly Python, with exposure to Go or Rust advantageous.
• Hands-on experience with observability technologies such as Grafana, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Elasticsearch, Vector, OpenTelemetry or Alertmanager.
• Experience supporting containerised applications and distributed systems running on Kubernetes.
• Strong Linux engineering skills, including troubleshooting, system administration and Bash scripting.
• Experience using Git and software engineering practices to develop infrastructure tooling.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with technical teams across different locations.

Additional Experience Beneficial

• Developing, deploying or maintaining Kubernetes Operators.
• Infrastructure as Code and automation tools, including Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience working with ClickHouse.
• Exposure to high-throughput, low-latency or business-critical production environments.

The Opportunity

Join a technically advanced engineering environment where you will have the autonomy to develop scalable infrastructure solutions, work with modern open-source technologies and contribute directly to the reliability of critical systems.

This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys hands-on development, solving complex infrastructure challenges and working with distributed platforms at scale.