Senior Monitoring and Observability Engineer - FinTech

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking FinTech company as a Senior Monitoring and Observability Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in building a cutting-edge Observability Platform. This exciting opportunity allows you to work on greenfield projects, driving the design and implementation of innovative monitoring solutions using tools like OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and Prometheus. Collaborate closely with DevOps teams and leverage your skills in automation, CI/CD, and cloud technologies to revolutionize infrastructure and enhance operational performance. If you're passionate about making a significant impact in a dynamic environment, this role is for you!

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Monitoring/Observability role.
• Strong background in automation and scripting with Python/Bash.
• Expertise in complex, large-scale IT infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement monitoring and observability systems.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams on infrastructure automation.
• Drive the vision for observability and performance solutions.

Skills

Monitoring

Observability

Automation

Communication Skills

Scripting (Python/Bash)

CI/CD

Cloud (AWS, GCP)

Linux Support

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Prometheus

Splunk

Jenkins

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Puppet

Job description

Job Description

Senior Monitoring and Observability Engineer - FinTech

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.

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 monitoring and observability systems including OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus and Splunk etc.

Working side by side with DevOps teams you’ll also have the chance to work with containers and Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker and Ansible.

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.
• Experience of engineering and supporting solutions (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk etc)
• Experience with tools such as Jenkins, Ansible or Puppet
• Good knowledge of Linux and infrastructure support
• Experience of CI/CD, Cloud (AWS, GCP) 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