Senior Monitoring & Observability Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Bexhill-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Senior Monitoring & Observability Engineer to enhance their technology infrastructure. This role is pivotal in defining and implementing SRE strategies, ensuring the reliability of monitoring solutions, and driving innovation within the team. Join a dynamic environment that values collaboration and creativity, where your contributions will directly impact customer engagement and operational excellence. With a commitment to employee growth and well-being, this opportunity offers a supportive culture and a chance to be part of an exciting journey in the digital insurance sector.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Private Medical Insurance

Annual Performance Bonus

Pension Contribution Match

27 Days Annual Leave

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounted Health Assessments

Social Events

Financial Wellbeing Support

Mental Wellbeing Programme

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge in monitoring and observability technologies is essential.
• Ability to adapt to new technologies quickly is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable monitoring solutions for IT infrastructure.
• Provide leadership to the observability team to achieve outcomes.

Skills

Monitoring and Observability technologies

Dynatrace

Azure Monitor

Analytical Thinking

Adaptability to new technologies

Job description

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Senior Monitoring & Observability Engineer, Bexhill

Client: Hastings Direct

Location: Bexhill, United Kingdom

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Posted:

24.04.2025

Expiry Date:

08.06.2025

Job Description:

We're a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become The Best and Biggest in the UK market. Over the past few years, we've made significant investments in our data and tech capabilities, particularly within our CIO function. Our CIO team is at the forefront of driving innovation and ensuring our technology infrastructure supports our ambitious goals. We've nurtured our 4Cs culture, fostering collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement.

We're proud of the journey we're on as a company and know that our continued success will rely on the contribution of our talented colleagues. The CIO team plays a crucial role in this journey, working on cutting-edge projects that enhance our digital presence and improve customer engagement.

We provide insurance to nearly four million customers, but we know there's even bigger opportunity out there. If you are excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, even if you're not 100% sure, we would love to hear from you. Our CIO team is always looking for passionate individuals who are eager to make a difference and contribute to our success.

Job Details

• As a Senior Site Reliability engineer for Monitoring and Observability, you will be part of the Technology Engineering team within CIO supporting the definition, maintenance and implementation of SRE strategies and principles around Monitoring and Observability for Hastings.
• Support the definition, maintenance and implementation of SRE strategies including observability and event management.
• Designing, building, and maintaining scalable and reliable monitoring and observability solutions for the IT infrastructure and applications, using various technologies and platforms.
• Designing, building and maintaining scalable and reliable event management capabilities to drive auto-healing in support of better performance and stability.
• Supporting the ongoing evaluation of new capabilities in the monitoring technology stack, conducting proof of concepts, pilots, and tests to validate their suitability.
• Providing leadership to the monitoring and observability team with clear priorities ensuring agreed outcomes are achieved in a timely manner.

Skills we would love you to have

• Expert knowledge and skills in various monitoring and observability technologies and platforms, especially Dynatrace and Azure Monitor.
• Be able to adapt to new technologies quickly
• Have a high level of analytical thinking

What we offer
Join us and you'll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. As one of our colleagues, you'll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we'll give you all the support, training and development you need. Not to mention plenty of recognition and rewards, and the scope to voice your ideas and put them into practice.
Reward
Salary: Attractive salary based on experience + car allowance (pay reviews also completed each year)
Flexible Working: We champion a flexible and hybrid working approach so please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail, including days in the office and at home.
Competitive Bonus Scheme: All colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus, which is usually paid in March. The scheme is based on Hastings' performance against our business goals and your own personal performance.
Physical Wellbeing: As a Band 4 colleague, Hastings pay for you to receive private medical Insurance (also known as PMI). This gives you flexibility and convenience to see a specialist or consultant and allows you to decide when and where you will be seen.
Financial Wellbeing: As well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover and income protection at no extra cost, pension contribution match up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an AWARD WINNING package which includes discounts and cashback at everyday retailers and on our own products, fee free independent mortgage advice, and free access to financial wellbeing support.
Mental Wellbeing programme: At Hastings Direct we understand that mental health cannot be scheduled, that's why we have a range of support to help you keep yourself well. We have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own, in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs.
There's more! - 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your contracted weeks, access to our health care cash back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year and much more.

Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.