Specialist - Software Engineering

LTM; Belfast; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Northern Ireland is seeking an experienced professional to join the Monitoring and Observability team. The role involves managing observability solutions, administering OpenShift and Kubernetes, and creating technical documentation. The ideal candidate will have 6-10 years of experience, strong leadership and communication skills, and a service-oriented attitude. This position offers opportunities for innovation and strategic influence in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of experience required.
• Proven leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Service-oriented attitude and ability to work in fast-paced environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a strategic mindset.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop observability solutions for enterprise-wide deployment.
• Drive delivery of end-to-end observability solutions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for systems and processes.
• Oversee Grafana/ITRS stack, dashboards, data sources and incident response
• Create clear, concise technical documentation for systems and processes
• Collaborate with multiple departments to define and implement observability initiatives

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Grafana

Prometheus

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Tools

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Grafana

Geneos ITRS

Prometheus/PromQL

Loki/Tempo

Helm

Google Cloud

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Job description

Mode-3 Days from London

Type-FTE/Perm

Key Responsibilities

The Monitoring and Observability team is responsible for managing

Operating with a global footprint

Collaborating across various organizations to understand and develop observability solutions for enterprise-wide deployment at scale

Managing the legacy monitoring stack across the Production Management organization

Driving the strategic delivery of end-to-end Observability solutions

Providing in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions

Directly impacting the business by influencing strategic functional decisions through advice counsel or provided services

Persuading and influencing others through strong and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills

Performing other duties and functions as assigned

OpenShiftKubernetes Administration Experience

Deploying managing and troubleshooting containerized applications on OpenShiftKubernetes including resource management and networking

Grafana Observability Stack

• Proficiency in administering Geneos ITRS at scale
• Proficiency in administering Grafana user management data sources dashboards s
• Working knowledge of Grafana backend components Mimir metrics Loki logs and Tempo traces
• Experience with Prometheus for metric collection and PromQL for querying

Helm Chart Management Experience

Experience with Helm for deploying applications including creating, modifying and managing Helm charts, library charts and dependencies

Technical Documentation

Ability to create clear and concise documentation for systems and processes

Desired Skills

Application Deployment Ability to deploy applications using Lightspeed Enterprise

Google Cloud Operations Experience with Google Cloud operations

Scripting Automation Experience with Bash or Python scripting for automating operational tasks

Qualifications

6-10 years experience

Practical problem solving and strategic thinking skills

Demonstrated leadership interpersonal skills and relationship building skills

Service oriented attitude

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Experience working or leading requirement gathering efforts for multiple large development projects at one time

Proficient using basic technical tools and systems

Good interpersonal and communication skills