Technical Lead - Observability Migration

CGI Group Inc.; Leeds; Ibrido; GBP 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Insurance coverage

Medical benefits

Pension plan

Member Assistant Programme

Flexible time off

Share Purchase Plan

Health and Wellbeing Programme

Descrizione del lavoro

CGI Group Inc. in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced observability specialist to design and deliver data-obs platforms.

You will translate requirements into practical designs, mentor Developers, and ensure quality through migrations, cutover and decommissioning of legacy systems. You will own technical guidance within delegated authority, while collaborating with Delivery Lead, Business Analyst, and Developers in an agile setup.

Competenze

• Experience delivering observability, monitoring or log-management solutions in enterprise environments.
• Ability to guide Developers and review technical work, with strong communication to stakeholders.
• Experience mapping requirements to technical designs, data pipelines and dashboards.

Mansioni

• Assess existing Splunk use cases, data sources, queries, dashboards, alerts and reports.
• Define how requirements work in Grafana, Cribl and Loki with target designs and data flows.
• Address performance, capacity, availability, resilience, recovery and cost requirements with measurable checks.
• Develop migration approach covering sequencing, data validation and continuity of service.
• Break designs into deliverable work with Developers and contribute estimates and dependencies.

Conoscenze

Observability

Splunk

Grafana

Cribl

Loki

Data pipelines

Strumenti

Grafana

Cribl

Loki

Splunk

Descrizione del lavoro

You'll join a five-person agile squad alongside a Delivery Lead, Business Analyst and two Developers. Working closely with the Business Analyst, you'll translate business, operational and reporting requirements into practical technical designs. You'll remain involved throughout delivery, supporting Developers, resolving technical challenges and assuring quality through migration, cutover and removal of the legacy implementation., You'll own technical guidance and assurance within delegated authority. The Delivery Lead retains delivery governance, planning and stakeholder escalation; the Business Analyst owns requirements, traceability and business acceptance criteria; and Developers own implementation, testing evidence, peer review and remediation. Formal approvals and risk acceptance remain with the relevant client authorities.

• Assess existing Splunk use cases, data sources, queries, dashboards, alerts, reports and integrations, building on the Business Analyst's requirements and current-state mapping.
• Define how agreed requirements will work in Grafana, Cribl and Loki, documenting target designs, data flows, component responsibilities and integration dependencies. Identify capability gaps and recommend alternatives.
• Address performance, capacity, availability, resilience, recovery, retention and cost requirements, with measurable checks to validate the solution.
• Develop the technical migration approach, covering sequencing, coexistence, data validation, rollback, historical-data needs and continuity of service.
• Break designs into deliverable work with the Developers and contribute estimates, technical dependencies and assumptions to refinement and sprint planning.
• Provide day-to-day technical guidance, help investigate complex issues and resolve or elevate blockers with clear recommendations and delivery impacts.
• Review significant code and configuration changes, test coverage and implementation evidence, maintaining alignment with agreed designs and engineering standards.
• Embed client security, access and data-handling controls into the solution, involving architecture, security and service specialists where required.
• Define monitoring and failure detection for the observability platform itself, including telemetry loss, processing failures and dependency health.
• Assess technical and operational readiness, support authorised cutover and verify that the agreed legacy Splunk implementation and obsolete integrations have been decommissioned.
• Maintain technical decisions, risks and debt, and support documentation, knowledge transfer and handover to service teams. You'll bring experience leading technical delivery in a client environment, combining observability expertise with practical solution design and strong communication skills. You'll be comfortable turning requirements into implementable designs and supporting Developers through complex delivery challenges.
• Experience designing and delivering observability, monitoring or log-management solutions in enterprise environments.
• Practical knowledge of Splunk and experience with Grafana, Cribl, Loki or comparable technologies, with the ability to assess migration implications across the target stack.
• Experience mapping requirements to technical designs, data pipelines, integrations, dashboards, alerts and reporting.
• Understanding of non-functional requirements, secure data handling, resilience and operational supportability.
• Experience supporting platform migrations, including coexistence, validation, cutover and decommissioning.
• Ability to guide Developers, review technical work, investigate issues and communicate options and trade-offs to technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience working in agile teams, contributing to estimation, work decomposition, dependency management and continuous improvement.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and support effective operational handover.

Working environment Together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because… You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction. Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons. That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals. Come join our team-one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.Discover CGI London, England, United Kingdom > 1000 employees IT services We are a global business with 91,500 professionals across hundreds of locations worldwide, providing end-to-end IT and business process services that drive our clients' businesses. In the UK alone, we have around 6,000 member-partners working across 19 towns and cities, doing everything from writing complex code to designing sophisticated software solutions. The work we do powers some of the most ambitious projects that touch the lives of many. Our approach sets us apart, characterised by our proximity model, international presence, expertise, and operational excellence. We organise our operations within metro markets where our clients have concentrated footprints, empowering our local teams to build trusted, in-person relationships. As you build your career here, you'll develop your skills, share your insights, and work side‑by‑side with colleagues and clients on innovative solutions that address the most complex issues. Our commitment to ownership, flexibility, and being approachable makes us easy to do business with. Join us, and together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action to meet the needs and balance the interests of our clients, shareholders, communities, and each other.

Benefits:

• Insurance coverage
• Medical benefits
• Pension plan
• Member Assistant Programme
• Check4Cancer
• Flexible time off
• Share Purchase Plan
• Member discounts
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Profit Participation Plan
• Health and Wellbeing Programme

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK 'Best Employer' by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position - 2-3days in the office .