DevOps Engineer

Michael Bailey Associates; Randstad; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Freelancers welcome

Job summary

Michael Bailey Associates is seeking a DevOps Engineer for a banking client with strong OpenTelemetry experience to design and scale a next-generation observability platform in a cloud-native environment. You will design telemetry pipelines, standardize metrics, logs, and traces, and integrate OpenTelemetry into Kubernetes platforms to improve reliability.

This role sits at the intersection of DevOps, platform engineering, security, and observability, offering influence on monitoring strategy

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry and modern observability practices.
• Solid DevOps background with Kubernetes and one or more cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Experience with monitoring and visualization tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• A proactive mindset with excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement telemetry pipelines, standardize metrics, logs, and traces, and enable full-stack observability across a cloud-native environment.
• Integrate OpenTelemetry into Kubernetes-based platforms to improve reliability and empower engineering teams with insights into performance and incidents.
• Shape the organization's monitoring strategy and technical direction, collaborating with Platform, Security, and Engineering teams.

Skills

Proactive mindset

Communication skills

Collaboration skills

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

GCP

Prometheus

Grafana

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Job description

For an banking client they are looking for a DevOps Engineer with strong experience in OpenTelemetry to help build and scale their next-generation observability platform. In this role, you will be working on designing and implementing telemetry pipelines, standardizing metrics, logs, and traces, and enabling full-stack observability across a complex, cloud-based environment.

You will play a key role in integrating OpenTelemetry into Kubernetes-based platforms, improving system reliability, and supporting engineering teams with better insights into performance and incidents. The position sits at the intersection of DevOps, platform engineering, and monitoring strategy, giving you real influence on how observability is shaped across the organization. This will be very close to the security domain

For one of our banking clients, we are looking for a DevOps Engineer with strong experience in OpenTelemetry to help build and scale a next-generation observability platform.

In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing telemetry pipelines, standardizing metrics, logs, and traces, and enabling full-stack observability across a complex cloud-native environment.

You will play a key role in integrating OpenTelemetry into Kubernetes-based platforms, improving system reliability, and empowering engineering teams with deeper insights into application performance and incidents. The role sits at the intersection of DevOps, Platform Engineering, Security, and Observability, giving you the opportunity to shape the organization's monitoring strategy and technical direction.

Why this opportunity?

• Join a strategic observability transformation within a leading banking environment.
• Design and implement OpenTelemetry-based solutions in a modern cloud-native landscape.
• Work closely with Platform, Security, and Engineering teams to improve reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Take ownership in a high-impact role with significant influence on the future of the observability platform.

What we're looking for

• Strong hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry and modern observability practices.
• Solid DevOps background with Kubernetes and one or more cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Experience with monitoring and visualization tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• A proactive mindset with excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Freelancers are welcome for this project-based assignment.