Site Reliability & Observability Engineer/Datadog - Synthetic Monitoring, APM, RUM, Log Management, SLO's, Alerting/Azure/Azure DevOps/Cloudflare/6-month contract/Hybrid - West Midlands/Remote/£450 - 600 per day Inside IR35. One of our leading clients is seeking a Lead Site Reliability & Observability Engineer to build and operate a world-class monitoring, synthetic testing, and reliability platform. Location - West Midlands/Remote - 5 days per week with 1-2 days per week onsite Duration - 6 months + Day rate - £450 - 600 per day Inside IR35 This role will lead the implementation of Datadog across Azure and Cloudflare, creating a comprehensive early warning system that continuously validates APIs, integrations, and customer user journeys in production. Key Responsibilities: Own and evolve the Datadog observability platform. Design and maintain synthetic monitoring for critical API and UI workflows. Build continuous production validation covering business-critical customer journeys. Integrate monitoring, testing, dashboards, and alerting into Azure DevOps and GitHub pipelines. Develop monitoring-as-code and testing-as-code practices using Terraform. Create actionable dashboards, SLOs, SLIs, alerts, and anomaly detection. Integrate Datadog with Azure, Cloudflare, and modern SaaS architectures. Drive reliability, performance, and root-cause analysis across production systems. Required Experience: Strong hands-on Datadog expertise, including: Synthetic Monitoring APM RUM Log Management SLOs and Alerting Experience operating large-scale global SaaS platforms. Deep Azure experience. Experience integrating Cloudflare services. 'strong CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps and GitHub. ?Expertise in API, integration, and browser-based testing. Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform. Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architectures. Desirable: Datadog certifications. Azure certifications. Cloudflare administration experience. Background in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or Platform Engineering leadership roles.
Site Reliability & Observability Engineer - Datadog/Azure in West Bromwich employer: MYO Talent
As a leading player in the engineering sector, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer that fosters a dynamic and supportive work culture. Our East Midlands location offers employees the chance to thrive in a collaborative environment, with ample opportunities for professional growth and development, alongside competitive salaries and performance-based bonuses. Join us to build meaningful relationships with clients while contributing to innovative service solutions that drive our success.
