Monitoring & Observability Engineer - Splunk / Dynatrace

Monitoring & Observability Engineer | Splunk, Dynatrace, IaC
Location: London / Cheshire – 3 days on site / Hybrid – 6 Months – Inside IR35

Join a cutting-edge team driving the future of observability! We\’re looking for a Monitoring & Observability Engineer to lead the design and deployment of robust monitoring solutions using Splunk, Dynatrace, and OpenTelemetry (OTel) in a fast-paced, tech-forward environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement end-to-end monitoring pipelines (Splunk, Dynatrace, OTel).

• Build and maintain dashboards and queries in Splunk.

• Automate monitoring tool deployments using Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins.

• Integrate observability seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines.

• Support dev teams with logging, alerting, and tracing best practices.

• Ensure scalable, cost-efficient monitoring configurations.

• Perform root cause analysis on incidents and monitoring issues.

• Document architectures, automation workflows, and tooling best practices.

• Stay ahead of the curve on new technologies and recommend improvements.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Strong Terraform skills.

• CI/CD Expertise: Jenkins and Bitbucket.

• Automation & Config Management: Hands-on with Ansible and scripting (Python, Bash).

• Monitoring Tools: Solid experience with Splunk (must-have) and ideally Dynatrace (nice to have).

• Artifact Management: Familiarity with Artifactory.

• Communication: Ability to collaborate with both technical and development teams.

Desirables:

• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack.

• Knowledge of Kafka and Kubernetes.

• Familiarity with OTel for presenting observability data.

Please send me your CV if you are interested, we also offer upto £1000 for successful referrals.

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