Observability Engineer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• Proficiency with Splunk, ideally including Splunk Processing Language
• Experience with SolarWinds Orion or a similar monitoring platform
• Experience within an observability or monitoring-focused team
• Proficiency in Python and PowerShell scripting
• Exposure to large-scale hybrid environments (500+ servers)
• Experience working with APIs
• Bonus: familiarity with Infrastructure as Code practices
• Bonus: exposure to GNU/Linux administration in production environments
• Bonus: experience with Agile practices

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain our primary observability platforms, Splunk and SolarWinds
• Keep the platforms current and well configured
• Work with technology and business teams to ensure the right monitoring and alerting is in place
• Support security reporting for a new HRIS platform
• Contribute to monitoring for a SAP HANA programme
• Support a global SOC build-out
• Assist with the rollout of Datadog

Technologies

• GNU
• Support
• Linux
• PowerShell
• Python
• SAP
• Security
• Splunk
• Datadog

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We are an established media business with a UK operation of around 3,000 people and are part of a larger international group. Our technology function is investing in observability and engineering, and this contract role sits within the team responsible for our core monitoring platforms. The role is a 3-month contract, inside IR35, offering £340 per day, with remote working and occasional travel to our London office.

last updated 28 week of 2026