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
• Python and PowerShell scripting proficiency
• Exposure to large-scale hybrid environments (500+ servers) and working with APIs
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code practices is a bonus
• Exposure to GNU/Linux administration in production environments is a bonus
• Experience with Agile practices is a bonus

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain our primary observability platforms, Splunk and SolarWinds
• Keep our monitoring platforms current and well configured
• Work with technology and business teams to ensure the right monitoring and alerting is in place
• Contribute to security reporting for a new HRIS platform
• Support monitoring for a SAP HANA programme
• Contribute to our global SOC build-out
• Support 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, 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 at £340/day inside IR35, working remotely with occasional travel to our London office. We are looking for someone to help strengthen our monitoring and observability capabilities across several active initiatives.

last updated 30 week of 2026