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Observability Engineer - Splunk / Dynatrace

Oscar Technology
Posted a day ago, valid for 9 days
Location

Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 8HJ

Salary

£635 per day

Contract type

Full Time

In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.

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  • A contract position for an Observability Engineer specializing in Splunk and Dynatrace is available, with an expected start date of ASAP and an end date at the end of 2025.
  • The role offers a daily rate of £635 and is categorized as Inside IR35, requiring the candidate to work onsite three days a week in either Chester, Bromley, or Camberley.
  • Candidates should possess strong expertise in Splunk, as well as skills in Python, version control, Jenkins, and ideally Dynatrace and OpenTelemetry.
  • Responsibilities include designing and implementing monitoring pipelines, automating deployment with Terraform and Ansible, and ensuring integration into CI/CD pipelines.
  • The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in observability practices and troubleshooting, with a focus on optimizing monitoring configurations.

Role: Observability Engineer - Splunk / Dynatrace

Start Date: ASAP

End Date: End of 2025

Rate £635 per day, Inside IR35

Work Pattern: Hybrid (3 Days Onsite)

Location: Chester / Bromley / Camberley

Summary

A new role has opened for a Splunk SME on a contract basis until the end of the year, but likely to extend.

You will need to be able to reach one of the 3 offices - Chester / Bromley / Camberley and be able to be on-site 3 days a week.

This role is Inside IR35.

The Role

The company we are working with here are migration to Dynatrace and you will be building Splunk Pipelines

  • Design and implement monitoring pipelines using Splunk, Dynatrace, and OpenTelemetry (OTel).
  • Automate the deployment of monitoring tools using Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins.
  • Manage configuration and version control with Bitbucket and Artifactory.
  • Ensure seamless integration of monitoring solutions into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Develop and maintain alerting, logging, and tracing solutions to support observability best practices.
  • Optimize monitoring configurations for performance, cost, and scalability.
  • Troubleshoot monitoring issues and provide root cause analysis for system incidents.
  • Document monitoring architectures, automation scripts, and best practices.

Required Skills

We are looking for someone who is highly versed in Splunk as well as:

  • Python
  • Version Control
  • Jenkins
  • Kubernetes / Kafka
  • Ideally - Dynatrace.
  • Ideally OTEL to present data - but not essential.

Apply Now!

If you are a Splunk SME, ready to embark on a contract opportunity with a high profile client - then this is the role for you!

Referrals:

If this role isn't right for you, do you know someone that might be interested? You could earn £500 of retail vouchers if you refer a successful candidate to Oscar. Email: to recommend someone for this role.

Role: DevOps Engineer - Splunk SME

Start Date: ASAP

End Date: End of 2025

Rate £635 per day, Inside IR35

Work Pattern: Hybrid (3 Days Onsite)

Observability Engineer - Splunk / Dynatrace

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.