Job Vacancy Observability Developer

In this role, you will be at the centre of building and evolving observability platforms that enable clients to monitor distributed systems with confidence. You’ll design and maintain pipelines using the Elastic Stack and Grafana, write production-ready Python code, and integrate observability solutions into complex environments. You will also lead on automation, performance tuning, and the adoption of monitoring best practices that make systems resilient and services more effective.

Working alongside application teams and stakeholders, you will ensure observability solutions meet business needs, provide meaningful insights, and drive operational excellence. You’ll contribute to a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing, helping to establish observability as a critical enabler of digital transformation.

Key responsibilities include:

Design & Build: Develop observability pipelines using Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Grafana.

Code & Automate: Write Python code to support ingestion, automation, and integration of telemetry data.

Monitor & Optimise: Implement logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting strategies across distributed systems.

Collaborate & Integrate: Partner with teams to understand telemetry needs and deliver meaningful monitoring outcomes.

Deploy & Improve: Use CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code to automate observability infrastructure.

Share & Support: Maintain documentation, perform advanced troubleshooting, and promote best practice across teams.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

You should bring demonstrable experience in observability development, with deep expertise in open-source tools and strong coding skills. A strong grasp of monitoring principles, integration techniques, and automation practices is key, along with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.

Essential qualifications:

Strong hands-on experience with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)

Proficiency in Python for automation, tooling, and integrations

Experience building dashboards and alerts with Grafana

Solid understanding of monitoring best practices (RED, USE, SRE principles)

Familiarity with RESTful APIs and data integrations

Proven experience in observability development and IT service management processes

Excellent collaboration, communication, and documentation skills

Desirable experience:

Exposure to Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, OpenSearch, or similar tools

Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and distributed systems monitoring

Experience with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Front-end skills (Angular, JavaScript frameworks) for custom dashboards

Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices

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