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Application and Monitoring Specialist
£75,000 - 75,000
OCTOPUS COMPUTER ASSOCIATES
Regent's Park Road 315, Warwick
£75,000 - 75,000
Requirements
Must:
- Strong expertise in at least two enterprise monitoring platforms (e.g., Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, Datadog)
- Solid understanding of application architectures (microservices, cloud-native, APIs)
- Hands-on experience with scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, Bash) for automation
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Familiarity with ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change Management)
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills
- Certifications in monitoring tools (Preferred, e.g., Dynatrace Certified Professional, Splunk Certified Admin)
- Experience with observability practices (Preferred, e.g., metrics, logs, traces)
- Exposure to DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines (Preferred)
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence technical decisions (Preferred)
Responsibilities
- Define and implement monitoring frameworks for enterprise applications, middleware, and infrastructure
- Deploy and configure monitoring tools (e.g., Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)
- Establish KPIs, dashboards, and alerting mechanisms for proactive issue detection
- Analyze application performance, identify bottlenecks, and recommend optimization strategies
- Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure monitoring is integrated into CI/CD pipelines
- Conduct root cause analysis for recurring incidents and propose long-term solutions
- Act as SME during major incidents, providing technical expertise and rapid resolution guidance
- Develop automated monitoring scripts and self-healing mechanisms to reduce downtime
- Document monitoring processes, playbooks, and best practices
- Partner with business units to understand application requirements and translate them into monitoring solutions
- Provide training and mentorship to IT staff on monitoring tools and methodologies
- Communicate performance insights and recommendations to leadership in a clear, actionable manner
Description
We are a blue-chip client looking for an Application and Monitoring SME to join our team full-time in Warwick for a 12-month contract. We offer a collaborative work environment where you will engage with multiple teams and support our enterprise applications through effective monitoring solutions. Candidates must be eligible for SC Clearance and must be PAYE through an umbrella company, as the role is inside IR35. Join us and be a part of our commitment to high-quality service delivery.
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