Telemetry & Observability Engineer | Contract | £475-£515 p/d | Inside IR35 | London | 3 days on site | 6 month contractWe are seeking a highly skilled Telemetry & Observability Engineer to join a large-scale enterprise engineering environment focused on improving system reliability, visibility, and operational intelligence across complex distributed platforms. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer who can go beyond using observability tools and instead design, build, and automate observability and telemetry solutions from the ground up.You will be responsible for building and evolving telemetry pipelines and observability infrastructure across a distributed, cloud-native environment. Working closely with network, platform, and software engineering teams, you will help embed observability into engineering workflows and CI/CD processes.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement scalable pipelines for metrics, logs, traces, and event data across distributed systemsBuild and enhance observability tooling, including dashboards, monitoring systems, alerting frameworks, and reliability standardsDevelop and maintain telemetry solutions using OpenTelemetry and related open-source technologiesAutomate observability infrastructure using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practicesIntegrate monitoring and observability into CI/CD pipelines and SDLC processesDefine and support SLIs, SLOs, and alerting strategies in collaboration with engineering teamsPromote best practices in instrumentation, monitoring, and incident responseWork with network and platform teams to improve visibility across infrastructure and servicesRequired Skills & ExperienceProven experience in observability, SRE, or platform engineering roles within complex distributed environmentsStrong hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry, including building and managing telemetry pipelinesExperience with observability and monitoring tools such as: Grafana, Prometheus, Elastic / Splunk, Loki / Jaeger or similarStrong experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code toolsSolid understanding of cloud-native environments (Kubernetes, microservices, distributed systems)Experience working within or alongside network engineering or infrastructure operations teamsProgramming experience in at least one language such as Python, Go, or JavaStrong understanding of SLOs, SLIs, and modern reliability engineering practicesStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on automation and system reliabilityDesirable ExperienceExperience in regulated or large enterprise environments Exposure to AI/ML-driven observability or proactive monitoring initiativesContribution to or involvement with open-source observability projectsIf this sounds like a fit, APPLY NOW!Telemetry & Observability Engineer | Contract | £475-£515 p/d | Inside IR35 | London | 3 days on site | 6 month contractOscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. To understand more about what we do with your data please review our privacy policy in the privacy section of the Oscar website.JBRP1_UKTJ