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Monitoring Engineer
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Location: London, 2-3 days per week on site required
Duration: 6-month contract
Rate: £500.00 - £540.00 per day via umbrella
Are you passionate about technology and driven by the challenge of improving visibility, efficiency, and reliability across complex systems?
This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly established technology function dedicated to driving infrastructure automation and "automation from code."
In this role, you'll be at the forefront of building and optimising monitoring solutions that give real-time insight into system performance, enabling teams to act quickly, make informed decisions, and deliver seamless services. You'll work closely with a range of technical teams, using your expertise to design, build, and maintain an intelligent monitoring environment that underpins operational excellence.
What You'll Do
Design, implement, and maintain monitoring environments to provide actionable operational insights
Work across technical teams to understand systems and processes, integrating monitoring tools that enhance visibility and service reliability
Automate and optimise monitoring processes, supporting the shift towards infrastructure-as-code
Develop dashboards, alerts, and reports to support proactive issue management and performance tracking
Support upcoming tool integrations, including next-generation monitoring technologies
What You'll Bring
Strong hands-on experience in IT administration and infrastructure monitoring
Proven background in designing and managing monitoring environments
Expertise with tools such as LogicMonitor and SolarWinds (highly desirable)
Scripting proficiency with PowerShell, Perl, or Bash
Experience working with APIs and automation workflows
Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Understanding of change management, cutovers, and security documentation
Previous exposure to regulated industries (finance preferred)
Why Join
This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping a new function and make a visible impact from day one. You'll join a small, collaborative team where your ideas and technical expertise will directly influence how monitoring and automation evolve across the organisation.
If you're proactive, solution-oriented, and excited by the chance to drive meaningful change through technology - this role offers the perfect platform to do it.
Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered please click the "apply" button.
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