Monitoring and Application Technical Lead

Monitoring and Application Technical Lead Madrid Permanent €58,000 - €68,000 p/a The Background We are partnered with a world class IT services provider based in Spain but operating and working with clients on a global scale. They have a new opportunity for an Applications & Monitoring Technical Lead to take control of observability, operational standards and application readiness across a complex, business critical estate. This isn't a "keeping the light on" role, its about defining what good looks like and owning how applications behave in the real world. You'll improve MTTR, reduce repeat incidents and make application behaviour predictable instead of reactive. Here's how you'll do it: - Setting and enforcing standards for monitoring, alerting and operability - Driving real observability (not just dashboards no one trusts) - Cutting alert noise and improving signal quality and clarity - Reducing incidents through better detection and root cause discipline - Governing application lifecycle, version control and compatibility - Signing off operational readiness before services go live What you'll bring: - Strong hands on experience running critical applications in production - Deep knowledge of monitoring and observability tools e.g. Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana - A track record of reducing alert fatigue and improving signal quality - Experience owning standards and challenging stakeholders when needed - Calm and structed decision making under pressure - Excellent leadership skills and the ability to translate technical information in layman's terms - Certifications in ITIL and Monitoring applications would be highly advantageous Tech environment Monitoring tooling / SIEM (Splunk) / Linux & Windows environments / Active Directory / ITSM (Jira/Halo) / Automation and Scripting / Networking core principles If you are interested to find out more please apply for the role with an up to date copy of your CV. If you have any questions that you