Senior Site Reliability Engineer - OpenTelemetry

EPAM Systems, Inc.
London, UK
13 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Algorithmic Trading Data Analysis Reliability Engineering Site Reliability Engineering Practices Grafana Indexer

Job description

  • Gather requirements and perform analysis of existing monitoring and observability platforms
  • Define observability standards, telemetry strategies and alerting frameworks
  • Implement OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation and OpenSearch solutions across applications and infrastructure
  • Design dashboards, analytics and reporting to improve transparency and operational efficiency
  • Develop automation tools and processes to enhance observability and reduce manual overhead
  • Integrate observability frameworks with enterprise monitoring platforms such as Geneos
  • Provide documentation and operational handover to ensure long-term sustainability
  • Apply Site Reliability Engineering principles to drive stability, scalability and incident reduction

Requirements

  • Proven experience as Senior SRE or Observability Engineer implementing enterprise-scale observability solutions
  • Strong expertise in OpenTelemetry including instrumentation and telemetry pipelines
  • In-depth knowledge of OpenSearch for architecture, data indexing, optimisation and analytics
  • Experience developing dashboards and alerts using Grafana
  • Familiarity with enterprise monitoring tools such as Geneos and related observability technologies
  • Practical understanding of Site Reliability Engineering practices and automation approaches
  • Background in high-availability or mission-critical environments; financial services experience is highly desirable

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of anomaly detection, alert correlation, and incident response automation
  • Exposure to observability in cloud-native or hybrid architectures

Benefits & conditions

  • EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Protection benefits including life assurance, income protection and critical illness cover
  • Private medical insurance and dental care
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Competitive group pension plan
  • Cyclescheme, Techscheme and season ticket loans
  • Various perks such as free Wednesday lunch in-office, on-site massages and regular social events
  • Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses
  • If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program
  • If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program

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