Monitoring Engineer

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.

We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.