Observability Architect

We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Tooling & Observability Lead to drive the strategy, design, implementation, and modernization of enterprise monitoring, logging, APM, and operational tooling during and after large-scale on-prem to AWS cloud migrations.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise across observability platforms, infrastructure/application monitoring, cloud-native operations, and integration of enterprise tools into cloud architectures. This role ensures a seamless migration of tooling capabilities, enhanced visibility, and improved reliability in the AWS operating model.

Role Type: Contract Inside IR35

Duration: 4-6 weeks

Location: London, UK (Hybrid)

Technical Expertise

  • 14+ years of experience in enterprise monitoring, logging, APM, and observability tooling.
  • Strong understanding of AWS architecture, cloud-native monitoring tools, and hybrid observability.
  • Experience with:
  • APM platforms: Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Datadog
  • Logging platforms: Splunk, ELK/Opensearch, CloudWatch Logs
  • Metrics & telemetry: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry
  • Event management: ServiceNow, PagerDuty, Moogsoft, BigPanda
  • Strong knowledge of instrumentation for distributed systems, microservices, containers (EKS, ECS), serverless workloads, and legacy systems.

Migration & Architecture Skills

  • Proven experience supporting large-scale on-prem to AWS migrations.
  • Deep understanding of migration patterns and observability dependencies.
  • Hands-on experience designing observability for multi-account AWS landing zones and multi-region architectures.

Soft Skills & Leadership

  • Excellent communication, architectural documentation, and executive presentation skills.
  • Ability to influence stakeholders across engineering, cloud, SRE, operations, and leadership.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing vendor/tooling relationships.

Preferred Qualifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect / Cloud Practitioner / DevOps Engineer
  • Certifications in observability platforms (Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk, etc.)
  • Knowledge of ITIL, SRE principles, and enterprise operational frameworks
  • Experience with automation using Python, Terraform, CloudFormation (nice-to-have)

Success Indicators

  • Smooth transition of observability and tooling through all migration waves.
  • Enhanced end-to-end visibility across applications, networks, and infrastructure post-migration.
  • Reduction in incidents, MTTR, and monitoring gaps after migration to AWS.

Job Details

Company
Fairfield Consultancy Services Ltd
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / Remote Options
Employment Type
Contractor
Salary
£600 - £625 per day
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