IT Expert Principal
JOB_53864744785974Job type
ContractLocation
HatfieldWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Software DevelopmentIndustry
Technology & Internet ServicesPay
£600/day UMB
IT Expert Principal (Hays Contract) || Hatfield
Join a leading independent technology and services provider as an IT Expert Principal.
Job Overview:
- Role: IT Expert Principal
- Location: Hatfield
- Contract: 05-May-26 – 30-Oct-26
- Mandatory check: SC Clearance
- Pay Rates: Inside IR35
- Umbrella Rate: £600/day (via a Hays approved umbrella company).
- Hours:37.5 hours a week. Monday – Friday.
- Time:9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Job Description:
The client is looking for an Enterprise Observability Consultant with strong experience across vendor and open-source observability platforms such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, Cribl, OpenTelemetry, and Prometheus.
Responsibilities
- Lead observability assessments, discovery workshops, and roadmap creation
- Advise on observability strategy, tooling, and best practices
- Design end‑to‑end observability architectures (logs, metrics, traces, RUM, synthetics, APM)
- Implement and integrate platforms including Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana Cloud, Elastic, and Cribl
- Build telemetry pipelines, dashboards, alerting, and automation
- Perform root‑cause analysis and performance optimisation
- Integrate observability with ITSM, AIOps, and event management tools
Skills & Experience
- Strong knowledge of observability pillars: metrics, logs, traces, user experience
- Hands‑on experience with at least two major observability platforms
- Expertise in OpenTelemetry, APIs, tagging, and detection workflows
- Scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible)
- 10+ years’ experience in enterprise consulting and solution delivery
- Excellent stakeholder communication skills
Desirable
- Observability / CNCF certifications
- Cloud and cloud‑native monitoring experience (AWS, Azure, Prometheus, eBPF)
- Experience with ITSM and alerting integrations
Key Requirements:
Candidates must be SC cleared.
How to Apply: If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
IT Expert PrincipalJOB_538647447859742026-04-082026-07-07
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