Otel Developer

Role Title: Otel Developer
Duration: 3 months
Location: Sheffield/Birmingham
Rate: - Umbrella only

Would you like to join a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation?

Our client is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms.

Role purpose/summary

We are seeking an experienced OpenTelemetry Developer to lead the design, development, and deployment of observability solutions in on-premises environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Go programming, OpenTelemetry instrumentation, and CI/CD automation tailored for enterprise infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain custom Go modules for OpenTelemetry instrumentation.
• Package and deploy OpenTelemetry components for on-premises environments, ensuring compatibility across diverse infrastructure setups.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for automated rollout and updates of Otel agents and collectors.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, and application teams to integrate observability into Legacy and modern systems.
• Optimize telemetry data collection, processing, and storage for performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to observability pipelines and instrumentation.
• Contribute to internal documentation and best practices for Otel usage in on-prem environments.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong proficiency in Go (Golang), especially for writing modular and reusable code.
• Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry Collector, agents, and SDKs.
• Proven experience deploying and managing observability tools in on-premises infrastructure.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (eg, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with Linux systems, networking, and containerization (Docker).
• Understanding of monitoring and tracing tools (eg, Prometheus, Jaeger, Grafana).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience contributing to OpenTelemetry or other open-source observability projects.
• Familiarity with enterprise environments (eg, VMware, bare-metal Servers, hybrid cloud).
• Knowledge of security and compliance considerations in on-prem deployments.
• Experience with Scripting languages (eg, Bash, Python) for automation.

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!