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Role Title: OpenTelemetry Developer
Location: Birmingham/Sheffield/Hybrid
End Date: 28/11/2025
Role Overview:
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 (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
· Experience with Linux systems, networking, and containerization (Docker).
· Understanding of monitoring and tracing tools (e.g., 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 (e.g., VMware, bare-metal servers, hybrid cloud).
· Knowledge of security and compliance considerations in on-prem deployments.
· Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) for automation.