Observability Engineer - Outside IR35 - Datadog Migration Specialist
About The Position
We are looking for a Datadog specialist to support a short-term engagement focused on migrating observability tooling from Grafana to Datadog. This is a hands-on contract role where you will take ownership of migrating dashboards, metrics, and monitoring configurations, ensuring a smooth transition with minimal disruption to existing services. You will work closely with Appvia engineers to implement best practices in observability and ensure the platform is well-instrumented, scalable, and easy to operate. You are a hands-on observability engineer with strong experience in modern monitoring tooling and cloud environments.
Requirements
- Strong experience with Datadog (essential)
- Experience working with Grafana (migration experience highly desirable)
- Good understanding of observability principles (metrics, logs, tracing)
- Experience working in AWS environments
- Ability to work independently and deliver in a short timeframe
Responsibilities
- Lead the migration of observability tooling from Grafana to Datadog
- Recreate and optimise dashboards, alerts, and monitoring configurations
- Ensure metrics, logs, and traces are correctly integrated and visualised in Datadog
- Improve visibility, alerting, and operational insights across the platform
- Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure minimal disruption during migration
- Apply best practices for observability, monitoring, and alerting
Benefits
- Short, focused engagement with clear deliverables
- Opportunity to work on modern cloud platforms
- Fully remote and flexible
- Fast interview process and quick start
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
