Otel Developer

Square One Resources • APPLICATION • Birmingham, Not Specified, United Kingdom • £600 - £644 / * • 1d ago

Job Title: Otel Developer
Location: Birmingham/Sheffield
Salary/Rate: Up to £644 per day INSIDE IR35
Start Date: 26/08/2025
Job Type: Contract

Company Introduction

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.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.

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