OpenTelemetry (Otel) Developer

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

Job Title: OpenTelemetry (Otel) Developer
Location: Birmingham/Sheffield (3 Days on site per week)
Salary/Rate: Up to £644 per day (Inside IR35)
Start Date: 26/08/2025
Job Type: Contract

Company Overview:

We are looking for a skilled OpenTelemetry Developer to take the lead in designing, developing, and deploying observability solutions within on-premises environments. The successful candidate will bring strong expertise in Go programming, OpenTelemetry instrumentation, and CI/CD automation tailored for enterprise-scale infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

Build and maintain custom Go modules to support OpenTelemetry instrumentation.
Package and deploy OpenTelemetry components across on-prem environments, ensuring broad infrastructure compatibility.
Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for automated rollout and updates of Otel collectors and agents.
Work closely with infrastructure, DevOps, and application teams to embed observability into both Legacy and modern systems.
Optimise telemetry data ingestion, processing, and storage for reliability and performance.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues within observability pipelines and instrumentation layers.
Develop internal documentation and establish best practices for OpenTelemetry usage in on-prem environments.

Required Skills & Experience:

Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) with experience in writing modular, reusable code.
Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry Collector, agents, and SDKs.
Proven track record of deploying and managing observability solutions in on-premises infrastructure.
Familiarity with CI/CD tools (eg, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
Solid knowledge of Linux systems, networking, and containerisation (Docker).
Understanding of monitoring and tracing tools such as Prometheus, Jaeger, Grafana.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

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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