OpenTelemetry Developer

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Watford, England
9 months ago
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OpenTelemetry Developer, Watford, Hertfordshire

Client: eTeam

Location: Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

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2

Posted:

22.08.2025

Expiry Date:

06.10.2025

Job Description:

We are a Global Recruitment specialist supporting clients across EMEA, APAC, US, and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for an experienced OpenTelemetry Developer.

Role Title: OpenTelemetry Developer

Location: Birmingham/Sheffield/Hybrid

End Date: 28/11/2025

Role Overview:

Seeking an OpenTelemetry Developer to lead the design, development, and deployment of observability solutions in on-premises environments. The candidate should have strong expertise in Go programming, OpenTelemetry instrumentation, and CI/CD automation 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 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 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.
  • 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.


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