Monitoring and Observability Engineer - Vice President

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You will have a truly global reach, which will provide you with new experiences and development opportunities right here in Belfast’s iconic Titanic Quarter.

A Monitoring and Observability Engineer is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within Observability and contributes to directional strategy by considering strategic solutions within their remit. This role is recognized as a technical authority within an area of the business. The position requires basic commercial awareness and developed communication and diplomacy skills to guide, influence, and convince colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers.

This role has a significant impact on its area through complex deliverables, providing advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. The work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.
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* Key Responsibilities:

** The Monitoring and Observability team is responsible for managing:
* Operating with a global footprint.
* Collaborating across various organizations within Citi to understand and develop observability solutions for enterprise-wide deployment at scale.
* Managing the legacy monitoring stack across the Production Management organization within Citi.
* Driving the strategic delivery of end-to-end Observability solutions in Citi.
* Providing in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
* Directly impacting the business by influencing strategic functional decisions through advice, counsel, or provided services.
* Persuading and influencing others through strong and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills.
* Performing other duties and functions as assigned.
** Essential

Skills:

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* ** Open Shift/Kubernetes Administration:
** Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting containerized applications on Open Shift/Kubernetes, including resource management and networking.
* ** Grafana & Observability Stack:**  + Proficiency in administering Geneos ITRS at scale.  + Proficiency in administering Grafana (user management, data sources, dashboards, alerts).  + Working knowledge of Grafana backend components:
Mimir (metrics), Loki (logs), and Tempo (traces).  +

Experience with Prometheus for metric collection and PromQL for querying.
* ** Helm Chart Management:
** Experience with Helm for deploying applications, including creating, modifying, and managing Helm charts, library charts, and dependencies.
* ** Technical Documentation:
** Ability to create clear and concise documentation for systems and processes.
** Desired

Skills:

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* ** Application Deployment:
** Ability to deploy applications using Lightspeed Enterprise.
* ** Google Cloud Operations:
** Experience with Google Cloud operations.
* ** Scripting & Automation:
** Experience with Bash or Python scripting for automating operational tasks.
** What we’ll provide you:
** By joining Citi, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:
* 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
* A discretional annual performance related bonus
* Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
* Employee Assistance Program
* Pension Plan
* Paid Parental Leave
* Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
* Access to an array of learning and development resources

Alongside these benefits Citi is…