Job Reference: 6313
Job Title: Observability Lead Engineer
Corporate Title: Vice President
Department: Group Platform Services & Engineering
Location: Angel Lane, London
Company overview
Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com
Department overview:
The Information Technology department at Nomura is at the forefront of innovation, driving technology solutions that empower our business and enhance client experiences. We leverage cutting-edge technologies to develop and maintain robust systems and infrastructure, ensuring the security, reliability, and efficiency of our operations. Join our team and be part of a dynamic and collaborative environment that embraces technological advancements to deliver value and drive our digital transformation journey
Role Overview:
Observability Lead Engineer within the Group Platform Services & Engineering division. This is a technical Team Lead position responsible for engineering, design, development and integration of the Observability platform. The successful candidate will have a vital role in shaping future Observability strategy and direction within the Nomura Group.
Role description:
- Lead the team of Engineers responsible for introducing leading edge observability tools
- Propose, design, and implement additions to evolving observability platform
- Drive adoption of best practices in Observability across the organisation
- Contribute to Observability standards and procedures
- Working with the SRE team to optimize the operation model
- Mentor engineers on best practices, standards and procedures.
Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:
Skills & Experience Required:
- Strong communication – presenting and documentation
- Experience of driving change in a large organisation
- Demonstrate understanding of large enterprise systems and the technologies on which they are built
- Strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of Production Support processes
- In-depth understanding of Java and Python
Knowledge Required:
- Background in Observability Engineering covering Metrics, Logs and Traces and the interaction between telemetry
- Strong Experience with Observability tools such as Open Telemetry, Grafana UI, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, Grafana Agent, Prometheus
- Appreciation of SLI/SLOs for measuring and reporting on service levels
- Awareness of notification frameworks for escalation automation
- Experience of DevOps tools i.e. Jenkins, Ansible Tower, GIT and build & deploy pipelines
- Exposure to Kubernetes, containers & micro-service concepts (not essential, but beneficial)
- Knowledge of operating system fundamentals including monitoring of IO, Networks, CPU and Memory
Right to Work
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