Job Description
Network Monitoring Engineer
£70,000 - £75,000
6-month FTC
Remote
Role Overview:
Our client, a technology-led connectivity business, is looking for an experienced Network Monitoring Engineer to support a major dark fibre rollout programme on a 6-month fixed-term basis.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on designing, implementing and commissioning monitoring solutions across newly deployed fibre infrastructure and network equipment. The role will suit someone who can bring strong network observability capability into a project-led environment and help ensure new infrastructure is fully visible, measurable and supportable from day one.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and deploy end-to-end monitoring solutions across newly delivered dark fibre infrastructure.
- Build streaming telemetry pipelines to provide Real Time, low-latency visibility across the network.
- Configure, optimise and tune VictoriaMetrics for ingestion, retention and performance.
- Implement and manage Nagios-based monitoring for alerting and service health.
- Develop Grafana dashboards, or equivalent, to support operational and engineering insight.
- Commission monitoring across fibre nodes, OLTs and Layer 1-3 network equipment.
- Define baseline performance metrics and SLA-led alert thresholds.
- Work closely with network and operational teams to align monitoring with evolving topology.
- Drive continuous improvement across monitoring architecture, tooling and processes.
- Produce clear technical documentation, runbooks and operational guides.
- Support knowledge transfer into NOC and engineering teams.
- Provide project updates and contribute to wider programme reviews.
What we're looking for:
- Previous experience in a senior network monitoring or network engineering role within an ISP, managed network or large-scale infrastructure environment.
- Strong hands-on experience with VictoriaMetrics in production.
- Solid knowledge of Nagios, including configuration, plugins and alerting workflows.
- Experience with streaming telemetry, including tools and protocols such as gNMI, gRPC, Telegraf or gNMIc.
- Exposure to AI or ML-driven monitoring, anomaly detection or predictive fault identification.
- Strong networking fundamentals across TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs and optical networks.
- Comfortable working independently and delivering against project milestones.
- Strong communication, documentation and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A detail-focused, proactive approach with a strong emphasis on reliability and quality.
Why consider this role?
This is a strong opportunity to join a business delivering a major fibre infrastructure programme, in a role where monitoring and observability are a key part of successful delivery.
You will have the chance to take ownership of a critical technical area, work closely with specialist network teams, and play a visible part in ensuring new infrastructure is operationally ready from day one. For the right person, it offers a high-impact project environment, modern tooling and the opportunity to deliver meaningful engineering outcomes over a defined period.
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