Monitoring Senior Software Developer

The Monitoring Senior Software Developer plays a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining advanced monitoring solutions across broadcast and media systems. Working within a cross‑functional engineering team, this role focuses on developing scalable, reliable, and customizable monitoring tools, such as Dataminer and other platforms, to ensure high service availability and operational efficiency.

• Design and develop advanced monitoring solutions using platforms like Dataminer, Grafana, and custom integrations across broadcast and media infrastructures.
• Implement and maintain real‑time monitoring and observability across broadcast and media systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define monitoring requirements and translate them into scalable, reusable and innovative technical solutions.
• Integrate monitoring tools with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and alerting rules to support proactive incident detection and resolution.
• Apply Dev Ops and SRE principles to improve system reliability, reduce toil, and enhance operational workflows.
• Contribute to the evolution and optimization of monitoring architectures, adopting modern development practices such as containerization, microservices, and API‑first design.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives within the team.
• Support the onboarding and customization of third‑party monitoring solutions and external components, ensuring seamless integration with existing infrastructure.
• Play a key role in connecting strategy and analysis with development and platform operations, fostering alignment and shared ownership throughout the entire monitoring lifecycle—from requirement definition to solution design and implementation.

• Proven experience in developing and integrating monitoring solutions, ideally with tools like Dataminer, Grafana, or similar platforms.
• Solid understanding of Dev Ops practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, versioning and automation.
• Expertise with Dev Ops and cloud‑native tools.
• Familiarity with SRE principles, especially around observ, incident response, and reducing operational toil.
• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as C# and Python.
• Experience working with APIs, telemetry systems, and data pipelines for metrics and logs.
• Ability to design and maintain custom dashboards, alerting logic, and monitoring workflows.
• Knowledge of containerised environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud‑native architectures.
• Proven drive for continuous improvement and system reliability, excellent communication skills for effective cross‑team collaboration and mentorship, and the strategic vision necessary to develop future‑proof solutions.

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate. Our Content Technology and Innovation team delivers high‑quality content to homes, customer devices, businesses and commercial partners across our European markets. With over 2,500 colleagues from around the world, we combine our strategic insights, engineering know‑how and operational excellence to use the most innovative technologies to create and distribute our award‑winning content.

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