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AsdaObservability Engineer
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LocationAsda House
Work modehybrid
Typefull-time
SenioritySenior
DepartmentCloud Platform Team
Company size10,000+ people
PostedOct 21, 2026 · 2w ago
Verified live3d ago
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Experience with New Relic in enterprise production environments
Experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure Monitor
Experience with OpenTelemetry
Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Experience with GitHub and Azure DevOps
Experience with metrics, logs, traces and synthetic monitoring
Experience with dashboard development, alerting and service health monitoring
Experience with incident investigation and root cause analysis
Experience in observability engineering, automation and platform support
New Relic or Microsoft Azure certifications
Azure networking and platform engineering experience
Experience implementing observability standards and governance
Retail or large-scale enterprise experience
Skills
New Relic
Microsoft Azure
Azure Monitor
OpenTelemetry
Terraform
GitHub
Azure DevOps
Benefits
Discretionary bonus
Pension
Car allowance
Colleague discount
Wellness programs
Employee assistance program
Job Title
Observability Engineer
Location
Asda House
Employment Type
About the role
Full time
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours Per Week
37.5
Salary
Competitive salary plus benefits
Category
Infrastructure
Closing Date
3 November 2026
Asda is looking for an experienced Observability Engineer to join the Cloud Platform Team, helping to improve the reliability, performance and operational visibility of services across one of the UK’s largest Azure estates.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on enterprise observability, New Relic, Azure monitoring, automation and engineering standards. You’ll play a key role in helping teams gain actionable insights into their services, improving operational excellence and supporting the reliability of critical business platforms.
Key Responsibilities
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Build, support and continuously improve enterprise observability capabilities.
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Develop and maintain New Relic dashboards, alerts and service-level monitoring.
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Enhance Azure monitoring coverage across cloud platforms and applications.
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Deliver monitoring and observability solutions through Infrastructure as Code.
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Support incident investigation, troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
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Drive improvements in service reliability, availability and performance.
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Promote observability best practices across engineering teams.
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Contribute to automation and standardisation initiatives within the Cloud Platform Team.
Essential Technical Skills
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New Relic in enterprise production environments
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Microsoft Azure and Azure Monitor
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OpenTelemetry
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Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
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GitHub and Azure DevOps
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Metrics, logs, traces and synthetic monitoring
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Dashboard development, alerting and service health monitoring
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Incident investigation and root cause analysis
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Observability engineering, automation and platform support
Desirable Skills
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New Relic or Microsoft Azure certifications
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Azure networking and platform engineering experience
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Experience implementing observability standards and governance
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Retail or large-scale enterprise experience
About You
You’ll be an experienced observability engineer with strong expertise in New Relic, Azure and modern monitoring practices. You’ll be passionate about using telemetry to improve service reliability and performance, with a pragmatic approach to automation, operational excellence and continuous improvement.
You’ll be comfortable working with engineering teams across a large enterprise environment, helping translate complex metrics, logs and traces into clear operational insight and meaningful actions.
Everything you’ll love
To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.
You will also get an excellent benefits package including:
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Discretionary company bonus
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Company pension up to 7% matched
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Company Car allowance of £5,700
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15% colleague discount in store and online
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Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
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Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
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Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.
About the company
We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves