Remote Network Monitoring Engineer - £75K, 6-month FTC

Network Monitoring Engineer £70,000 - £75,0006-month FTCRemoteRole 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 ..... full job details .....