Solarwinds Specialist

SolarWinds Specialist 6-Month Contract | ASAP Start | £420 per day (Inside IR35) | Hybrid - Wiltshire We're seeking an experienced SolarWinds Specialist to join a major enterprise environment supporting the delivery of critical observability and monitoring initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in enhancing monitoring capabilities, reducing technical backlog, and improving operational resilience across a large-scale infrastructure estate. Working alongside internal infrastructure, application, and service management teams, you'll help drive monitoring improvements, automation, alert optimisation, and platform enhancements across Windows and Linux environments. Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure, administer, and optimise SolarWinds Orion Platform solutions.
• Onboard servers, applications, and infrastructure components into the monitoring estate.
• Enhance alerting, event management, and operational visibility across critical services.
• Investigate monitoring-related incidents, perform root cause analysis, and support issue resolution.
• Install and configure SolarWinds agents across existing infrastructure where required.
• Drive continuous improvements through alert optimisation and automation initiatives.
• Support the creation and maintenance of operational and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and service management teams to improve monitoring coverage and service visibility.
• Contribute to observability improvements including ServiceNow integrations, CMDB alignment, APM, DEM, and Azure monitoring initiatives. Required Skills & Experience
• Strong hands-on experience administering and configuring the SolarWinds Orion Platform.
• Proven experience supporting enterprise-scale monitoring environments.
• Strong Windows Server administration experience.
• Linux administration and monitoring expertise.
• Experience with event management, alerting, and monitoring automation.
• Excellent troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Strong documentation and stakeholder communication abilities.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within technical teams. Desirable Experience
• ServiceNow integration and ITSM process knowledge.
• Network and infrastructure monitoring expertise.
• Experience implementing monitoring standards, governance, and operational best practices.
• Exposure to Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), and Azure monitoring capabilities.