Site Reliability Engineer - AWS

Square One Resources Limited
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
£ 112K

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Data analysis
Bash
Configuration Management
Databases
Python
PostgreSQL
Microsoft SQL Server
Performance Tuning
Powershell
Reliability Engineering
Ansible
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
System Availability
Cloudformation
Containerization
Kubernetes
Performance Monitor
Terraform
Splunk
Docker

Job description

  • Design, implement, and maintain reliable and scalable systems.
  • Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues to ensure high availability.
  • Automate operational tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
  • Collaborate with development teams to integrate reliability best practices into the software life cycle.
  • Implement and maintain observability solutions for proactive monitoring and alerting.
  • Participate in incident response and root cause analysis to prevent recurrence.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have the following:

  • Hands-on experience in creating dashboards, alarms, and metrics for AWS resources.
  • Strong Scripting skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash) for automation.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and configuration management tools (Chef, Ansible).
  • Solid understanding of Linux/Unix systems and networking fundamentals.

Desirable Skills/Experience Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client:

  • Splunk for log management, dashboard creation, and data analysis.
  • Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
  • Database experience (MS SQL, PostgreSQL) and performance tuning.

About the company

Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.

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