Senior Site Reliability Engineer

McGregor Boyall Associates Ltd.
Glasgow, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Artificial Intelligence
Build Automation
Continuous Integration
Relational Databases
Python
Reliability Engineering
Cloud Services
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Large Language Models
Snowflake
Software Troubleshooting
Data Pipelines

Job description

  • Own reliability, availability, and performance across DEV, QA, and PROD environments
  • Apply SRE principles (SLIs/SLOs) to improve resilience and reduce operational toil
  • Build automation tooling (primarily Python) to streamline workflows
  • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data and platform services
  • Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and preventative improvements
  • Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability across systems
  • Support cloud data platforms (including Snowflake) for scalability and cost efficiency
  • Enable reliable deployment of AI-driven services and data pipelines
  • Collaborate with engineering, data, and product teams in Agile environments

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in SRE, platform engineering, or similar roles
  • Strong Python Scripting and automation experience
  • Proven experience managing production systems at scale
  • CI/CD and modern software delivery practices
  • Cloud data platforms and relational databases knowledge
  • Strong troubleshooting and communication skills

Desirable:

  • Experience with AI/LLM platforms, BI tools, and semantic data models
  • Background in large-scale or regulated environments

About the company

McGregor Boyall is a privately owned global recruitment consultancy founded in 1987. We are headquartered in the City of London, with additional offices covering the UK & Europe, the Middle East and North America. We provide permanent, contract and project-based recruitment services focusing on the mid-senior candidate market. We deliver within Financial Services, Commerce & Industry, and the Public Sector. Our primary specialisms cover all technology verticals and core business functions.

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