Site Reliability Engineer

Arrow
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 156K

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Bash
Databases
Continuous Integration
Github
MongoDB
Redis
Ansible
Prometheus
Akamai
Datadog
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Cloud Platform System
Grafana
Caching
Kubernetes
Cassandra
Kafka
Cloudwatch
Terraform
Jenkins

Job description

As a mid to senior SRE, you will play a hands on role in keeping platforms fast, scalable, and rock solid You will manage and optimise CDN platforms across a dual vendor setup (Fastly and Akamai) , ensure consistency between CDN configurations and edge logic, and work with VCL to implement routing, caching, and request handling logic. You will build and manage infrastructure using Terraform and automation tools ️, run and scale Kubernetes platforms in production , and develop and enhance CI CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins. You will also reduce manual effort through smart automation , support and improve data and caching systems like Redis, Kafka, MongoDB, Cassandra, enhance observability using Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, and CloudWatch , and take part in incident response while continuously improving platform reliability

Requirements

Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins, along with experience working in cloud environments ideally AWS ️. You will have solid Kubernetes experience in production, exposure to CDN and edge platforms such as Fastly or Akamai, and strong scripting skills including Bash plus another language . Experience with messaging or database platforms like Kafka, Redis, MongoDB, or Cassandra is important, alongside a deep understanding of scalable and resilient system design. You should also have sharp troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, pipelines, and applications, and a mindset focused on continuous improvement and learning, If you are passionate about reliability, love solving complex problems, and want to work at serious scale, this is for you.

Benefits & conditions

Up to £600 per day (Inside IR35)

Hybrid London

6 month contract (likely extension)

Ready to make an impact at scale? Join a leading global media and entertainment organisation delivering world class digital experiences to millions of users across multiple countries This is your chance to work on high traffic, customer facing platforms where reliability, performance, and innovation truly matter.

What you will be doing

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