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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal SRE (AWS, Azure, Terraforms, Kubernetes) - **Company:** Fourth - **Location:** London, UK - **Salary:** £68,302.0 - **Contract:** Franchise - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Computer Programming, DevOps, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Oop Languages, Scripting, AWS ECS, Kubernetes, Information Technology, AWS Fargate, Puppet, Terraform, Docker - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5803707963 ## About the Role * Demonstrable experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, or a similar role, with experience mentoring others. * Proven track record of designing, implementing, and managing large-scale, highly available, and scalable infrastructure. * Relevant and recent experience with our main tech stack: Terraform, Configuration Management (Chef ideally, but will consider Ansible or Puppet), Kubernetes (cloud based), Docker (Kubernetes or AWS ECS Fargate) * Extensive cloud experience (ideally Azure and AWS) * Programming, scripting skills and OOP principles in general * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. * Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. * Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities. * Experience of working in Agile or Kanban * A natural and positive team player. * Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field. ## Description Fourth is actively seeking an experienced and pragmatic Principal SRE to join our worldwide team. We are progressing rapidly in developing automated, highly reliable, and zero-downtime infrastructure pipelines that are becoming the standard across our entire business - but now we want to accelerate this adoption and our move to public cloud (Azure). Primary Responsibilities You will exhibit both strategic and tactical sensibilities. You are adept at mapping the bigger picture into smaller, yet valuable and achievable chunks. You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, allowing you to work effectively with our worldwide development teams and SRE community to select the right patterns and practices. You understand the importance of standardisation of technology and practices and have experience of implementing these in a consistent and low-maintenance fashion. You believe useful and relevant documentation is an essential output of your work. * Working with Architecture, Product Owners and development teams to elicit and define the practical needs and requirements for products being migrated to cloud. * Design and implement scalable, highly available, and resilient infrastructure solutions to agreed standards. * Innovate and enhance tooling for monitoring, alerting, incident management, and automation. * Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure and processes, ensuring compliance with industry standards. * Actively participate in incident management, driving rapid recovery, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement. * Identify and implement strategies to future-proof infrastructure for growth and increased demand. * You will actively use AI tools to the best advantage as a force multiplier and encourage others to do the same as appropriate. * Assist in the career development of colleagues, acting as a role model and encouraging best practice. ## Related Videos - [SRE Methods In an Agency Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/348-sre-methods-in-an-agency-environment) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Automate everything via NodeJS and Puppeteer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/322-automate-everything-via-nodejs-and-puppeteer) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [The Memory Leak That Ate Our Cluster: A Postmortem](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2057-the-memory-leak-that-ate-our-cluster-a-postmortem) - [Leading with Reliability: Applying SRE Principles to Build Stronger Engineering Organizations](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100185-leading-with-reliability-applying-sre-principles-to-build-stronger-engineering-organizations) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers)