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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Site Reliability Engineer - **Company:** Government Digital Service - **Location:** Bristol, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £64,450.0 - £76,950.0 - **Contract:** Temporary to permanent - **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Data Hub, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Live Connect (Windows), Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Cloudformation, SC Clearance, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines - **Published:** July 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a62ea5842d02a896 ## About the Role We’ll also be assessing your experience and specialist technical skills against the following skills defined in the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework for the Senior DevOps Engineer role: * Availability and capacity management * User focus * Systems design ## Description The National Data Library is the public sector open data hub where users can search and browse for open data from across the public sector. We have an ambitious agenda to transform the way the public sector makes its data available and reusable. Transforming the National Data Library plays a major role in this agenda as we redesign it into a modern reliable data hub which can provide access to a variety of public sector data., * be part of a multidisciplinary team supporting and maintaining live services for the National Data Library * provide technical leadership within the team, working with other team members to identify the best approaches and solutions to new cloud-native infrastructure and redesigns * write infrastructure as code using terraform or CloudFormation to ensure our infrastructure is consistent, reusable and reliable * deploy and configure observability tools to enable our teams to identify and respond to operational issues quickly and effectively * build CI/CD pipelines to enable the team to get code into production quickly and reliably * provide day-to-day support for our platform and tools to ensure they remain available, secure and robust * share your knowledge and expertise with your peers and the wider team to drive consistency and develop a culture of openness and learning, * systems design – design and manage cloud-native infrastructure (e.g., AWS), using infrastructure as code to deliver consistent, secure, and scalable environments aligned to National Data Library needs * user focus – collaborate effectives with stakeholders to understand user and service needs, ensuring DevOps solutions enable accessible, performant, and reliable digital services * availability and capacity management – manage and optimise service performance, ensuring scalable, highly available, and resilient cloud-native platforms that meet user and business demand * delivery process optimisation – improve and automate delivery pipelines (CI/CD), enabling frequent, reliable, and low-risk releases across the full software lifecycle * information security – embed security best practices and ensure compliance with government standards (including GDPR), integrating security into development and deployment pipelines * modern development standards – apply and promote modern engineering standards, including version control, automated testing, continuous integration, and reusable, maintainable code * programming and build – use scripting and programming (e.g., Python) to automate infrastructure, tooling, and deployment processes, improving developer productivity * service support – support and maintain live production services, implementing monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes to ensure reliability and rapid recovery * systems integration – integrate cloud infrastructure, APIs, and data pipelines to enable seamless, secure, and scalable interoperability across platforms supporting the National Data Library, The standard selection process for roles at GDS consists of: * a simple application screening process - We only ask for a CV and cover letter of up to 500 words. In your cover letter, we will only be assessing against the following skills: Systems design, User Focus & Availability and capacity management. Please ensure you only address these skills in your cover letter. * a 20 minute technical phone screen * a 90 minute video interview which will feature a technical task Depending on how many applications we get, there might also be an extra stage before the video interview, for example a phone interview or a technical exercise. In the event we receive a high volume of applications, we will conduct the initial sift against the lead criteria which is: * Systems design – design and manage cloud-native infrastructure (e.g., AWS), using infrastructure as code to deliver consistent, secure, and scalable environments aligned to National Data Library needs In the Civil Service, we use Success Profiles to evaluate your skills and ability. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, increases performance and improves diversity and inclusivity. We’ll be assessing your technical abilities, skills, experience and behaviours that are relevant to this role. For this role we’ll be assessing you against the following Civil Service Behaviours: * making effective decisions * managing a quality service * delivering at pace, A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy. Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible. For meaningful checks to be carried out, you will need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time, to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. Whilst a lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance, and expectation of UK residency may range from 3 to 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements needed for the role may result in the withdrawal of provisional jobs offers. Sponsorship DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check . See our vetting charter . People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks., * UK nationals * nationals of the Republic of Ireland * nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK * nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) * nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) * individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 * Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service ## Related Videos - [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) - [SRE Methods In an Agency Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/348-sre-methods-in-an-agency-environment) - [PoC “Austria Experience Data Hub”](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/92-poc-austria-experience-data-hub) - [Infrastructure as Code: The Developer's Secret Weapon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1221-infrastructure-as-code-the-developer-s-secret-weapon) - [Hosting a modern justice system](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/332-hosting-a-modern-justice-system) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [Fullstack Developer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/251-fullstack-developer-salary-uk)