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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Site Reliability Engineer - **Company:** Gravitas Recruitment Group Ltd - **Location:** UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £65,000.0 - £78,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Bash Shell, BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Visualization, Data Flow Control, Github, Identity and Access Management, Interoperability, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Operational Databases, Reliability Engineering, Power BI, Tableau (Software), Alwayson, Qliksense, Scripting, Google Cloud, Grafana, HybridCloud, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Qlikview, Data Lakehouse, Terraform, Devsecops, Microservices - **Published:** August 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-750CF380FD0E10EE6D/ ## About the Role 1. Kubernetes Orchestration Own and manage Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters, including advanced networking (VPC Service Controls, Shared VPC) and high-availability node configurations to keep production data platforms resilient and always-on. 2. Data Architecture (Lakehouse) Design and support a unified Data Lakehouse architecture integrating BigQuery and Cloud Storage. Implement governance and security policies to ensure data quality, accessibility, and cost-efficiency across a single source of truth. 3. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Use Terraform to automate the life cycle of GCP resources (Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL), maintaining consistency and reducing configuration drift across Dev, Staging, and Production environments. 4. BI/Data Visualization Support Deploy, optimize, and scale enterprise visualization tools (Tableau, Qlik Sense, or similar) on GCP, including SSO/IAM authentication and Back End connectivity. 5. Hybrid Cloud & Legacy Modernization Manage AWS resources (EC2, S3) alongside GCP, ensuring interoperability. Lead migration of Legacy monolithic systems to microservices-based architectures. 6. Data Engineering Collaboration Work with Data Engineers to build and maintain pipelines using Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Composer (Airflow), and BigQuery. 7. Reliability, Security & FinOps. CI/CD: Design pipelines (GitLab CI/GitHub Actions) with DevSecOps practices. Observability: Implement deep monitoring, alerting, and SLIs/SLOs using Google Cloud Operations Suite and Grafana. FinOps: Identify and reduce cloud cost waste Requirements * Proven experience managing complex environments in GCP and AWS * Strong understanding of Data Lakehouse models and governance * Deep knowledge of GKE, including advanced networking and security policies * Ability to write modular, scalable, secure Terraform code * Experience deploying and tuning enterprise visualization tools (Tableau, Qlik, or Power BI) * Strong Scripting skills (Python, Bash, or Go) and CI/CD experience * Familiarity with Airflow, BigQuery, and Dataflow * Solid understanding of encryption, IAM roles, and network security standards ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [5 steps for running a Kubernetes environment at scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/88-5-steps-for-running-a-kubernetes-environment-at-scale) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [All your telemetry data from any source in one place](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/57-all-your-telemetry-data-from-any-source-in-one-place) - [AI Model Management Life Circles: ML Ops For Generative AI Models From Research to Deployment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1152-ai-model-management-life-circles-ml-ops-for-generative-ai-models-from-research-to-deployment) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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