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# SRE

- **Company:** SR2
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £156,000.0 - £195,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Continuous Integration, Linux, Github, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, OpenShift, Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, Zero Trust Network Access, Software Engineering, Datadog, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Apache Kafka, Terraform, Devsecops, Docker, Golang
- **Published:** August 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-E24D8A97A6E0BCBAEA/

## About the Role

* Cloud Engineering: AWS/Azure/GCP, Linux, Terraform (IaC)
 * Containers: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm (OpenShift a plus)
 * Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki (network visualisation desirable)
 * CI/CD & GitOps: GitHub Actions, ArgoCD/Flux
 * Security: Cloud access models, Zero Trust principles
 * Programming: Python or Golang preferred; Bash Scripting
 * Databases & Pipelines: PostgreSQL optimisation, Kafka integration
 * Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues quickly

## Description

SR2 is supporting a major long term programme and looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join the Production Engineering team. This function underpins the reliability, security, and performance of all live environments, from production systems to critical customer deployments.
You'll apply a software engineering mindset to operational problems, building automation, scalability, and resilience into cloud-native infrastructure. Beyond supporting live systems, this team also acts as a centre of excellence, guiding project teams in adopting best practices across DevSecOps, observability, and cost optimisation., * Build, maintain, and support production and demo environments

 * Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment workflows (Terraform, GitHub Actions, GitOps)
 * Package and deploy applications to customer environments
 * Implement and optimise observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki)
 * Support incident response, monitoring, and backup/recovery planning
 * Mentor project teams in DevSecOps practices and environment management
 * Ensure cloud environments are secure, performant, and cost-optimised


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