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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Site Reliability Engineer - **Company:** James Ltd - **Location:** Crawley, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Information Technology Consulting, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Prometheus, Datadog, Data Logging, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Information Technology, AWS Fargate, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Microservices - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815045052-lead-site-reliability-engineer ## About the Role * Proven leadership experience within SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure teams. * Hands-on mastery of AWS services and cloud-native design patterns (microservices, containers, serverless). * Proficient in Ansible (Terraform knowledge is a strong advantage). * Strategic mindset with a strong grasp of SRE principles. * Track record of mentoring engineers, promoting best practices, and enabling high performance. * Solid understanding of monitoring, logging, and incident response. ## Description 2 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Are you an accomplished Site Reliability Engineer with a passion for leadership and AWS innovation? We're partnering with a high-growth technology company that is seeking a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Team Lead / Technical Lead to join their world-class engineering function. This is not your average technical leadership role - you'll be driving strategic reliability initiatives, shaping cloud infrastructure best practices, and leading a team of talented SREs committed to automation, scalability, and operational excellence. What You'll Be Doing * Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing DevOps/SRE team. * Define and execute the SRE strategy to support scalability, performance, and resilience across critical systems. * Own and evolve the AWS infrastructure - think EC2, RDS, ECS, Fargate, IAM, VPC and beyond. * Champion Infrastructure as Code and drive automation using Ansible (with exposure to Terraform or CloudFormation a plus). * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver seamless, high-availability services. * Lead incident management processes, improve observability, and enforce SLAs/SLOs using tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Datadog. * Act as a technical mentor and thought leader within both your team and the broader engineering organisation. What We're Looking For: * Proven leadership experience within SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure teams. * Hands-on mastery of AWS services and cloud-native design patterns (microservices, containers, serverless). * Proficient in Ansible (Terraform knowledge is a strong advantage). * Strategic mindset with a strong grasp of SRE principles. * Track record of mentoring engineers, promoting best practices, and enabling high performance. * Solid understanding of monitoring, logging, and incident response. Ready to step into a high-impact leadership role? Apply now or send your CV to . *This role is hybrid working - 1 day a week in their Crawley office and does not offer visa sponsorship* Seniority level * Seniority levelNot Applicable Employment type * Employment typeFull-time Job function * Job functionInformation Technology * IndustriesSoftware Development and IT Services and IT Consulting Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at James Chase by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for "Site Reliability Engineer" roles. 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