Senior Site Reliability Engineer - 12 months - London - £425/day - Inside IR35

Hamilton Barnes

London, UK

about 1 month ago

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Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

7 years minimum

Compensation

£110,500.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

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Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Bash Shell Cloud Computing Configuration Management Continuous Integration Linux DevOps Distributed Systems Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language)

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Reliability Engineering Cloud Services Datadog Multi-Cloud HybridCloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Gitlab Amazon Relational Database Service Containerization Gitlab-ci Deployment Automation Functional Programming Cloudwatch Terraform Docker Jenkins Microservices

Job description

Architect, implement, and maintain observability platforms using Datadog and Geneos to ensure comprehensive monitoring and alerting
Design and manage scalable infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
Champion GitOps methodologies using GitLab for CI/CD, configuration management, and deployment automation
Optimise alerting strategies to reduce noise and improve actionable insights
Oversee and continuously optimise cloud cost management strategies for observability infrastructure in line with Cloud FinOps principles
Lead incident response, perform root cause analysis, and drive continuous improvement through blameless post-mortems
Collaborate with software developers across multiple geographies and cross-functional teams to deliver systems within agreed timelines
Collaborate with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to align infrastructure strategy with long-term business objectives
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the evolution of SRE best practices
Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging technologies in observability, DevOps, and cloud

Requirements

We are seeking a highly experienced and hands-on Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join a global technology services organisation on a 12-month hybrid contract based in London City. There are 2 positions available. The successful candidate will bring a strong background in observability, automation, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices on AWS, driving reliability and performance across complex distributed systems whilst designing and optimising a best-in-class monitoring infrastructure using Datadog and Geneos. Experience in financial services, capital markets, or fintech environments is highly advantageous., * 7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related roles (essential)

Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, EKS, and ECS (essential)
Strong hands-on expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (essential)
Deep expertise in Datadog for metrics, logs, traces, and dashboards (essential)
Proficiency with Geneos for Real Time monitoring and alerting (essential)
Deep knowledge of CI/CD tools including GitLab CI and Jenkins for Java and Python-based microservices architectures
Solid understanding of GitLab and GitOps workflows
Strong Scripting and automation skills in Python and Bash
Experience with containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, and distributed systems
Desirable: AWS certifications, familiarity with SLOs/SLIs and error budgets, experience in multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments, knowledge of ITIL or SRE frameworks, and experience working in regulated or high-availability environments such as fintech or capital markets
Bonus: experience in Equity or Fixed Income and working knowledge of Benchmarks and Indices