> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/2796806-lead-site-reliability-engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/2796806-lead-site-reliability-engineer). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Site Reliability Engineer - **Company:** Ocho People - **Location:** Belfast, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £100,000.0 - £120,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Software System Penetration Testing, Linux, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Data Ingestion, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Vertica, Docker - **Published:** September 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5874493469 ## About the Role * 8+ years keeping large Linux systems reliable, with experience leading an SRE, platform or infrastructure team (formally or as a technical lead). * Competent developer across multiple languages, ideally with Rust and Ansible experience. * Strong incident response and postmortem experience, comfortable translating business growth into infrastructure strategy. * Bonus: AWS, Kubernetes and Docker. ## Description Ocho are working with a client to find a Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to lead the team responsible for keeping their platform running reliably and securely, 24/7. Our client helps thousands of teams in 60+ countries monitor and improve their applications, and is remote-first, valuing impact, transparency and continuous improvement. The role This is a player-coach position. You'll set the technical direction and own reliability and security strategy for the platform, while staying hands-on with the systems your team runs. It's a small team with a long-standing habit of fixing root causes, not just alerts, and they're now growing it as the business scales. Their stack * Mostly bare-metal infrastructure, managed by Ansible * Data ingestion and processing in Rust, running on Kafka * A Rails app serving the customer-facing UI * MongoDB, ClickHouse and ElasticSearch Responsibilities * Lead the SRE team: set priorities, mentor engineers, grow the team * Own reliability strategy and the long-term infrastructure roadmap * Be part of the on-call rotation, and keep improving it * Act as incident coordinator, and lead blameless postmortems * Guide strategic projects, including new AWS infrastructure * Stay hands-on: tune the Rust codebase and infrastructure automation * Handle security researcher reports, coordinate penetration tests, support ISO renewals ## Related Videos - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [40 Minutes to Build a Serverless COVID-19 REST and GraphQL APIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/208-40-minutes-to-build-a-serverless-covid-19-rest-and-graphql-apis) - [SRE Methods In an Agency Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/348-sre-methods-in-an-agency-environment) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [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) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 131 - AI'm not sure about OSS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/472-dev-digest-131-ai-m-not-sure-about-oss) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)