Site Reliability Engineer

Hands-on experience with configuration management (Ansible, Chef, or similar) and Terraform.

Proficient with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).

Skilled in CI/CD tooling (Jenkins or equivalent) and monitoring platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB).

Knowledge of event-driven messaging (RabbitMQ or similar) and relational databases/SQL.

Strong Linux administration, shell scripting, and network security understanding.

Cloud experience (AWS services like EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda) and ideally Azure.

Coding experience in Java, Go, Python, or similar is a plus.

Familiarity with cross-domain technologies and service management practices desirable.

What’s in It for You:

Hybrid working with flexibility and occasional 24/7 on-call support.

Package: £500-£650 per day, Contract, Outside IR35

Industry: Government & Defence Technology

What You’ll Be Doing:

Collaborate with software teams to boost system reliability and performance.

Automate repetitive tasks and streamline alerting alongside system administrators.

Enhance monitoring and observability to prevent issues before they affect services.

Support development environments to meet delivery and quality targets.

Research and advise on tools, technologies, and cloud/on-prem infrastructure solutions.

Build expertise across diverse technical and business domains.

Contribute to the evolution of cloud and on-prem delivery pipelines.

Main Skills Needed