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# Site Reliability Engineer

- **Company:** Ocient
- **Location:** United Kingdom (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £74,000 - £90,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Proxmox, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Databases, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Customer Data Management, Scientific Data Archiving, Data Warehousing, Linux, Domain Name System (DNS), Hardware Virtualization, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Nagios, Open Web Application Security, Queueing Systems, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Prometheus, SQL Databases, Zabbix, Scripting, Google Cloud, System Availability, Grafana, Software Security, Git, SC Clearance, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Influxdb, Deployment Automation, Puppet, Software Version Control, Dynatrace, Elk Stack, Jenkins, Vmware
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5961467996

## About the Role

* 3+ years of experience in system administration in production environments.
 * Holds, or has previously recently held, UK Security Clearance
 * Scripting experience with Bash, Python, or other languages.
 * Experience with system and software monitoring and alerting tools, such as the ELK stack,
 * Graylog, InfluxDB, Prometheus, Zabbix, Grafana, Dynatrace, or others.
 * Experience with configuration management software such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
 * Experience with data archiving, backup and disaster recovery
 * Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment experience with Jenkins, Gitlab CI or
 * others.
 * Experience with source control tools like Git.
 * Ability to work flexible hours and serve in on call rotations.

An Exceptional Candidate Will Have:

 * Knowledge of OWASP principles for application security.
 * Experience with server / system virtualization and containerization technologies e.g.,
 * ProxMox, KVM, VMware.
 * Experience with SQL and Database Administration.
 * Experience managing and operating cloud infrastructure. (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
 * Experience with SSAE18 SOC2 Compliance.
 * Experience with networking administration, including VPN, proxy, DNS, and firewall

## Description

Job Title: Site Reliability EngineerLocation: Remote (United Kingdom)Hiring Manager: Service Delivery Engineering ManagerEstimated salary range: £74,000 to £90,000* The salary offered for this position will be based on a candidate's experience and skill demonstrated during interviews and other evaluations
Position OverviewOcient is searching for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer with strong problem-solving skills and a passion for solving hard problems to help maintain and expand Ocient's "as a service" offering of its cutting-edge data warehouse.
Responsibilities

 * Support the design and operations of Ocient's hosted database and related services - including message queues and storage systems - ensuring high availability, performance, and efficiency.
 * Design and maintain monitoring, log centralization, and alerting for all services to facilitate

observability and incident management.

 * Automate deployment and configuration Linux-based servers, including the OS and the

numerous applications that compose our hosted offerings.

 * Develop and maintain rigorous security practices to protect our applications and customer

data.

 * Assist with automation of testing pipelines for the Ocient DB and monitoring of test