Site Reliability Engineer

We are looking for a hands-on Site Reliability / Infrastructure Engineer to join a highly technical engineering environment, working on complex, production-critical systems supporting UK Government projects. What you'll be doing Building, deploying and maintaining highly reliable production systems.

Working extensively with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments. Developing and improving infrastructure tooling and automation. Troubleshooting complex infrastructure and distributed systems issues. Improving reliability, scalability, monitoring and operational performance.

Working closely with software engineers and technical teams to deliver secure production systems. Contributing to Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD processes. What we're looking for 1–5 years' experience within Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering or a similar position.

Demonstrable experience building and deploying production systems – candidates with purely support/debugging backgrounds will not be suitable. Strong hands-on Docker and Kubernetes experience. Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a closely related discipline from a highly ranked university.

Experience working within complex, technically demanding production environments. Exposure to Terraform, Ansible, Infrastructure-as-Code and/or CI/CD would be advantageous. Background within defence technology, cloud infrastructure, large-scale technology or similarly complex engineering environments would be beneficial.

Based within 30 minutes of the London site, or willing to relocate. Please note: Due to the security requirements of this position, applicants must be sole British nationals (no dual nationality) and hold active UK DV security clearance.

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