Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer, Government - London

Triumphant Nerd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work in London

RSUs

Job summary

Triumphant Nerd is seeking a Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer/Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and operate reliable systems for UK government deployments in London. The role demands 1–5 years in infrastructure/SRE and hands‑on work with large-scale production environments.

You will own operations, automate manual tasks, and collaborate across teams to deploy mission‑critical services, with hybrid work and relocation support for London.

Qualifications

• 1–5 years of infrastructure engineering, SRE, or software engineering experience.
• Experience in building, operating, and maintaining large-scale production systems.
• Ability to write production software regularly; live coding assessment required.
• Degree in CS or software engineering from an accredited university.
• UK DV clearance already held; sole British nationality.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate reliable, scalable production systems for government deployments.
• Own infrastructure operations and automate manual processes.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy and improve services.
• Participate in on-call rotation and maintain security compliance.

Skills

1–5 years experience

Large-scale systems

Production software

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or software engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux

Cloud infrastructure

Monitoring

CI/CD

Job description

Triumphant Nerd is searching for a Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer/Infrastructure Engineer to build and operate reliable, scalable production systems for our client's UK government deployments.

We're looking for an engineer with 1–5 years of infrastructure engineering or SRE experience who writes production software and enjoys solving complex reliability challenges. You'll own infrastructure operations, automate manual processes, and collaborate with engineering teams to deploy and improve mission-critical services.

What we're looking for:

• 1–5 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, SRE, or software engineering
• Hands-on experience building, operating, and maintaining large-scale production systems
• Must write production software regularly and pass a live coding assessment; scripting alone is insufficient
• Tech stack: Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript; Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, cloud infrastructure, monitoring, and CI/CD
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, configuration management, troubleshooting, and infrastructure upgrades
• Background in defense technology or a technically complex organization
• Terraform, Ansible, and infrastructure automation experience are a plus
• Degree in CS or software engineering from an accredited university is required
• Clearance: Must already hold active UK DV clearance and sole British nationality; no dual nationality or visa sponsorship.
• Hybrid work in London; must live or relocate within 30 minutes of the secure site, with onsite attendance for classified work and on‑call requirements
• Participation in an on‑call rotation approximately every 5–6 weeks
• Salary: £90K–£105K plus RSUs
• Relocation assistance available for candidates outside London

This is an opportunity to strengthen the infrastructure behind critical government systems while building automation that improves reliability at scale. Ready to put your engineering skills to work? Let's connect!