Hybrid Site Reliability Engineer: Automation & Monitoring

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working environment

On-call allowances

Overtime benefits for night shifts

Job summary

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence in Greater London is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer. In this role, you'll combine operational support and software engineering to automate processes, improve system reliability, and support essential services for a national security customer. You will be involved in a 24/7 on-call duty and participate in a progressive hybrid working environment that values flexibility. Ideal candidates will have software development experience and knowledge of database technologies, as well as monitoring large systems to enhance performance and stability.

Qualifications

• Proven software development experience in web technologies and object-oriented programming.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle SQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL.
• Skilled in Linux and Windows command line operations.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Splunk.
• Capable of diagnosing application issues that lead to service outages.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain essential services for core mission applications.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rota for critical production systems.
• Automate manual operations to enhance efficiency.
• Advise development teams on design and building practices.
• Design and deploy monitoring tools for system observability.

Skills

Software development experience in web technologies

Knowledge of database technologies

Comfortable with Linux and Windows command lines

Experience monitoring large systems

Experience working in Agile teams

Diagnosing and troubleshooting application issues

Cross‑stack troubleshooting skills

Understanding of ITIL

Experience with micro‑services and Docker

Awareness of emerging technology trends

Job description

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence in Greater London is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer. In this role, you'll combine operational support and software engineering to automate processes, improve system reliability, and support essential services for a national security customer. You will be involved in a 24/7 on-call duty and participate in a progressive hybrid working environment that values flexibility. Ideal candidates will have software development experience and knowledge of database technologies, as well as monitoring large systems to enhance performance and stability.