Junior Site Reliability Engineer

Dayforce; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in human capital management seeks a Junior Site Reliability Engineer to join their growing team. This entry-level role offers experience in both development and operations, working with a focus on enhancing system reliability and performance. Candidates will engage in exciting projects that foster learning and growth, all while contributing to a transformative environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellness initiatives

Time away from work programs

Support for personal and professional growth

Volunteer days

Qualifications

• Knowledge of one object-oriented programming language preferred.
• Experience with a scripting language is valuable.
• Willing to learn new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Learn about Dayforce’s cloud infrastructure.
• Participate in incidents and help remediate issues.
• Work on SRE process improvement projects.

Skills

Self-starter

Programming (C#, Java)

Scripting (Python, PowerShell)

Database querying (MSSQL, Postgres)

Communication skills

Knowledge of containerization

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Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.

Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce.

Our brand promise - Makes Work Life BetterTM- Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.

Location: For this role, we are open to remote work and can hire anywhere in Great Britain.

About The Opportunity

Junior Site Reliability Engineers are engineers starting out their career and want experience in both development and operations.

Join the pioneering Site Reliability Engineering team at Dayforce, where we lead the charge in ensuring our state-of-the-art products set new benchmarks in scalability, availability, and reliability. We embrace the SRE engagement model to deliver exceptional performance. As a member of our team, you'll help build and maintain a suite of internal tools that proactively alert, report, and autonomously remediate Dayforce's environments, ensuring seamless service. We're committed to proactive solutions, crafting robust processes, empowering our talented developers with the latest technology, and engineering innovative remedies to prevent issues from recurring. If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries in site reliability engineering, join us at Dayforce and become part of a team that thrives on challenges and celebrates continuous improvement. Elevate your career with us and be a part of a transformative journey in the world of SRE.

Please note for the first 2 months of this role you will be working North American hours, after this initial 2 months you will move to UK office hours.

What You’ll Get To Do

• Learn about Dayforce’s cloud infrastructure and the applications that run on them to build a full mental model of how the Dayforce ecosystem works.
• Work on projects to improve SRE processes.
• Participate in incidents, assist in investigating root cause, and help remediate Dayforce environment issues.
• Create runbooks using existing components.
• Develop trusted relationships with all parts of Dayforce’s business.
• PagerDuty On-Call rotations as required.
  
  

Skills And Experience We Value

• Self-starter and passionate individual willing to learn new concepts and technologies as well as contributing to the SRE powered ecosystem.
• Experience with at least one object-oriented programming language (C# and Java preferred).
• Experience with at least one scripting language (Python and PowerShell preferred).
• Experience with at least one database engine and querying language (MSSQL / TSQL and Postgres / PLSQL preferred).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills are mandatory.
• Knowledge of containerization and Kubernetes is considered an asset but not required.
  
  

What’s in it for you

Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.

We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.

Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.

With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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