Junior Site Reliability Engineer: Cloud Ops & Automation (Contract)

ARM; Ringway; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

ARM is seeking a Junior Site Reliability Engineer to help keep our cloud services reliable and observable from our Manchester office. You will perform well-defined operational and engineering tasks under the guidance of senior SREs, learning tools and practices to gradually take on broader ownership.

The role focuses on deploying, patching, monitoring, and automation tasks, with on-call shadowing initially.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in a technical subject is required.
• Basic knowledge of Linux, networking and at least one scripting or programming language.
• Clear communication and a willingness to ask for help early.

Responsibilities

• Carries out routine operational tasks such as deployments, patching, access requests and capacity checks, following documented procedures.
• Writes and improves scripts and small automation tasks to reduce manual toil, with code review from senior colleagues.
• Maintains dashboards, alerts and runbooks, and flags gaps or noisy alerts.
• Joins the on‑call rota once trained, initially as a shadow or secondary responder.
• Keeps accurate tickets, documentation and handover notes.

Skills

Degree in tech subject

Linux basics

Scripting basics

Education

Degree or equivalent in a technical subject

Tools

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

ARM is seeking a Junior Site Reliability Engineer to help keep our cloud services reliable and observable from our Manchester office. You will perform well-defined operational and engineering tasks under the guidance of senior SREs, learning tools and practices to gradually take on broader ownership.

The role focuses on deploying, patching, monitoring, and automation tasks, with on-call shadowing initially.