Kubernetes SRE: DevOps, Observability & Reliability

The Consensus; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco's Webex Engineering Group in London is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to own the design, deployment, and operation of Kubernetes-based microservices. You will build reusable configurations and advance a robust, scalable platform.

In this role, you will implement GitOps workflows with Argo CD, manage canary releases and secret management with Vault, and monitor reliability with Prometheus and Grafana, collaborating across teams in a hybrid London office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an analytical subject (e.g. Computer Science or Software Engineering).
• 4+ years of software development experience.
• Strong Kubernetes and microservices experience.
• Experience with GitOps (CI/CD).

Responsibilities

• Own design, codification, testing, and delivery of Kubernetes-based microservices configurations (Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps).
• Drive DevOps with GitOps practices including canary releases, progressive delivery, and automated validation.
• Manage secure secrets via HashiCorp Vault and Kubernetes Secrets.
• Improve observability with Prometheus and Grafana to boost reliability and performance.
• Ensure end-to-end configuration quality and reproducible deployments with governance.
• Advance a self-service platform using Backstage and Argo CD for declarative deployments.

Skills

Kubernetes

Microservices

GitOps

Coding aptitude

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Helm

Kustomize

Argo CD

HashiCorp Vault

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Cisco's Webex Engineering Group in London is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to own the design, deployment, and operation of Kubernetes-based microservices. You will build reusable configurations and advance a robust, scalable platform.

In this role, you will implement GitOps workflows with Argo CD, manage canary releases and secret management with Vault, and monitor reliability with Prometheus and Grafana, collaborating across teams in a hybrid London office.