Lead Site Reliability Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Chester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital tools company for automotive dealerships is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to lead the SRE function. This role involves working closely with engineering teams while ensuring the security, performance, and scalability of services in a cloud environment. A high degree of autonomy and collaboration is offered, along with opportunities to mentor team members. The position includes remote work with occasional visits to the Stoke-On-Trent office.

Qualifications

• Extensive background in Site Reliability Engineering and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience in leading and mentoring team members.
• Proficient in development and deployment of APIs.

Responsibilities

• Run the SRE function and collaborate with teams to develop solutions.
• Review and drive maturity, security, performance, and scalability of services.
• Shape future direction of the team with autonomy.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering

DevOps

Infrastructure management

Kubernetes

Terraform

Agile collaboration

AWS services

CloudFormation/CDK

Serverless computing

Job description

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Location: Remote working *1 day in every 2 weeks at our Stoke-On-Trent office (5 mins from station).

Salary: £Competitive + company benefits (Full time/permanent role)

About Click Dealer

At Click Dealer, we’re passionate about building software and digital tools that make life easier for automotive dealerships - driving better results, and transforming the way dealers manage, market and sell vehicles.

Established in 1999, Click Dealer is part of the Evolution Funding Group of companies backed by the Global Investment firm, Carlyle Group. Today, we’re proud to be trusted by over 1,800 independent and franchise dealerships across the UK.

The SRE Team

We count on our site reliability engineers (SREs) to empower users with a rich feature set, high availability, and stellar performance levels to pursue their goals.

About the role

This is a hands-on role. Working as part of the Software Engineering team, you will run the SRE function on a day-to-day basis working closely with the Head of Engineering providing SRE expertise whilst collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop real-world solutions and positive user experiences.

The successful candidate will review, lead & drive our strategic approach to the maturity, security, performance and scalability of our software & services across our cloud infrastructure. You will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in which to shape the future direction of the team using your extensive background and skills in:

• Site Reliability Engineering/DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform management
• Development and deployment of APIs using containerised environments such as Kubernetes
• Implementing/enhancing IaC specifically Terraform.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders in an agile environment
• Leading, coaching and mentoring team members to achieve success
• AWS and its services, particularly IAM, S3, EKS, Networking.
• CloudFormation/CDK
• Exposure to working with serverless computing