Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Oliver Bernard; Greater London; A distancia; GBP 80.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

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Descripción de la vacante

Oliver Bernard is seeking a Lead Site Reliability Engineer for a remote, UK-based role. The candidate will combine deep technical SRE expertise with leadership to drive platform reliability, automation, and architectural excellence while mentoring engineering teams.

The role emphasizes AI-first engineering practices, leveraging AI tools like Claude or Cursor within workflows. Base salary ranges between £80,000 and £100,000, with additional benefits.

Formación

• Lead experience within a SRE/Platform team.
• Proficient in AWS cloud services.
• Hands-on with IaC using Terraform.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or GitLab).
• Strong monitoring/observability experience (Datadog).
• Experience operating in high-scale production environments.
• Ability to drive SRE roadmaps end-to-end.

Responsabilidades

• Drive platform reliability, automation, and architectural excellence.
• Mentor and guide engineering teams.
• Lead SRE roadmaps and delivery.
• Promote AI tooling within engineering workflows.

Conocimientos

Lead level experience

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Datadog

AI tooling

High-scale prod

Herramientas

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Descripción del empleo

Lead Site Reliability Engineer - Tech for Good - Remote

Oliver Bernard are currently working with a Tech for Good client of ours, whose platform supports a large-volume end-user environment across the UK.

They’re looking for an experienced Site Reliability Technical Lead who can combine deep technical expertise with leadership, driving platform reliability, automation, and architectural excellence while mentoring engineering teams.

For this opportunity, the following experience is required:

• Recent / current experience operating at Lead level
• Cloud experience with AWS and AWS Services
• Containerisation with Docker and Kubernetes
• IaC with Terraform (building modules)
• CI/CD work with GitHub Actions and / or GitLab
• Strong history of Monitoring and Observability (primarily with Datadog)
• Experience operating within high-scale production environments
• Comfortable leading on projects end-to-end, breaking down deliverables, and driving SRE roadmaps

The business is heavily investing in an AI-first engineering approach, so they’re looking for engineers who actively embrace AI tooling within their workflows (eg. utilising Claude, Cursor or other AI assistants).

This is a remote opening (must be UK based) for Lead SRE profiles, and can offer £80-100K on the base salary, plus benefits.

Lead Site Reliability Engineer - Tech for Good - Remote