Lead SRE - AI-Driven Cloud & Platform Reliability (Remote)

Oliver Bernard; Greater London; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Lead level experience

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Datadog

AI tooling

High-scale prod

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Job description

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.