Principal SRE

Syniti; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data management company located in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal SRE – Azure Specialist to enhance the automation and operational excellence of its Microsoft Azure-hosted environments. This role involves architecting a resilient SaaS platform and integrating Azure services with Kubernetes while leading technical projects that ensure compliance and security. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud environments and a deep understanding of Azure services, paving the way for significant contributions to the company's growth and innovation.

Benefits

Supportive environment

Opportunities for growth

Collaborative atmosphere

Recognition for achievements

Inclusive workplace

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, or SRE roles.
• 5+ years designing or operating in Azure environments including AKS and Azure Monitor.
• Strong understanding of managed identity, Azure AD, and Kubernetes identity integrations.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Azure-hosted environments supporting the Syniti SaaS platform.
• Integrate Azure-native logging and security with observability pipelines.
• Drive self-healing systems using automation to reduce toil and human intervention.

Skills

Hybrid cloud patterns

Azure ecosystems

Strong customer service

Problem-solving

Cross-regional collaboration

Tools

Terraform

GitOps

CI/CD pipelines

Bash

Python

Go

Job description

ABOUT US

Syniti, part of Capgemini, tackles the hardest work in data for the world’s largest organizations. We combine intelligent software with deep data expertise to help the Fortune2000 tackle complex data challenges and drive measurable business outcomes with business-ready data.

Syniti’s Data First strategy transforms data from an afterthought into a strategic asset—unlocking insights, reducing risk, and fueling growth. With over 5,000 successful projects, we support the full data lifecycle through a unified platform for migration, quality, replication, matching, master data management, analytics, governance, and strategy.

Operating globally across industries, Syniti’s award-winning software, expert consultants give enterprises a unique edge in managing and maximizing their data.

Syniti’s cloud-native platform sets new standards in enterprise data management, combining powerful SaaS solutions with deep domain expertise. Designed for agility and scale, our technology helps customers accelerate digital transformation, drive innovation, and make confident decisions with trusted data. Every product enhancement is built to solve real business challenges—empowering organizations to unlock value from their data faster and more effectively.

THE ROLE

The Principal SRE – Azure Specialist will drive the design and implementation of automation, observability, and operational excellence within Syniti’s Microsoft Azure-hosted runtime environments. This role will focus on architecting and deploying globally scalable, regionally compliant (Cyber Essentials+, SecNumCloud), zero trust architectures.

This engineer will lead the technical project to port Syniti’s SaaS architecture and services from AWS to Azure, ensuring platform consistency, operational parity, and regulatory alignment. They will serve as a cross-functional technical leader, developing resilient IaC frameworks, secure deployment models, and integrating Azure-native services with Kubernetes (AKS) and Syniti’s platform stack.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Design and maintain Azure-hosted environments supporting the Syniti SaaS platform across multiple global regions.
• Build reusable IaC modules in Terraform for network, compute, and managed PaaS services.
• Integrate Azure-native logging, security, and cost optimization with observability pipelines.
• Lead incident resolution and proactive failure domain analysis within Azure-hosted regions.
• Develop secure service-to-service communication standards leveraging Azure AD workload identity and pod identities.
• Collaborate with Compliance and Security to meet UK, EU, and French regional regulatory requirements.
• Drive self-healing systems using automation to reduce toil and human intervention.
• Support cloud region expansion and infrastructure builds via GitOps and pipeline automation.

WHAT IT TAKES

• Self-starter with deep understanding of hybrid cloud patterns and Azure ecosystems.
• Ability to thrive in a high-stakes, distributed operations environment with mission-critical SaaS systems.
• Strong communication and cross-regional collaboration capabilities.
• Deep technical expertise across Azure infrastructure and platform services.
• Comfort working with engineers across DevOps, Security, and Product teams to deliver shared outcomes.
• Strong customer service and problem-solving orientation.

Technical Skills & Experience

• 15+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, or SRE roles.
• 5+ years designing or operating in Azure environments including AKS, Storage, VNets, Private Link, Azure Monitor.
• 3+ years proficiency with GitOps and declarative infrastructure patterns using tools like Terraform, Bicep, or Pulumi.
• 3+ years implementing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• 2+ years of Software Development experience
• Advanced scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Go.
• Strong understanding of managed identity, Azure AD, and Kubernetes identity integrations.
• Experience supporting compliance efforts in UK/EU-regulated environments.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Trust that you are proficient at what you do. At Syniti, you will find a supportive environment and access to learning tools, but micromanagement is not our thing.
• Growth. We are growing rapidly and steadily solving the biggest challenges enterprise companies are faced with today. There was never a better time to join and grow with us. Most importantly, you will have the chance to shape our journey and share in our success story.
• Support. We all rely on each other and enable each other to be successful. You won’t stand alone.
• Curiosity and genuine interest in you. We all have our different stories, all equally fascinating, with each depicting a different journey, and we want to hear them all.
• Recognition. We are the sum of individual achievements, and we always take the time to celebrate them.
• An open organisation. Hierarchies are not our thing, and access is something we make sure of across the board. We are a family where everyone is just as important, everyone’s work is seen, and ideas are valued.

OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION

At Syniti, we’re committed to creating a respectful, inclusive, and fair workplace where everyone belongs and thrives. We believe that diverse perspectives make us stronger — and we value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and voices each person brings to our team.

We welcome applicants based on their skills and potential, and we’re dedicated to ensuring equal opportunities for all, regardless of personal background. If you need accommodations during the hiring process, please let us know — we’re here to support you.