SC Cleared Site Reliability Engineer (London or Manchester)

IO Associates; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to transform complex data into a reliable hub for a major government department. You will solve complex problems, improve platform reliability, and build scalable infrastructure in a hybrid role based in London or Manchester. The ideal candidate should have expertise in Linux, Python, cloud services, and CI/CD pipelines. Day rate ranges from £650-£675 inside IR35.

Qualifications

• Linux expert, comfortable with VMs or containers.
• Strong Python skills, Ruby a bonus.
• Hands-on with databases, web servers, DNS, CDNs, queues, load balancers.
• Experience building cloud services, AWS preferred.
• Skilled in Terraform/CloudFormation and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiar with Kubernetes, ECS, or serverless.
• Solid Git knowledge and security best practices.
• Experience providing technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Transform complex and sensitive data into a reliable data hub.
• Solve complex problems and improve platform reliability.
• Build infrastructure that scales.

Skills

Linux expertise

Python skills

Hands-on with databases

Experience building cloud services

Skilled in Terraform/CloudFormation

Familiar with Kubernetes

Solid Git knowledge

Technical leadership

Job description

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer
Location: London or Manchester (Hybrid; 2 to 3 days per week onsite)
Clearance: Active SC Clearance
Contract Length: Initial 12 months
Day Rate: £650-£675 p/d Inside IR35

We are partnering with a major government department in their search for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to involve in transforming complex and sensitive data into a modern, reliable data hub used across government and beyond.

You’ll work in a multidisciplinary team, solving complex problems, improving platform reliability, and building infrastructure that scales. This is a chance to have real impact on how the public sector shares data.

We’re looking for:

• Linux expert, comfortable with VMs or containers
• Strong Python skills (Ruby a bonus)
• Hands‑on with databases, web servers, DNS, CDNs, queues, load balancers
• Experience building cloud services (AWS preferred)
• Skilled in Terraform/CloudFormation and CI/CD pipelines
• Familiar with Kubernetes, ECS, or serverless
• Solid Git knowledge and security best practices
• Experience providing technical leadership

Interviews happening next week. Apply now or get in touch to learn more.