Senior Reliability Engineer

Fitch Ratings, Inc.; England; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Training & certification support

Access to modern AI-powered tooling

Healthcare & wellbeing programs

Job summary

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is seeking a Reliability Engineer to join the Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineering team. You will help design, implement, and operate reliable, scalable applications and services in a hybrid work environment.

You’ll work with globally distributed teams to improve developer experience and security through automation and observability. The role emphasizes AI-assisted tooling, cloud security, and disaster recovery readiness, with a focus on reliability, performance, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with AWS services (VPC, EC2, EKS, ELB, S3, RDS, etc.).
• 5+ years of experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Go, or PowerShell).
• Experience with CI/CD and IaC tooling (Terraform, ArgoCD).
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and build cross-team partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with distributed development teams to design, build, and operate reliable, high-performing applications and services.
• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines to optimize deployments for reliability, security, and efficiency.
• Identify and mitigate risk across cloud environments, maintaining a robust security posture.
• Implement proactive monitoring and observability to detect and prevent issues.
• Develop and maintain automation and AI-assisted tooling to reduce toil and accelerate delivery.
• Uphold infrastructure standards and troubleshoot high-priority incidents with blameless post-mortems.

Skills

AWS services

CI/CD concepts

Communication

Analytical thinking

Collaborative teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a technology-related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

ArgoCD

Job description

Fitch Group is seeking a Reliability Engineer to join our Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineering team. We're looking for someone who is curious about the evolving role of AI in infrastructure engineering, someone who actively explores how AI-assisted tooling, automation, and intelligent observability can raise the bar for reliability and developer experience. You will collaborate closely with global development and engineering teams to deliver reliable, resilient, and high-performing applications and services that drive business value.

What We Offer

• A collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued
• Clear paths for career growth, including training and certification support
• Access to modern tools and technologies, including emerging AI-powered engineering tool
• Hybrid work arrangements

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with globally distributed development teams to design, build, and operate reliable, resilient, and high-performing applications and services
• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines to optimize build processes and application deployments for reliability, security, and efficiency
• Identify, contain, and mitigate risk across all cloud environments, maintaining a robust security posture for infrastructure and applications
• Implement proactive monitoring and observability practices to detect and prevent issues before they impact users
• Develop and maintain automation and tooling solutions, including AI-assisted approaches to reduce toil and accelerate delivery
• Uphold infrastructure standards and system design patterns across all cloud environments
• Troubleshoot high-priority incidents and facilitate blameless post-mortems
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies that advance our secure cloud platform strategy
• Plan and execute disaster recovery testing to validate business continuity posture
• Promote cost-conscious design and facilitate knowledge sharing across multidisciplinary teams
• Participate in on-call rotation

What You’ll Need

• 5+ years of experience with AWS services such as VPC, EC2, ECS, EKS, ELB, S3, RDS, etc.
• 5+ years of experience with containerization and orchestration such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong knowledge with a scripting language, such as Python, Go, or PowerShell
• Experience with modern application development practices such as CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and GitOps tools such as Terraform and ArgoCD
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical and business concepts to team members
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with multiple teams and build strong partnerships across a variety of internal and external constituencies
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in a technology related field preferred (, Computer Science, Engineering, etc.)

Nice to Have

• Forward thinking and strategic mindset to be able to recognize and connect patterns to both enhance and simplify cloud-based development
• Hands-on experience with GitOps for declarative, automated application delivery on AWS EKS, driving self-service deployments and reduced operational toil
• A security first mindset along with practical experience building secure applications in the cloud
• Practical experience building scalable cloud platforms for a large enterprise with a key drive towards developer velocity, autonomy, and automation
• Understanding of project management tools, techniques, and methodologies such as Agile

Why Fitch?

• Hybrid Work Environment: 2 to 3 days a week in office required based on your line of business and location

• A Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity

• Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals

• Promoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing

• Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively

• Inclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe

• Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community

Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch’s credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interest or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work.