Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Barclays; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to lead the transformation of its digital infrastructure. This exciting role focuses on applying software engineering principles and automation to enhance system reliability and scalability. You'll play a crucial part in monitoring system performance, responding to incidents, and collaborating with development teams to embed best practices. If you're passionate about driving innovation and ensuring operational excellence, this opportunity offers a dynamic environment where your contributions will make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering and incident response best practices.
• Strong skills in automation and system performance monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Ensure system performance and scalability through monitoring and maintenance.
• Respond to outages and implement preventative measures.

Skills

Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)

Oracle Internet Directory (OID)

Oracle Database Performance Tuning

LDAP protocols and directory services

SQL Optimization

Python

Bash

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Prometheus

Grafana

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Join us as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence.

This role involves applying software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of our systems, platforms, and technology.

Key skills and experience required include:

• Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), Oracle Internet Directory (OID), Oracle Database Performance Tuning – SME
• Deep understanding of LDAP protocols and directory services
• SQL Optimization
• Scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash) and experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Monitoring system expertise (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)

Additional valued skills:

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Ability to diagnose and resolve production incidents
• Strong interpersonal skills for cross-functional teamwork

This role is based at our Knutsford campus.

Purpose of the role:

To utilize software engineering, automation, and best practices in incident response to maintain system reliability, availability, and scalability.

Accountabilities include:

• Ensuring system performance and scalability through monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning
• Responding to system outages, analyzing issues, and implementing preventative measures
• Developing tools and scripts to automate operations, improve efficiency, and enhance resilience
• Monitoring and optimizing system performance and resources
• Collaborating with development teams to embed reliability and performance best practices into software development