Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Anaplan; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Manchester is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer. You will be responsible for supporting production platforms, improving system reliability, and mentoring other engineers. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of experience in SRE or operations, strong Linux and Kubernetes skills, and expertise in automation scripting. This role contributes to enhancing the overall performance and resilience of the company's systems in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in SRE or equivalent operationally focused engineering roles.
• Experience with live, production-grade Kubernetes environments.
• Proficiency in a scripting language suited to automation.

Responsibilities

• Support production platforms and participate in on-call rotation.
• Mentor and support other SRE team members.
• Drive improvements in automation and reliability practices.

Skills

Linux administration

Kubernetes environments

Problem diagnosis

Automation scripting (Python, Bash)

Git version control

Job description

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebrating our wins – big and small.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values-based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next - together!

Your Impact

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you’ll support our production platforms, including participating in our on-call rotation. You’ll work closely with service teams to continuously improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems. You’ll also develop automation solutions, collaborate with engineering teams across the business, and help drive platform-wide performance improvements.

• Mentor and support other SRE team members
• Lead complex changes and influence our operating strategy
• Identify and deliver impactful SRE-led projects
• Define and uphold standards for our operating environments
• Provide expert guidance to the development teams we support
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents, contributing to sustainable long-term solutions
• Drive improvements in automation, observability, and reliability practices
• Partner with infrastructure teams to evolve and strengthen our platform

Your Skills

This position represents an excellent opportunity for a more experienced SRE to contribute to the future of our company; using their experience as part of a global SRE team to improve our platform’s resilience and guide us through the next stage of our engineering evolution. We work with a broad range of technologies, and we don’t expect you to know everything on day one. You’ll have time to learn our tools and grow into the role. We’re looking for diverse experiences to help strengthen our team.

• 6+ years of experience in SRE or equivalent operationally focussed engineering roles
• Experience of Linux administration will be a day-one skill
• Experience of operating live, production-grade Kubernetes environments
• Expertise in problem diagnosis across complex, distributed systems
• Proficiency in a scripting language suited to automation (e.g., Python, Bash)
• Experience with Git version control and modern CI/CD and DevOps practices

Desirable

• Hands-on experience with one or more public clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience with Event Streaming, Exception Management, and Integration technologies such as Apache Pulsar
• Experience with Stream-processing and batch-processing frameworks such as Apache Flink
• Experience with configuration management, and infrastructure as code
• Knowledge of observability and monitoring best practices
• Prior experience mentoring or coaching other engineers

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren’t just words on paper – this is what drives our innovation, it’s how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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