Senior Site Reliability Engineer: Kubernetes & Automation Lead

EMBL-EBI; Hinxton; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous time off

Private medical insurance

Relocation package

Job summary

EMBL-EBI in Hinxton, UK, is seeking a skilled Site Reliability Engineer to design, deploy, and operate a Kubernetes-based web hosting platform for public-facing services. You will implement monitoring with Prometheus, oversee ElasticSearch analytics, and drive production automation using GitLab CI/CD.

The role requires strong Linux administration, Python scripting, and collaboration within a team to ensure reliable, scalable services. Relocation support and generous campus benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of experience designing, implementing and operating large-scale web hosting platforms.
• Experience managing public-facing production services.
• At least 3 years of experience with automated deployment/configuration methods (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Terraform).
• Solid experience in Kubernetes deployment and administration in public or private cloud.
• Strong Linux administration skills, ideally with RHEL or a RHEL clone.
• Solid skills in automation tools like Jenkins, Rundeck, or similar.
• Hands-on experience using Git in CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code workflows.
• Solid skills in at least one programming language, ideally Python.
• Experience with infrastructure monitoring methodologies.
• Strong interpersonal and written English communication skills.
• Proven ability to work well in a team, building positive relationships and sharing knowledge.
• Ability to plan and prioritise workloads.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the web hosting platform based on Kubernetes, allowing users to deploy web applications.
• Implement and manage infrastructure and application monitoring based on Prometheus.
• Oversee the web analytics platform currently based on ElasticSearch.
• Utilize CI/CD tools like Gitlab for automation and operational efficiency.
• Ensure documentation meets standard requirements.
• Drive SRE best practices throughout the team.
• Contribute directly to projects and tasks related to production automation.
• Assist and guide team members with the daily prioritisation of tasks.

Skills

Automation tooling

CI/CD

Git in CI/CD

Python

Kubernetes

Linux administration

Monitoring

Teamwork

Work prioritisation

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS or related

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Terraform

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Rundeck

Git

GitLab

Prometheus

ElasticSearch

Job description

EMBL-EBI in Hinxton, UK, is seeking a skilled Site Reliability Engineer to design, deploy, and operate a Kubernetes-based web hosting platform for public-facing services. You will implement monitoring with Prometheus, oversee ElasticSearch analytics, and drive production automation using GitLab CI/CD.

The role requires strong Linux administration, Python scripting, and collaboration within a team to ensure reliable, scalable services. Relocation support and generous campus benefits are provided.