Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - C13 - London - Citi

ZipRecruiter; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial institution in London seeks an exceptional technical leader to oversee their engineering teams, including DevOps and SRE. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud platforms and experience leading distributed teams. They will drive technical innovation and establish best practices, ensuring operational excellence while maintaining stakeholder relationships. This position offers a hybrid work arrangement.

Benefits

Opportunity to shape technical direction

Collaborative organizational culture

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in engineering leadership roles.
• Strong hands-on technical background.
• Demonstrated experience leading SRE or DevOps teams.
• Deep understanding of system architecture.
• Proven ability to maintain stakeholder relationships.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a hands-on technical leader for resilient systems.
• Build a vision for SRE and DevOps functions.
• Drive technical innovation while ensuring excellence.
• Lead a high-performing engineering team globally.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Containerization

DevOps practices

System architecture

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD technologies

Job description

Overview

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Job Overview
We are seeking an exceptional technology leader to oversee our global site reliability engineering (SRE), DevOps, and Platform Engineering teams. This hands-on engineering leadership role requires someone who can both provide technical vision and build strong stakeholder relationships across the organization. The ideal candidate will bring a combination of deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and people leadership to drive our engineering excellence forward.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Serve as a hands-on technical leader who can architect, design, and guide the implementation of highly resilient systems
• Build a compelling vision and strategic roadmap for our SRE, DevOps, and Platform Engineering functions
• Establish and evangelize engineering best practices across teams and the wider organization
• Drive technical innovation while ensuring operational excellence
• Provide architectural guidance to ensure systems meet resilience, scalability, and performance requirements

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of DynamoDB specialists, SREs, DevOps engineers, and platform engineers across global locations
• Develop team members through goal setting, performance management, and career development planning
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence
• Attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent
• Create growth opportunities for team members and help them achieve their career aspirations

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with technology and business stakeholders across the organization
• Effectively translate business requirements into technical solutions and strategic initiatives
• Partner with development team managers and technical leads to align platform capabilities with product roadmaps
• Represent the team in senior leadership forums and drive cross-functional initiatives
• Manage expectations and communicate effectively about team initiatives, capabilities, and constraints

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience in engineering leadership roles
• Strong hands-on technical background in cloud platforms, containerization, and modern DevOps practices
• Demonstrated experience leading SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering teams
• Deep understanding of system architecture, resilience patterns, and high-availability design
• Experience developing strategic roadmaps and executing technical vision
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Track record of mentoring and developing engineering talent
• Experience leading distributed global teams

Desired Skills

• Experience in financial services technology environments
• Knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, observability platforms, and CI/CD technologies
• Background in transforming legacy systems to modern architectures
• Experience with DynamoDB and cloud- database technologies
• Understanding of UK and global financial regulatory requirements

What We Offer

• Chance to shape the technical direction of a global financial institution
• Opportunity to lead high-impact, transformative engineering initiatives
• Collaborative and innovative organizational culture
• Hybrid work arrangement based in London

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Job Family Group: Technology

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Job Family: Applications Development

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Time Type: Full time

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Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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