Site Reliability Engineer

DWP Digital; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK government department is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer in Birmingham to ensure application reliability and security. This role offers competitive pay of up to £78,517, flexible working hours, and a generous benefits package including a civil service pension and 26+ days of annual leave. The position involves leading automation efforts, mentoring other engineers, and managing incident resolution in a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Generous leave package

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Employer of the Year 2023 award

Interest-free loans

Qualifications

• Proven experience in scripting to automate processes.
• Ability to build and enhance CI / CD pipelines.
• Experience developing cloud-based applications.

Responsibilities

• Ensure applications and infrastructure are reliable and secure.
• Mentor and guide other SREs.
• Coordinate during major incidents to restore services.

Skills

Automation Expertise

CI / CD Pipeline Development

Development in AWS & Azure

Incident Resolution

Reliability Engineering

Leadership

Job description

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Pay up to £78,517 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and a truly great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our community of experts at DWP Digital as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, within one of our SRE teams at the heart of Digital Transformation.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

Lead Criteria

• Automation Expertise: Proven experience in scripting to automate processes, eliminating manual tasks, and implementing infrastructure and configuration as code.
• CI / CD Pipeline Development: Demonstrated ability to build and enhance CI / CD pipelines for efficient and reliable software delivery.
• Development: Demonstrable experience of developing cloud based and supporting cloud-based applications in AWS & Azure.
• Incident Resolution: Strong experience in resolving complex technical incidents, ensuring minimal downtime and swift recovery.
• Reliability Engineering: Expertise in reliability engineering, including capacity and performance management through effective monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels, providing valuable feedback and support, while leading teams effectively, mentoring junior engineers, and driving improvements in working practices.

You and your role

Your day will be all about making sure our applications and infrastructure are reliable, secure and ready for scale. You'll work closely with development teams from the design stage, helping them build systems that follow best practices and meet department standards.

You'll lead by example, mentoring other SREs, guiding teams and driving improvements. A big part of your role will be creating and maintaining detailed runbooks so incidents can be resolved quickly and efficiently. You'll also automate repetitive tasks, reduce toil and make sure monitoring is in place so issues are spotted before they become problems.

When major incidents happen, you'll take the lead in coordinating the right people and restoring services fast. You'll manage error budgets, review high-priority incidents and push a culture of engineering ownership across the organisation.

Location

You’ll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working

We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay

We offer competitive pay of up to £78,517.

Pension

You’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year.

Holidays

A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi‑time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

Benefits

• Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards)
• Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• 'I Can Be Me in DWP' – Bring your authentic self to work
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest‑free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities

Process

We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages:

• Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.
• Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.