Site Reliability Engineer

Proactive Appointments

Gloucester

On-site

GBP 111,000 - 129,000

Part time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Proactive Appointments seeks an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join a client on a 6‑month contract, outside IR35. The role is on‑site in Gloucester, four days per week, with potential extension depending on project needs.

The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience with configuration management, Terraform, container orchestration (Kubernetes/OpenShift), Jenkins, monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana/InfluxDB), MQ messaging (RabbitMQ), SQL databases, Linux shell, security protocols, and

Qualifications

Must hold a live UKIC DV
Modern configuration management tools (such as Ansible, Chef or similar)
Experience with Terraform
Docker containers & container orchestration tools (such as Kubernetes, OpenShift or Docker Swarm)
Using and maintaining CI / CD tools (such as Jenkins or similar)
Experience with monitoring tools such as InfluxDB, Prometheus or Grafana
Event-driven integration with MQ messaging (RabbitMQ or similar AMQP solution)
Good understanding of relational databases and SQL
Linux command line, administration and shell scripting
Working knowledge of network security protocols
Experience using, developing with and maintaining cloud hosting services (ideally AWS EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda)

Skills

Live DV clearance

Config management

Terraform

Container orchestration

CI/CD

Monitoring tools

MQ messaging

SQL/Relational DB

Linux/Shell

Network security

Cloud AWS

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer - DV Cleared

Our client is urgently looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join their team on a contract basis, initially for 6 months with a view to extend.

Please note, the role is OUTSIDE of IR35. You must hold live UKIC DV. The role is on-site 4 days per week in Gloucester.

Site Reliability Engineer - Key Skills:

Must hold a live UKIC DV
Modern configuration management tools (such as Ansible, Chef or similar)
Experience working with Terraform
Docker containers & container orchestration tools (such as Kubernetes, OpenShift or Docker Swarm)
Using and maintaining CI / CD tools (such as Jenkins or similar)
Experience with monitoring tools such as InfluxDB, Prometheus or Grafana.
Event-driven integration with MQ messaging (RabbitMQ or similar AMQP solution)
Good understanding of relational databases and SQL
Linux command line, administration and shell scripting
Working knowledge of network security protocols
Experience using, developing with and maintaining cloud hosting services (ideally AWS EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda)