Site Reliability Engineer

Third Republic; Isleworth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading broadcasting and telecommunications company in the UK is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer. In this role, you will design and deliver infrastructure while ensuring system stability and performance. Ideal candidates will have moderate experience with virtualization, cloud platforms, and various monitoring tools, contributing positively to a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary up to £90k

Flexible working arrangements

Generous pension plan

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• Moderate experience in virtualization technologies.
• Knowledge of containerization and exposure to cloud platforms.
• Adept in Kafka, Cassandra, Apache Spark, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and improve customer-facing applications' performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
• Contribute to upgrades of large-scale distributed systems.

Skills

Virtualization technologies

Containerization

Cloud platforms

Kafka

Cassandra

Apache Spark

HDFS

Prometheus

Nagios

Icinga

Splunk

ELK stack

Ansible

Terraform

Chef

Puppet

CI/CD pipelines

Networking

Python

Bash

Go

Java

Databases

Job description

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Our client is one of the biggest broadcasting and telecommunications companies in the UK. With millions of users, they are considered a flagship brand.

Working for this company would be a great experience as their employees work in a supportive and autonomous environment. If you are looking for a challenging, yet rewarding role as a Site Reliability Engineer, this is the opportunity for you.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Designing, creating, and delivering technical infrastructure code or services to improve the performance of customer-facing applications.
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues
• Taking responsibility for the stability and security of systems
• Communicating work status regularly to superiors
• Contributing to upgrades and standards for large-scale distributed systems
• Planning and demand forecasting, system tuning, and software performance analysis
• Defining best processes for the timely delivery of projects

What You'll Bring to the Role:

• Moderate experience in virtualization technologies like VMWare, OpenStack, Xen
• Knowledge of containerization (basic level)
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or OPC
• Adept at Kafka, Cassandra, Apache Spark, HDFS
• Monitoring experience with Prometheus, Nagios, Icinga
• Experience with logging tools like Splunk or ELK stack
• Handling configuration management with Ansible, Terraform, Chef, or Puppet
• Comprehensive experience in CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Concourse, GoCD, GitLab)
• Entry-level knowledge of networking, including load balancing, routing, and switching
• Good command of Python, Bash, Go, Java
• Basic knowledge of databases (entry-level)
• Prior experience in system administration tasks such as patching and upgrading

Your Benefits:

• Competitive salary up to £90k
• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous pension plan
• Private healthcare