Site Reliability Engineer

Trades Workforce Solutions; Manchester, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A government contractor in the UK is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SC Cleared) to join their multidisciplinary team. This role involves developing and supporting a data hub, ensuring infrastructure reliability through Terraform and CI/CD practices. Candidates should have extensive experience in Linux, cloud services (AWS), and a strong understanding of security principles. The position is hybrid based in London or Manchester, offering a daily rate of £675, with opportunities for technical leadership.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of Linux and experience with virtual machines or containers.
• Proficiency in Python; Ruby knowledge is a plus.
• Strong experience with databases, web servers, and load balancers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support the data hub for a government client.
• Implement infrastructure as code with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Deploy observability tools for operational issues.

Skills

Linux operating system internals

Python

Ruby

Infrastructure technologies

Cloud services (AWS)

Terraform

Container orchestration (Kubernetes)

CI/CD tools

Security principles

Git

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer (SC Cleared)

Duration: 12 Months

Rate: £675 per day

Location: London or Manchester & remote (hybrid working)

IR35 Status: Inside

Start: ASAP

Role Overview:

A Site Reliability Engineer (SC Cleared) is required for our government department to be part of a multidisciplinary team developing and supporting the clients data hub which provides access to a variety of public sector data.

Duties include:

• To be part of a multidisciplinary team developing and supporting their data hub
• Write infrastructure as code using terraform or CloudFormation to ensure their infrastructure is consistent, reusable and reliable
• Deploy and configure observability tools to enable the teams to identify and respond to operational issues quickly and effectively
• Build CI/CD pipelines to enable the team to get code into production quickly and reliably
• Provide daily support for their platform and tools to ensure they remain available, secure and robust
• Participate in on‑call rotations if necessary
• Able to solve complex and interesting problems
• Also to share your knowledge and expertise with your peers and the wider team to drive consistency and develop a culture of openness and learning
• Provide technical leadership within the team and work alongside other team members to identify the best approaches and solutions

Essential Skills & Experience required:

As the Site Reliability Engineer (SC Cleared) you will possess the following skills and experience:

• A deep understanding of Linux operating system internals and comfortable working with Linux virtual machines or containers
• Proficiency in Python
• Any knowledge of Ruby is desirable.
• Strong experience working with infrastructure technologies such as databases, web servers, DNS, CDNs, reverse proxies, message queues and load balancers
• Experience of building and maintaining services in the cloud (AWS)
• Extensive experience of creating infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation
• Experience of using container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes, ECS or serverless application design with AWS Lambda
• Experience supporting large production services
• Git experience
• Experience of creating pipelines in a CI/CD tool like Github Actions or AWS Codepipeline
• A strong understanding of security principles and how to keep large operational services secure
• Any previous technical leadership experience e.g: have been a technical team lead or been responsible for a technical initiative.

To apply for this role please email your CV to Joanne Stanley: [e-mail]

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