Site Reliability Engineer - Cloud, Linux & On-Call

Oracle; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Jira & Confluence access

Job summary

Oracle is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to operate and develop network systems in a 24/7 cloud/enterprise environment. You will diagnose production incidents, write Python and Bash scripts on the fly, and maintain reliability across cloud networking environments.

Responsibilities include collaborating with the Virtual Networking team to own service stacks, define improvements, and document SOPs. Strong Linux and networking knowledge with OCI experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Understanding of virtual network architecture, security, and automation.
• Understanding of TCP/IP stack and routing concepts in Linux systems and networking environments. VPNs and BGP specifically
• Experience with containerisation technologies and orchestration platforms would be an advantage
• Understanding of Virtual Cloud Networks (VCNs) in public cloud environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems and release automation tools.
• Experience in scripting languages such as Python or Shell.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform and Chef would be considered an advantage.
• Support network segmentation (e.g., security lists, network security groups, or firewalls).
• Understanding of manipulating telemetry data (traffic flows, health status) using Grafana dashboards and MQL.
• Experience with major public cloud providers (e.g., Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OCI, or equivalent).
• Familiarity using Jira and Confluence for incident tracking, knowledge management, and ongoing technical documentation. Other incident tools would be considered.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Virtual Networking team to share full-stack ownership of a collection of services and technology areas, providing operational support as part of an on-call rotation.
• Hold authority for end-to-end performance and operability. Partner with global development teams to define and implement improvements in service architecture.
• Work with senior members to develop and communicate a clear understanding of the scale, capacity, security, and performance attributes and requirements of the service and technology stack.
• Escalate appropriately complex or critical issues that have not yet been documented as SOPs.
• Exhibit professional curiosity and a desire to develop a deep technical understanding of services and technologies.
• Ensure high quality, accurate and timely technical documentation of incidents, problems, changes, and SOPs using Jira and Confluence
• Work is non-routine and highly complex within the Virtual Networking specialization of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Skills

Linux troubleshooting

Virtual networking

BGP

VPN

TCP/IP networking

Containerisation

Python/Shell scripting

Terraform

Chef

OCI/cloud knowledge

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Terraform

Chef

Job description

Oracle is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to operate and develop network systems in a 24/7 cloud/enterprise environment. You will diagnose production incidents, write Python and Bash scripts on the fly, and maintain reliability across cloud networking environments.

Responsibilities include collaborating with the Virtual Networking team to own service stacks, define improvements, and document SOPs. Strong Linux and networking knowledge with OCI experience are essential.