Site Reliability Engineer - GitOps, ArgoCD & Kubernetes

Focus on WD; Euston; On-site; GBP 96,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Focus on WD is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to strengthen the reliability, scalability, and security of its cloud platform. This contract role starts ASAP for 3 months, with on-site presence in Central London one day per week.

The ideal candidate has a software engineering background and will focus on GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and modern deployment practices, working closely with Platform and Product Engineering teams to ensure applications are deployed and operated safely at scale.

Qualifications

• Strong software development background in Node.js or TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with ArgoCD and GitOps.
• Kubernetes and AWS expertise.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki for observability.
• Understanding cloud security, distributed systems, and production operations.

Responsibilities

• Improve deployment reliability and developer experience.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows.
• Enhance monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
• Automate operational processes and reduce toil.
• Drive best practices for operating resilient, secure production systems.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Kubernetes

AWS

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps

Cloud security

Distributed systems

Production operations

Job description

Focus on WD is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to strengthen the reliability, scalability, and security of its cloud platform. This contract role starts ASAP for 3 months, with on-site presence in Central London one day per week.

The ideal candidate has a software engineering background and will focus on GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and modern deployment practices, working closely with Platform and Product Engineering teams to ensure applications are deployed and operated safely at scale.