Site Reliability Engineer | SC Cleared

Sanderson Government & Defence; England; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology and defense solutions provider is seeking a Senior & Principal Site Reliability Engineer to lead cloud-native missions in Azure from Wokingham or home-based. The role emphasizes automation, CI/CD management, and platform reliability, requiring SC Clearance. Candidates should have experience with observability stacks and mentoring juniors. This position offers competitive pay of £500-£590 p.d depending on seniority.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Site Reliability Engineering or related field.
• Experience with Azure cloud services and automation tools.
• Understanding of security standards and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Automate deployment, monitoring & infrastructure.
• Own platform reliability, performance & SLAs.
• Build Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Manage CI/CD pipelines.
• Support OpenShift Operators.
• Implement security controls.

Skills

Automation

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud-native technologies

Observability stacks

Security controls

Tools

Helm

Kustomize

Tekton

ArgoCD

OpenShift

Job description

Overview

Position: Senior & Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Location: Wokingham / Home-Based
Salary: £500-£590 p.d inside IR35 (Depending on seniority)
Security Clearance: SC Clearance Required

We\'re looking for a sharp-minded Site Reliability Engineer to join our cloud-native mission in Azure. If you thrive in Agile teams, live for automation, and know your way around observability stacks and CI/CD pipelines - this is your playground.

Responsibilities

• Automating deployment, monitoring & infrastructure with precision
• Owning platform reliability, performance & SLAs
• Building IaC with Helm/Kustomize
• Managing CI/CD pipelines via Tekton & ArgoCD
• Supporting OpenShift Operators (ServiceMesh, ODF, ACS, ACM, AMQ)
• Implementing security controls aligned with national infra standards
• Mentoring junior engineers & championing SRE best practices
• Collaborating across dev teams, vendors & IT to drive operational excellence

If you\'re interested in hearing more, please do send your profile to [e-mail]

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