Site Reliability Engineer - SRE

Pracyva ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Pracyva ltd is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer focused on automation, optimization and AI-driven process re-engineering for a Market Risk Platform. The role requires 8+ years in SRE, strong Python, cloud exposure, and familiarity with SecDB/Quartz-like Athena ecosystems.

Location is five days onsite in the Greater London area and engagement can be FTE or contractor. Senior candidate will drive tooling integration, guard rails, and measurable toil/MTTR reductions while operating

Qualifications

• Senior SRE experience on distributed systems and batch/intraday workloads in a production environment.
• Strong Python
• Provable agentic AI experience showing
• Tool integration, guard rails, evaluation approach
• Measurable impact (toil reduction, MTTR reduction, alert reduction etc)
• Demonstrated process optimization ability (removing steps/handoffs, standardizing workflows, implementing light weight controls with metrics)
• Strong Linux and troubleshooting fundamentals across application/system/network layers
• Experience working across mixed estates ( On Pre VMs + Cloud, with some Kubernetes exposure for operational monitoring/reruns)
• Exposure to Banking/Finance Market Risk Domains

Skills

SRE

Python

Cloud

AI

Kubernetes

Linux

Automation

Risk platforms

Testing & troubleshooting

Workflow optimization

Job description

We need an experienced SRE to focus predominantly on automation, optimization, and process re-engineering using AI for the Market Risk Platform.

• Location: 5 days onsite
• Domain: Banking / Finance / Trading - Market Risk
• Skills:
• SRE experience with Python-based applications (not Java)
• Exposure to cloud technologies
• Familiarity with Athena ecosystem or similar (SecDB, Quartz)
• Trade Lifecycle / Market Risk / Risk platform experience
• Experience: Minimum 8+ years
• Engagement: FTE or Contractors
• Compensation: £70-80k FTE / £#removed# per day (contract- Inside IR35)

Required skills & Experience

• Senior SRE experience on distributed systems and batch/intraday workloads in a production environment.
• Strong Python
• Provable agentic AI experience showing
• Tool integration, guard rails, evaluation approach
• Measurable impact (toil reduction, MTTR reduction, alert reduction etc)
• Demonstrated process optimization ability (removing steps/handoffs, standardizing workflows, implementing light weight controls with metrics)
• Strong Linux and troubleshooting fundamentals across application/system/network layers
• Experience working across mixed estates ( On Pre VMs + Cloud, with some Kubernetes exposure for operational monitoring/reruns)
• Exposure to Banking/Finance Market Risk Domains