Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to enhance their observability systems. In this dynamic role, you will be responsible for deploying and managing observability tools, automating monitoring and incident response, and advocating for SRE principles. You will work with cutting-edge technologies like Grafana and Prometheus while applying Infrastructure as Code principles. This hybrid position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to high-performing services and ensure reliability and scalability. If you have a passion for reliability engineering and a desire to make a significant impact, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Expertise in SRE principles and reliability engineering.
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Linux.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
• Automate monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes.

Skills

SRE principles

Linux

Golang

Python

Grafana

Podman

Docker

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

incident management

Tools

Grafana Enterprise

VictoriaMetrics

PromQL

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Job description

Job Description

Site Reliability Engineer (Observability)

London- Hybrid/ 3 Days

Contract Inside IR35- 6 Months initially

We’re looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our client to build and maintain observability systems and to ensure their core services remain reliable, scalable, and high-performing.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy and manage observability tools using a Prometheus like metrics store and Grafana Enterprise.
• Automate monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
• Build Grafana dashboards for system insights.
• Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Develop tooling in Golang () or Python.
• Advocate for SRE principles like SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
• Integrate monitoring with incident management workflows.

Requirements:

• SRE principles and reliability engineering expertise.
• Solid familiarity with Linux
• Strong experience in deploying and building containers using Podman or Docker
• Golang () or Python for automation and API integration.
• Experience with Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, and PromQL
• Experience with centralized logs solutions deployment and management
• Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) knowledge.

Nice to Have:

• OpenTelemetry experience.
• Terraform, Ansible, or CI/CD knowledge.
• Background in datacentre and compute hardware services.
• AWS infrastructure configuration and deployment
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud- systems.
• Incident response automation expertise.