SRE Expert/Coach

eTeam Workforce Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global recruitment specialist is seeking an SRE Expert/Coach for a hybrid role based in London or Manchester. This position requires developing training materials and bootcamps for site reliability engineering, mentoring junior engineers, and facilitating workshops. Candidates should possess deep expertise in cloud environments, automation, and incident management. Excellent communication and training delivery skills are essential. The contract lasts 6 months with a pay rate of £581 per day.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, SRE Coach, or similar role in large-scale cloud environments.
• Experience designing and delivering technical training, bootcamps, or workshops for engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in cloud infrastructure and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver training materials and bootcamps for SRE.
• Mentor junior SREs on reliability engineering principles.
• Curate e-learning modules and assess training effectiveness.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering

Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Automation (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)

Incident Response

Communication

Technical Training Delivery

Job description

We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.

Role Title: SRE Expert/Coach
Location: Manchester/London Hybrid
Duration: 6 months
Pay Rate: £581 per day

Role Description

Key Responsibilities

• Develop progressive, hands‑on training materials and bootcamp curricula for SRE fundamentals, intermediate, and advanced levels.
• Deliver technical bootcamps (in‑person and virtual) tailored to diverse audiences, including engineers, tech leads, and managers.
• Facilitate workshops, awareness sessions, and embedded coaching to support SRE transformation journeys.
• Customize training content for multiple technology stacks (AWS, Azure, GCP, Private Cloud) and organizational personas.
• Assess learning needs, conduct capability gap analysis, and design targeted learning pathways.

Technical Leadership & Mentoring

• Mentor and coach junior SREs and cross‑functional teams on reliability engineering principles, automation, and incident management.
• Guide teams in implementing Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and error budgets.
• Promote best practices in monitoring, observability, and blameless postmortems.

Content Development & Continuous Improvement

• Curate and create e‑learning modules, assessments, and certification pathways.
• Evaluate and iterate training materials based on feedback and evolving industry standards.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure training effectiveness and relevance.

Key Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, SRE Coach, or similar role in large‑scale cloud environments.
• Deep expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), automation (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong background in incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability engineering.
• Experience designing and delivering technical training, bootcamps, or workshops for engineering teams.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and mentoring skills.
• Ability to tailor content for multicultural and geographically distributed teams (UK, India).
• Familiarity with industry frameworks and best practices (Google SRE, DevOps, ITIL).

Certifications (Preferred)

• SRE Foundation (DevOps Institute)
• Google Professional SRE Certification
• IBM Certified Professional SRE - Cloud v2
• AWS/Azure/GCP Cloud Certifications
• Any other relevant DevOps or Agile coaching certifications

If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often shortlisted within 48 hours.