SRE Lead: Observability & Platform Reliability

Camwebdir; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday

Birthday day off

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

Pension scheme

Enhanced family leave

Employee assistance program

Cycle to work

Job summary

Darktrace is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to lead reliability within a key domain, shaping platform reliability strategy across engineering groups. You’ll act as the go-to SME, define standards, and drive best practices in collaboration with Platform Engineering and DevSecOps.

The role focuses on a core area—observability, performance, data infrastructure reliability, security-focused SRE, or network reliability—while advancing resilience and scalable systems across the stack.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering.
• Deep expertise in at least one area: Observability, Performance engineering, Data infrastructure reliability, security-focused SRE, or network reliability.
• Strong programming skills (Go, Python, or similar).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Kubernetes.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
• Self-driven with the ability to identify and prioritise high-impact work independently.

Responsibilities

• Domain Expertise & Strategy: act as SME in your reliability domain and set standards.
• Engineering & Delivery: design solutions for complex reliability challenges and build tooling.
• Collaboration & Platform Integration: embed your domain in internal platforms and work with DevSecOps.
• Incident & Operational Excellence: contribute to incident response and runbooks.

Skills

SRE expertise

Observability

Performance engineering

Data reliability

Security‑focused SRE

Network reliability

Go/Python

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Communication skills

Self-driven

Job description

Darktrace is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to lead reliability within a key domain, shaping platform reliability strategy across engineering groups. You’ll act as the go-to SME, define standards, and drive best practices in collaboration with Platform Engineering and DevSecOps.

The role focuses on a core area—observability, performance, data infrastructure reliability, security-focused SRE, or network reliability—while advancing resilience and scalable systems across the stack.