SRE Leadership: Reliability, Automation & Observability

Jobtailor

Bristol

On-site

GBP 110,000 - 140,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Jobtailor in Bristol, UK, is seeking a senior Site Reliability Engineer to define and evolve the reliability strategy across a global technology stack. You will drive observability, automation, and continuous improvement, partnering with Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Technology Operations to embed modern SRE practices while promoting shared ownership.

The role requires leading cross-functional teams, deep expertise in SRE concepts (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets), and hands-on automation

Qualifications

Proven experience building, leading, and developing Site Reliability Engineering or Production Engineering teams, with a strong understanding of SRE principles including service level objectives (SLOs), service level indicators (SLIs), error budgets, and toil reduction.
Extensive experience driving automation initiatives, supported by strong scripting and development capabilities using technologies such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, Terraform and Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).
Robust knowledge of observability and monitoring practices, with hands-on experience implementing and managing platforms such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk.
Good understanding of CI/CD tooling and modern software delivery practices, including Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps.
A background spanning both software engineering and technology operations environments.
Professional certifications in cloud technologies, Site Reliability Engineering, platform engineering, or reliability engineering disciplines.
Passionate about reliability, resilience, automation, and continuous improvement.
A strategic thinker who can balance long-term vision with operational delivery.

Responsibilities

Define, lead, and evolve our global reliability strategy.
Drive operational excellence, service reliability, observability, automation, and continuous improvement across our technology landscape.
Work closely with Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Technology Operations teams to establish and embed modern SRE practices that enable highly reliable, scalable, and resilient services while fostering a culture of shared ownership and continuous learning.
Drive adoption of SRE principles (SLOs, error budgets, toil reduction).
Establish observability and monitoring standards.
Lead automation-first operations.
Improve incident and problem management maturity.
Partner with software and infrastructure engineering teams to embed reliability into the product lifecycle.