SRE: Production Systems with Docker & Kubernetes

Cavendish Professionals; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cavendish Professionals seeks a hands-on Site Reliability / Infrastructure Engineer for a highly technical engineering environment supporting UK Government projects. You will build, deploy and maintain reliable production systems, with heavy Docker and Kubernetes usage and a focus on automation and IaC.

The role requires 1–5 years in SRE/Infra, and a degree in CS/Engineering. Location is London-area with eligibility for UK DV security clearance.

Qualifications

• 1–5 years' experience in SRE/Infrastructure/Platform Engineering or similar.
• Experience building and deploying production systems (not just support/debugging).
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production.
• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline from a highly ranked university.
• Exposure to Terraform, Ansible, IaC and/or CI/CD would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy and maintain highly reliable production systems.
• Work extensively with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Develop and improve infrastructure tooling and automation.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and distributed systems issues.
• Improve reliability, scalability, monitoring and operational performance.
• Collaborate with software engineers to deliver secure production systems.
• Contribute to IaC and CI/CD processes.

Skills

SRE

Infrastructure

CI/CD

Automation

Monitoring

Education

BS in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Cavendish Professionals seeks a hands-on Site Reliability / Infrastructure Engineer for a highly technical engineering environment supporting UK Government projects. You will build, deploy and maintain reliable production systems, with heavy Docker and Kubernetes usage and a focus on automation and IaC.

The role requires 1–5 years in SRE/Infra, and a degree in CS/Engineering. Location is London-area with eligibility for UK DV security clearance.