Site Reliability Engineer

RELX INC; United States; Remote; USD 56,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

RELX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to build reliable, scalable systems from home-based Ireland. You will automate operations, monitor performance, and collaborate across teams to improve service availability and resilience.

The role emphasizes scripting, cloud platforms, monitoring tools, and CI/CD practices to reduce incident response times and support continuous delivery across critical platforms.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, or Bash.
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix operating systems.
• Knowledge of networking concepts including TCP/IP.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation practices.
• Knowledge of configuration management and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop software and scripts to automate operational tasks and incident response.
• Monitor system performance and establish alerting for rapid incident detection and resolution.
• Reduce MTTR through effective monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational improvements.
• Scale infrastructure and support capacity planning for high availability.
• Analyze logs, traces, and metrics to identify bottlenecks and optimize performance.
• Define and monitor SLIs/SLOs and manage error budgets with product teams.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve service performance and release processes.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Bash

Linux/Unix

TCP/IP

AWS

GCP

Azure

Prometheus

Grafana

CI/CD

Ansible

Terraform

Problem-solving

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Ansible

Terraform

Jenkins

Job description

Home Based - Ireland

Full time

Are you passionate about building reliable, scalable systems that power critical business solutions?

Do you enjoy automating complex operational processes and collaborating across teams to improve performance, resilience, and customer outcomes?

About the Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the Role

As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will bridge software development and IT operations by applying software engineering principles to infrastructure and operational challenges. You will focus on building scalable, reliable, and automated systems, helping to improve service performance, reduce manual effort, and ensure high availability across critical platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop software and scripts to automate operational tasks such as provisioning, configuration, and incident response
• Monitor system performance and establish alerting to support rapid incident detection and resolution
• Reduce Mean Time to Respond (MTTR) through effective monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational improvements
• Scale infrastructure and support capacity planning to ensure high availability and reliability
• Analyze logs, traces, and metrics to identify bottlenecks and optimize system performance
• Define, monitor, and maintain Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
• Manage error budgets to balance innovation, delivery speed, and system reliability
• Collaborate with development teams to enhance service performance, software delivery, and release processes

Requirements

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, or Bash
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix operating systems
• Knowledge of networking concepts including TCP/IP
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation practices
• Knowledge of configuration management and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible and Terraform
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills within distributed systems environments

Risk benefit statement

Learn more about the LexisNexis Risk team and how we work here ( Location Base Pay Range: Home Based - Ireland 49,000 - 81,600.

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.

We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact .

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.

Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.

Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.