Site Reliability Engineer

Salary: £70,000 – 70,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong hands-on expertise in Kubernetes and OpenShift is essential.
• Experience troubleshooting key operators including ServiceMesh, ODF, ACS, ACM, and AMQ.
• Ability to work in complex multi-cloud or hybrid environments with a solid foundation in distributed systems.
• Expertise in observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Tempo.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools such as Kustomize and Helm, with scripting skills in Bash and Python.
• Experience managing GitOps pipelines using Tekton, ArgoCD, or FluxCD.
• Strong growth mindset with a willingness to learn and continuously improve.
• Active SC clearance required.
• Desirable: CKA or CKS Kubernetes certification.
• Desirable: Experience working in secure or classified environments.
• Desirable: Familiarity with Red Hat ACM/ACS and networking tools such as Submariner.
• Desirable: Hands-on experience with EDB Postgres for enterprise-grade databases.

Responsibilities

• We will embed the Site Reliability Engineer within our Cloud Pod to help deliver and maintain services.
• We will work hands-on in a modern cloud-native environment using Kubernetes, OpenShift, GitOps, service mesh, and observability tooling.
• We will support a major UK critical infrastructure programme delivering large-scale cloud-native transformation at enterprise scale.
• We will operate within a team culture built around support, shared ownership, and continuous improvement.
• We will participate in a regular on‑call rota supporting Critical National Infrastructure.
• We will provide opportunities to develop through training, certifications, and collaboration with experienced engineers.

Technologies

• ArgoCD
• Bash
• Cloud
• GitOps
• Grafana
• Helm
• Support
• Kubernetes
• OpenShift
• Prometheus
• Python
• DevOps
• Embedded
• PLC

More

We are hiring Site Reliability Engineers for a major UK critical infrastructure programme based in Reading, with hybrid working of 2-3 days onsite. This is a long‑term opportunity with clear progression, strong development support, and access to industry certifications, thinktanks, hackathons, and more than 250,000 learning resources. We offer the chance to contribute to a high‑impact national‑scale cloud‑native transformation programme supporting Critical National Infrastructure, while working alongside experienced engineers in a collaborative environment. We are also proud to be part of a company recognised by Ethisphere as one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies for 13 consecutive years.

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