Site Reliability Engineer

Salary: £75,000 – 85,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong expertise in implementing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.
• Advanced knowledge of observability tools, especially Dynatrace and Datadog.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting using Python and Ansible.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms, especially AWS and Azure.
• Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in cloud-native distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Exposure to AI/ML techniques for predictive analytics and automated problem resolution.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated release and deployment engineering solutions.
• Good to have experience with chaos engineering tools like Gremlin or Chaos Monkey and automation frameworks for resilience tracking.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively across teams.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical thinking, and adaptability.
• Strategic mindset balancing engineering excellence with business priorities.
• 12+ years of experience in IT operations, SRE, or DevOps roles.
• Proven track record of implementing observability and automation solutions in large-scale environments.
• Certifications in cloud platforms, observability tools, and other SRE-related areas.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Product Engineering team to modernize IT operations and improve observability and toil reduction.
• Architect and deploy observability platforms to monitor system health, performance, and reliability.
• Propose and drive strategies for AI-driven alerting and proactive anomaly detection to reduce MTTD and MTTR.
• Develop and enforce SRE best practices, including SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
• Establish and create an AIOps roadmap to improve operational efficiency.
• Lead efforts to automate repetitive tasks using scripting, orchestration tools, and AI/ML-based solutions.
• Drive toil automation initiatives for automated incident responses and self-healing automation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure systems are scalable, resilient, and maintainable.
• Drive incident management and root cause analysis processes through automation and continuous improvement.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, and product teams to enable shift-left engineering practices.
• Mentor and guide teams on adopting SRE principles and tools.
• Advocate for a culture of reliability, automation, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Technologies

• AI
• AWS
• Ansible
• Architect
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Datadog
• DevOps
• Docker
• Dynatrace
• Kubernetes
• Python
• microservices

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We are hiring a Site Reliability Engineer based in Hove, UK, working in a hybrid model with 3 days in the office. This is a fixed-term contract role offering £85K pa. You will play a pivotal role in modernizing our IT operations, driving observability, automating toil, and helping us build a culture of reliability and innovation across the organization.

last updated 27 week of 2026

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