Site Reliability Engineer

Cavendish Professionals — United Kingdom · Posted ~13 hours ago

Mid

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering Infrastructure Engineering Docker Kubernetes Python Go Java JavaScript Infrastructure as Code CI/CD monitoring distributed systems

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

Work hands-on as an SRE/Infrastructure Engineer supporting complex, production-critical systems. You will build and maintain reliable infrastructure, work extensively with Docker and Kubernetes, develop automation tooling, write production-quality code in languages such as Python or Go, troubleshoot distributed systems, and improve monitoring, scalability, IaC, and CI/CD practices.

Highlights

Hands-on opportunity to work on complex, production-critical infrastructure with strong emphasis on reliability, scalability, security, automation, and observability. The role provides exposure to modern container orchestration and infrastructure engineering practices.

Description

We are looking for a hands-on Site Reliability / Infrastructure Engineer to join a highly technical engineering environment, working on complex, production-critical systems supporting UK Government projects. What you'll be doing Building, deploying and maintaining highly reliable production systems.Working extensively with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.Developing and improving infrastructure tooling and automation.Writing production-quality code using Python, Go, Java or JavaScript.Troubleshooting complex infrastructure and distributed systems issues.Improving reliability, scalability, monitoring and operational performance.Working closely with software engineers and technical teams to deliver secure production systems.Contributing to Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD processes. What we're looking for 1–5 years' experience within Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering or a similar position.Demonstrable experience building and deploying production systems – candidates with purely support/debugging backgrounds will not be suitable.Strong hands-on Docker and Kubernetes experience.Programming experience with at least one of Python, Go, Java or JavaScript.Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a closely related discipline from a highly ranked university.Experience working within complex, technically demanding production environments.Exposure to Terraform, Ansible, Infrastructure-as-Code and/or CI/CD would be advantageous.Background within defence technology, cloud infrastructure, large-scale technology or similarly complex engineering environments would be beneficial.Based within 30 minutes of the London site, or willing to relocate. Please note: Due to the security requirements of this position, applicants must be sole British nationals (no dual nationality) and hold active UK DV security clearance.