An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and experienced Lead Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Engineer to join a dynamic team working on one of the most significant projects in the digital space. The successful candidate will play an active and leading role in a cloud-focused team, working on products and services on the Google Cloud Platform that will shape the future of services.
LEAD SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEERING (SRE) ENGINEER
Salary: £90,000 - £100,000
Location: Bristol
Keywords: Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud SRE, Google Cloud Platform, GCP products, Kubernetes clusters, Python, Java, Golang BASH and PowerShell, DevOps, Terraform and Jenkins
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and experienced Lead Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Engineer to join a dynamic team working on one of the most significant projects in the digital space. This role offers a competitive salary range of £90,000 - £100,000 and is based in Bristol. The successful candidate will play an active and leading role in a cloud-focused team, working on products and services on the Google Cloud Platform that will shape the future of services.
* Competitive salary range of £90,000 - £100,000
* Based in Bristol with hybrid working pattern
* Opportunity to work on flagship projects shaping the future of services
What you'll do:
As a Lead Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Engineer, you will be at the forefront of driving change and innovation. You will be responsible for influencing and driving the adoption of SRE best practices within our microservices. Your role will involve collaborating with infrastructure engineers to ensure resilience and scalability across the platform. You will also be tasked with observing, investigating, and fixing service issues using an engineering mindset – resolving these through code changes and implementing improvements to prevent repeat issues.
* Influence and drive the adoption of SRE best practices within our microservices
* Collaborate with infrastructure engineers to ensure resilience and scalability across the platform
* Observe, investigate & fix service issues with an engineering mentality – resolving via code changes and implementing improvements to prevent repeat issues
* Implement further automation and reduce toil by utilising existing Cloud tooling or implementing new technologies
* Work across multiple labs and signature projects in the Digital space
* Mentor other engineers in SRE best practices
What you bring:
The ideal candidate for this Lead Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Engineer position will bring a wealth of experience from a software engineering or telemetry background. You should have hands-on experience building and administering Kubernetes clusters in a production environment. Your ability to quickly understand, update, and write code in languages such as Python, Java, Golang BASH and PowerShell will be crucial to your success in this role. A strong understanding of DevOps, including experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines such as Terraform and Jenkins, is also essential.
* Experience working with a broad set of GCP products or extensive experience with another Public Cloud platform such as Azure or AWS
* Hands-on experience building and administering Kubernetes clusters in a production environment
* Experience automating/scripting to remove toil
* Ability to quickly understand, update and write code in languages such as Python, Java, Golang BASH and PowerShell
* Experience monitoring SLO’s, SLI’s and SLAs and logging updates and alerting where appropriate
* Strong understanding of DevOps including experience of Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines such as Terraform and Jenkins
What sets this company apart:
Our client is committed to shaping finance for good by focusing on the future and investing in technologies, workplaces, and colleagues. They are dedicated to building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. They were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. They offer a wide-ranging benefits package which includes a generous pension contribution of up to 15%, an annual performance-related bonus, share schemes including free shares, benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle such as discounted shopping, 30 days’ holiday with bank holidays on top, a range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.
What's next:
If you're passionate about data and have a problem-solving mindset, we'd love to hear from you!
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