Site Reliability Engineer - Contract

at  Cynergy Bank

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer
Location: Onsite or Remote
Contract Perm/FTC: Contract
Salary: Dependant on experience
Positions: 2

ABOUT US

Cynergy Bank is the UK’s human digital bank serving the needs of ‘scale up’ or medium sized and fast-growing SMEs; professionals; high net worth and mass affluent individuals, in essence those market segments that still value human service enabled by great technology.
We recognise that professional and personal lives often overlap and our mission is to help empower our customers to achieve their ambitions by serving all their interdependent banking needs. We provide a comprehensive range of digitally enabled products and services to meet the property finance, business and commercial banking, private banking and personal savings needs of our customers.
Our human and digital model transforms banking for customers who still value a face-to-face relationship that is enabled by the latest digital technology.
We partner with firms such as Google Cloud, Cigniti and Slalom as we continue to innovate in the human digital space.
Cynergy Bank Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Eligible deposits with Cynergy Bank Limited are protected by the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
For more information on Cynergy Bank visit www.cynergybank.co.uk

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Design, implement, and manage GCP infrastructure.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and Automate cloud resource provisioning and configuration.
• Implement and manage continuous deployment pipelines using ArgoCD.
• Integrate and manage Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration.
• Utilise GitLab for source code management and CI/CD pipelines.
• Optimize cloud resources for performance efficiency.

THE ROLE

Embark on an exciting journey with our dynamic team as a Site Reliability Engineer, where you’ll be pivotal in developing sophisticated software systems and crafting innovative automated solutions for operational excellence within our organisation. As an SRE, your core responsibilities will involve vigilant monitoring of our computer systems and the creation of comprehensive alert systems to proactively address a spectrum of operational challenges. Your expertise will be vital in collaborating with our IT department to safeguard the continuity and reliability of our product and service offerings through our robust computer system infrastructure.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Google Cloud Platform Management: Ensure efficient and secure setup of network architecture, storage, and compute resources.
• Continuous Deployment & Operations: Monitor system performance, respond to incidents, and conduct root cause analysis.
• Collaboration and Version Control: Collaborate with development teams using GitLab Rails for efficient application development and deployment.
• Performance Optimization & Cost Management: Implement cost-saving strategies without compromising on performance.
• Documentation & Best Practices: Document system configurations, procedures, and best practices.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and updates in cloud computing and SRE practices.