Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)Location: London/Remote-firstWorking pattern: 1 day per week in the London officeSalary: £90,000 base + cash benefits + bonus

A leading financial services organisation is looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join a growing function within the organisation. This is a hands-on opportunity for someone who enjoys working at a technical level but also wants genuine ownership of projects and the opportunity to influence how SRE and DevOps are delivered across a large enterprise environment.

The team is continuing to develop its SRE capability, with a significant pipeline of projects focused on automation, reliability and improving the way engineering teams deliver and operate services.

• The roleThe successful candidate will work across Azure, Kubernetes, automation and production reliability, partnering closely with engineering and delivery teams.Key areas of responsibility will include:Improving the reliability, performance and resilience of cloud-based services
• Reducing manual intervention across deployment and release processes
• Automating repetitive operational tasks and reducing engineering toil
• Helping develop SRE practices around SLOs, error budgets and reliability
• Supporting and improving Kubernetes environments used by engineering teams
• Working with Azure DevOps and Infrastructure as Code to improve application and environment delivery
• Helping support the transition from Bicep towards Terraform
• Automating certificate management across a large technology estate
• Improving the management and integration of development artefacts with wider enterprise platforms
• Supporting production and non-production environments and taking ownership of incidents when required
• Using monitoring and observability to identify potential reliability and performance issues
• Working with Engineering Managers, Technical Leads and Delivery Managers to drive technical initiatives forward
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to less experienced engineers as the function develops

• Technology skills requiredThe role requires strong hands-on experience with Azure and Kubernetes, alongside a solid understanding of modern DevOps and SRE practices.Relevant experience includes:Azure
• Kubernetes and containerised environments
• Azure DevOps and CI/CD
• Infrastructure as Code – Terraform, Bicep or ARM
• Azure identity, secrets and access management
• Monitoring and observability
• Automation and scripting
• Microservices and cloud-native environments
• Production support and incident management
• Experience with Grafana, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, PowerShell or ServiceNow would also be beneficial. Experience with both Bicep and Terraform isn't essential. The team is currently moving towards Terraform, so strong experience with either technology will be considered.