Site Reliability Engineer

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer (Contract) – AWS / Kubernetes / Terraform

Up to £600/day (Inside IR35)

Hybrid – London

6-Month Contract (Likely Extension)

The Opportunity

We’re looking for 2x Senior Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to join a household-name product company.

You’ll work alongside an experienced Infrastructure Lead and multiple engineering teams to scale platform capabilities , strengthen reliability , and drive automation across build & deployment ⚙

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own and enhance CI/CD pipelines & release workflows (Jenkins / GitHub Actions / GitLab / CircleCI)
• Operate and optimise Kubernetes environments (EKS primarily, GKE exposure a bonus) ☸
• Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Champion reliability engineering: observability , incident response , performance & cost optimisation , and security best practices
• Drive automation across environments and collaborate with cross-functional teams

✅ What You’ll Bring

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS (IAM, networking, EKS/ECR, CloudWatch, etc.) ☁
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes & containerisation (Docker)
• Solid experience with Terraform & IaC best practices
• Proven track record delivering CI/CD pipelines end-to-end
• A senior, self-sufficient communicator who can mentor and work across multiple teams

⭐ Nice to Have

• Experience with service mesh & observability tools (Istio, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)
• Policy as code exposure
• Scripting skills (Bash / Python / Go)
• Experience with GKE or multi-cloud environments

Interested? If you’ve got the skills and want to work on a high-impact platform, apply now!

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Full Time Jobs

Published at

22-04-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English