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Site Reliability Engineer - 12 Months - Inside IR35 - UK - Multi locations to choose (Hybrid)

Hamilton BarnesUnited Kingdom🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 8 Oct 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Temporary/Casual
Work mode
On Site
Location
United Kingdom
DockerGCPBashJavaKubernetesPython

Job Description

Site Reliability Engineer - 12 Months - Inside IR35 - UK - Multi locations to choose (Hybrid)

We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join the engineering team of a leading technology services organisation on a 12-month hybrid contract. You will own IT operations and infrastructure reliability, keeping software systems scalable, reliable and efficient. A minimum of 2 days per week on-site is required.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Define and manage SLIs and SLOs, with meaningful alerts and dashboards
  • Take part in incident response and root-cause analysis, and deliver permanent fixes
  • Automate manual operational work, run books and recovery procedures
  • Implement monitoring, logging, metrics and telemetry
  • Improve availability, scalability, resilience, security and performance
  • Support continuous delivery through reliable deployment and rollback practices
  • Work with application, cloud, platform, security and operations teams on production readiness
  • Guide engineering teams in adopting consistent reliability practice

What You Will Ideally Bring:

  • Coding in Python, Java or Bash
  • GCP cloud computing
  • Linux/Unix systems
  • Networking protocols
  • Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience building collaborative relationships with engineering, operations, security and business stakeholders
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication, ownership and teamwork
  • A keen learning attitude

Contract Details

  • Duration: 12 months
  • Day Rate: £475-500 per day
  • Determination: Inside IR35
  • Location: Hybrid, Multiple locations in UK - 2 days per week
  • Start Date: ASAP

Site Reliability Engineer - 12 Months - Inside IR35 - UK - Multi locations to choose (Hybrid)

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