Site Reliability Engineer

Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Location: Woking / London (Hybrid) Salary: £85,000 - £100,000

We're looking for a Principal SRE to lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native platforms supporting critical UK services. You'll work in collaborative Cloud Pods, combining hands-on engineering with technical leadership.

What you'll do

• Build and operate reliable, scalable platforms using GitOps
• Drive automation, observability, and resilience (error budgets, SLOs)
• Work in Agile teams focused on customer outcomes
• Mentor engineers and champion SRE best practices
• Contribute to platform strategy and continuous improvement
• Take part in an on-call rota for live services

What you'll bring

• Proven experience in Site Reliability Engineering leadership
• Strong skills in Kubernetes / OpenShift
• Experience across multi-cloud or hybrid environments
• Knowledge of tools like Istio, Prometheus, Grafana, ArgoCD/FluxCD
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Helm/Kustomize)
• Scripting skills (Python / Bash)

Why join?

• Work on high-impact, critical systems
• Collaborative, supportive engineering culture
• Strong focus on learning, certifications, and progression

Details

• Hybrid: home, Woking/London offices, and client sites
• SC Clearance required (5 years UK residency)