Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer (Lead Level) | London | Up to £600 Inside IR35 | Hybrid (2 Days Onsite) | 6 months

I’m partnered with a major media and tech company looking for a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to support and scale their Video on Demand (VOD) infrastructure. You’ll work across modern tech stacks including AWS, GCP, Cassandra, and Kafka, helping deliver reliable, high-performance systems used by millions.

What you’ll do

• Lead project delivery while supporting day-to-day operations and incident management
• Build and manage infrastructure as code to improve reliability, scalability, and performance
• Design and implement new architectures and best practices for infrastructure and delivery
• Drive automation across monitoring, CI/CD, and deployment pipelines
• Mentor engineers and guide technical decisions within a fast-paced, cross-functional environment

What you’ll bring

• Strong Linux administration skills (Ubuntu preferred)
• Hands-on experience with AWS and GCP
• Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, or GitLab CI
• Knowledge of Kafka, Cassandra, and relational or NoSQL databases
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, Go, or Java
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Nagios, or Icinga
• Understanding of networking fundamentals and virtualisation (e.g. VMware)
• Comfortable with on-call rotations and troubleshooting in live environments

💰 Up to £600 per day (Inside IR35)

📍 London | Hybrid (2 days onsite)

📅 6-month contract, with strong potential to extend

If you’re an experienced SRE who enjoys taking ownership, leading technical delivery, and working on large-scale content platforms, I’d love to chat.

👉 Apply or message me if you’d like to hear more.