SRE/DevOps Engineer (Security Cleared) - London, UK

Job Description \n Who are we looking for? \n We are seeking an experienced Microsoft SRE/DevOps Engineer holding active security clearance to build, automate, scale, and safeguard mission-critical cloud-native platforms, balancing feature delivery speed with strict reliability and uptime goals. This role leans heavily into code-driven automation, incident response, SLIs/SLOs, and error budgets, with emphasis on CI/CD pipelines, release management, and cross-team collaboration. \n Key Responsibilities: \n \n Cloud Infrastructure Management: Design, provision, and maintain Azure infrastructure (AKS, Azure Virtual Networks, Key Vault, Storage, and Load Balancers). \n CI/CD & Deployment: Build and manage automated build/release pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins. \n Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Write and maintain declarative infrastructure using Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep. \n Reliability & Incident Response: Define Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and error budgets. Participate in on-call rotations and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA)/postmortems. \n Observability & Monitoring: Implement telemetry, logging, and metrics dashboards using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog. \n Container & Kubernetes Operations: Manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, Helm charts, and ingress/service mesh controllers. \n \n Preferred Qualifications : \n \n B.E/BTech \n Work Experience: Minimum experience of 8+ years \n Active HMRC Clearance: Must have security clearance. \n \n Key Competencies: \n \n Strong relationship-building skills. \n Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills. \n High attention to detail and organizational skills. \n \n \n Strong time management and multitasking abilities. \n \n Certification \n \n NA \n