Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Location: UK-based (hybrid working; London / client site as required)

Salary: £35,000 – £75,000 (dependent on experience)

Clearance: SC clearance required (or eligibility)

The Role

We’re hiring Site Reliability Engineers to help build and operate secure, highly reliable platforms supporting central government, public sector and defence programmes .

You’ll work closely with platform and delivery teams, designing resilient cloud infrastructure and embedding reliability, automation and security into everything you do.

What We’re Looking For

  • Experience in SRE, DevOps or Cloud Engineering roles
  • Strong cloud experience ( AWS / Azure / GCP )
  • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Helm)
  • Experience with observability , automation and incident management
  • Security-minded approach to engineering in regulated environments

Why Apply

  • Work on high-impact public sector and defence systems
  • Flexible salary range reflecting seniority and leadership (£35–75k)
  • Hybrid working and startup autonomy
  • Opportunity to shape platforms, tooling and engineering practices

SC clearance eligibility is essential. Some roles may be subject to UK-eyes only restrictions.

Job Details

Company
Sanderson Government & Defence
Location
London, UK
Hybrid / Remote Options
Posted