Site Reliability Engineer SRE

Site Reliability Engineer | UK Remote | 6months | £530 p/d outside ir35

One of our public sector clients is seeking a skilled Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support and enhance their modern digital platform as it transitions from on-premise to cloud-native environments. You'll work within a highly collaborative, agile Site Resilience team focused on building reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure and services.

Site Reliability Engineer - Key Responsibilities:

• Administer and optimise RHEL 7/8/9 and Red Hat Satellite
• Automate OS and application deployment using Ansible and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
• Support Oracle 19c on Oracle Linux with KVM and CommVault integration
• Maintain observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB, Nagios, Fluentd, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch)
• Implement and monitor SLIs/SLOs; support disaster recovery testing
• Manage Docker containers and work in Kubernetes/OpenShift environments
• Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Git Runners, Ansible Automation Platform)
• Deliver and support infrastructure in AWS using VPC, EC2, S3, NLB, and automation via Terraform or CDK
• Collaborate with development and assurance teams to improve resilience and reduce risk

Site Reliability Engineer - Essential Skills & Experience:

• Strong Unix/Linux (RHEL 7/8/9) system administration
• Load balancer technologies (HAProxy, keepalived)
• Advanced scripting (Bash, Perl), configuration management, patching & hardening
• CI/CD pipelines, version control with Git
• Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban), team collaboration, and documentation

Desirable:

• MongoDB support, Python scripting, AWS EKS, general security architecture

This is a 6-month contract with possible extensions, working remotely in the UK (occasional visit to Edinburgh office may be required). Day rate on offer of £530 outside ir35

Apply today to be considered!

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.