Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer – Hove, UK,

Hybrid - 3 days in office

FTC – £85K pa

SRE will play a pivotal role in driving the modernization of IT operations by implementing observability practices and automating toil. This position requires a deep understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, modern observability tools, and automation techniques to ensure scalability, reliability, and efficiency in IT systems. This role requires a strategic thinker with hands-on expertise who can lead modernization efforts while fostering a culture of reliability and innovation.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Work closely with Product Engineering team and implement strategies for modernizing IT operations enhancing observability and toil reduction.

* Architect and deploy observability platforms to monitor system health, performance, and reliability effectively.

* Propose & drive strategies for AI-driven alerting and proactive anomaly detection to reduce MTTD & MTTR.

* Develop and enforce SRE best practices, including Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and Error Budgets.

* Establish & create AIOPS roadmap for improving operational efficiency.

* Lead efforts to automate repetitive tasks (toil) using scripting, orchestration tools, and AI/ML-based solutions.

* Drive toil automation initiatives for automated incident responses & self-healing automation for achieving autonomous operations.

* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure systems are scalable, resilient, and maintainable.

* Drive incident management and root cause analysis processes through automation, ensuring continuous improvement to enable autonomous operations.

* Partner with engineering, architecture, and product teams to enable shift-left engineering practices ensuring reliability.

* Mentor and guide teams on adopting SRE principles and tools.

* Advocate for a culture of reliability, automation, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Key Skills:

* Strong expertise in implementing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.

* Advanced knowledge of establishing observability using tools – Dynatrace & Datadog (primary skills).

* Proficiency in automation & scripting using Python & Ansible (primary skills).

* Strong experience with cloud platforms – AWS & Azure (primary skills).

* Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.

* Proficiency in cloud native distributed systems & microservices architecture.

* Exposure to AI/ML techniques for predictive analytics and automated problem resolution.

* Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines & enabling automated release & deployment engineering solutions.

* Good to have experience with chaos engineering tools like Gremlin or Chaos Monkey and implementing automation frameworks for resilience tracking.

* Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

* Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively across teams.

* Excellent problem solving, analytical thinking, and adaptability.

* Strategic mindset balancing engineering excellence with business priorities.

Preferred Qualifications:

* 12+ years of experience in IT operations, SRE, or DevOps roles.

* Proven track record of SRE experience in implementing observability and automation solutions in large-scale environments.

* Certifications in cloud platforms, observability tools & other SRE related areas
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed