Site Reliability Engineer - SRE

We need an experienced SRE to focus predominantly on automation, optimization, and process re-engineering using AI for the Market Risk Platform.

* Location: 5 days onsite

* Domain: Banking / Finance / Trading – Market Risk

* Skills:

* SRE experience with Python-based applications (not Java)

* Exposure to cloud technologies

* Familiarity with Athena ecosystem or similar (SecDB, Quartz)

* Trade Lifecycle / Market Risk / Risk platform experience

* Experience: Minimum 8+ years

* Engagement: FTE or Contractors

* Compensation: £70–80k FTE / £450–550 per day (contract- Inside IR35)

Required skills & Experience

* Senior SRE experience on distributed systems and batch/intraday workloads in a production environment.

* Strong Python

* Provable agentic AI experience showing

* Tool integration, guard rails, evaluation approach

* Measurable impact (toil reduction, MTTR reduction, alert reduction etc)

* Demonstrated process optimization ability (removing steps/handoffs, standardizing workflows, implementing light weight controls with metrics)

* Strong Linux and troubleshooting fundamentals across application/system/network layers

* Experience working across mixed estates ( On Pre VMs + Cloud, with some Kubernetes exposure for operational monitoring/reruns)

* Exposure to Banking/Finance Market Risk Domains
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed