Site Reliability Engineer (Security Cleared)

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Se17Sj, SE1 7SJ, United Kingdom
Last month
£55,000 – £65,000 pa

Salary

£55,000 – £65,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
21 Apr 2026 (Last month)

Benefits

Company Options Scheme

Site Reliability Engineer (Security Cleared)

  • Salary to £60k + Company Options Scheme
  • Preference for hybrid working between your home, their offices (London Vauxhall) & client sites however fully remote working may be considered for the ideal candidate.

NB: Please only apply if you already have UK Security Clearance (SC).

Overview

This company is a Workflow & AI Orchestration Specialist. They're on a mission to modernise how public sector organisations manage casework, derive insight from data and deliver citizen services. They’re growing fast and looking for bright, dynamic people to help build their business.

Role

They’re looking for a (Security Cleared) Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join their growing platform and delivery teams. You’ll help design, build, and operate reliable, secure, and performant infrastructure that underpins critical public-sector services.

You’ll combine your background in DevOps, cloud engineering, and automation with a focus on reliability, observability, and scalability. You’ll also work with event-driven technologies, identity and access management, and data platforms, ensuring our orchestration solutions are resilient, secure, and future-ready.

This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer who thrives on solving complex infrastructure and automation challenges, automating everything, and shaping secure-by-design delivery environments.

Key Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift

Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform

Build and operate scalable infrastructure in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Design, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines

Improve system reliability, observability, performance, and security

Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions

Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root cause analysis

Collaborate with development teams to improve application resilience and deployment processes

Required Skills & Experience

Experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or similar roles

Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration

Experience working with Red Hat OpenShift in production environments

Proficiency in infrastructure as code using Terraform

Solid experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

NB: Please only apply if you already have UK Security Clearance (SC).

Other Stuff

NB: for non-UK Citizens; we cannot accept applications from anyone requiring sponsorship (now or in the future) for UK permanent employment status. If you are utilising a work visa this must allow you to work in the UK unrestricted for at least the next 5 years.

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