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Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Pertemps Reading
📍 London
💷 £50,000/annumEngineeringHybrid
Job description
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Salary: £50,000 per annum
Reporting to: Head of Technology
Location: London-based | Hybrid working (2–8 days per month in the office)
We’re looking for an SRE with 2–3 years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE who can write production-quality code and take ownership of platform automation, CI/CD, and developer tooling.
This is a hands-on role split between supporting engineers and building scalable infrastructure, automation, and observability solutions. You’ll work closely with the Head of Technology and engineering teams to improve reliability, developer experience, and platform performance.
What You’ll Be Doing
Developer Support & Reliability
Troubleshoot and resolve failing builds, deployments, and CI/CD issues
Provide Tier 2/3 platform support through Slack, tickets, and pairing sessions
Own and manage production incidents with appropriate escalation
Improve developer workflows and reduce recurring operational friction
Support engineering teams with infrastructure and deployment best practicesPlatform Engineering & Automation
Design, build, and optimise CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Rundeck
Build reusable Terraform modules and manage infrastructure-as-code standards
Develop internal tooling, automation scripts, self-service tooling, and platform improvements
Own and improve observability across monitoring, dashboards, alerting, and runbooks
Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve platform reliability
Contribute to scalable, maintainable, and secure infrastructure practices
What We’re Looking For
2–3 years in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering
Strong Linux troubleshooting skills
Experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code
CI/CD pipeline experience
Strong Python and/or Bash scripting
Understanding of networking, DNS, load balancers, and CDNs
Experience with tools like New Relic, Datadog, Grafana, or Prometheus
Comfortable using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or Copilot
If you have the relevant skills apply directly or call (phone number removed)
Benefits
Hybrid