At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead SRE processes to ensure reliability and performance of client-facing services in Azure.
- Company: Global InsurTech business with a flagship cloud product.
- Benefits: £100k salary, bonus, hybrid working, 25 days holiday, and health perks.
- Other info: Mentorship opportunities and excellent career development in a collaborative culture.
- Why this job: Join a hands-on role influencing best practices in a dynamic tech environment.
- Qualifications: Experience as an SRE or similar role with strong Azure knowledge.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Do you have expertise with observability and monitoring within a SaaS environment? You could be progressing your career in a hands‑on, influential SRE Lead role at a global InsurTech business, working on a flagship product that has recently been migrated to the cloud (Azure).
What's in it for you:
- £100k salary plus bonus (c20%)
- Hybrid working (2 days in the Cambridge office per week)
- Enhanced parental leave
- 25 days holiday (plus buy days and your birthday off)
- Pension, Health Care and Life Assurance
- Training and career development
- Social events and a range of other perks
Your role:
As the SRE Lead / Site Reliability Engineer for this product you will establish the SRE processes, to ensure the reliability, availability and performance of client‑facing services, using tools such as Datadog within an Azure environment. You’ll lead the design and implementation of automation and processes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the engineering teams and support functions, acting as an SRE champion for the product and driving adoption of best practices. You’ll also remain hands‑on with proactive monitoring of production and other environments to ensure stability, availability, security and integrity as well as leading incident response, troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis to mitigate and prevent future issues.
Location / WFH:
You’ll join the team at the Cambridge office twice a week with flexibility to work from home the other three days.
About you:
- You have strong, hands‑on experience as a Site Reliability Engineer / SRE or similar role e.g. DevOps, Platform Engineer with SRE responsibilities
- You're collaborative and pragmatic, able to influence others and drive change
- You're happy to mentor and coach others, sharing your SRE expertise with software engineers and DevOps
- You have a strong knowledge of Azure including observability, monitoring, scaling, security and Azure DevOps pipelines
- You have experience with observability tools, Datadog preferred
- You have a good knowledge of automation, scripting (Python or PowerShell) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, ARM Templates or Bicep)
- Azure certifications and C# coding skills desired but not essential
Apply now to find out more about this SRE Lead (Site Reliability Engineer Azure SaaS) opportunity.
SRE Lead Azure SaaS employer: Client Server
Join a leading global InsurTech business as an SRE Lead in Cambridge, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the reliability and performance of our flagship cloud product. Enjoy a competitive salary of up to £100k, hybrid working flexibility, and a supportive work culture that prioritises employee growth through training and social events. With enhanced parental leave, generous holiday allowances, and a focus on best practices, this is an excellent opportunity for those looking to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic environment.
