At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape the future of platform reliability and solve complex challenges.
- Company: Join a leading tech firm focused on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with excellent career advancement potential.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a cloud-native environment with expert teams.
- Qualifications: Experience in Site Reliability Engineering and strong programming skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Requirements
- Proven experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering
- Deep expertise in at least one of the following areas:
- Observability & monitoring (metrics, logging, distributed tracing)
- Performance engineering & capacity planning
- Data infrastructure reliability (databases, streaming, pipelines)
- Security-focused SRE (hardening, compliance automation, secrets management)
- Network reliability & traffic management
- Strong programming skills (e.g. Go, Python, or similar)
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Kubernetes
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
- Self-driven with the ability to identify and prioritise high-impact work independently
- (Desirable) Experience building internal developer platforms or tooling
- (Desirable) Contributions to open-source, technical blogs, or public speaking
- (Desirable) Experience working in regulated environments
- (Desirable) Familiarity with SLO frameworks and error budget management
- (Desirable) Relevant certifications in your specialist domain
What the job involves
We’re looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to bring deep expertise in a key reliability domain and help shape the future of our platform reliability strategy. SRE sits at the heart of our operational trifecta alongside Platform Engineering and DevSecOps. In this role, you’ll act as the go‑to authority in your area of specialism, working across teams to embed best practices, solve complex reliability challenges, and improve system resilience at scale.
Unlike a generalist SRE, this role focuses on a core domain of expertise—such as observability, performance engineering, data infrastructure reliability, security‑focused SRE, or network reliability—while influencing reliability standards across the wider engineering organisation.
Domain Expertise & Strategy
- Act as the subject matter expert in your chosen reliability domain
- Define and implement standards, frameworks, and best practices across SRE, Platform Engineering, and DevSecOps
- Stay current with industry trends and bring innovative ideas into the organisation
Engineering & Delivery
- Design and implement solutions to complex, cross‑cutting reliability challenges
- Build tooling, automation, and frameworks to improve system resilience and scalability
- Lead deep‑dive investigations into systemic issues and drive long‑term fixes
Collaboration & Platform Integration
- Partner with Platform Engineering to ensure your domain is embedded within the internal developer platform
- Collaborate with DevSecOps to integrate security, compliance, and resilience practices
- Contribute to cross‑team initiatives that improve reliability across the stack
Incident & Operational Excellence
- Play a key role in incident response, particularly within your specialism
- Contribute to on‑call rotations and continuous improvement of operational processes
- Develop runbooks, documentation, and training materials to support teams
Success Measures
- Improved reliability and performance within your domain of specialism
- Adoption of best practices across SRE, Platform Engineering, and DevSecOps
- Reduction in incidents and faster resolution times
- Scalable, well‑integrated solutions within the internal platform
- Strong collaboration across teams and measurable improvements in operational maturity
- Shape reliability strategy in a modern, cloud‑native engineering environment
- Work on complex, high‑impact systems at scale
- Collaborate with expert teams across Platform Engineering and DevSecOps
- Take ownership of a domain and drive meaningful, organisation‑wide impact
Site Reliability Engineer in Cambridge employer: Darktrace
As a Site Reliability Engineer at our company, you will thrive in a dynamic and innovative work culture that prioritises collaboration and continuous learning. We offer competitive benefits, including professional development opportunities and a supportive environment that encourages you to take ownership of your projects and drive impactful change. Located in a vibrant tech hub, you'll be part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to shaping the future of platform reliability while enjoying a healthy work-life balance.
