Site Reliability Engineering Technical Lead - SC Cleared Reading area - Hybrid working Up to £105,000 +bonus Active SC clearance required We're looking for an experienced SC Cleared
SRE Technical Lead
to take a leading role within a major UK Critical National Infrastructure programme. This is a senior technical leadership position for someone who can combine strong
Kubernetes and OpenShift expertise
with genuine Site Reliability Engineering experience. You'll act as the technical authority for SRE across multiple teams and suppliers, owning reliability standards and helping ensure complex, business-critical platforms remain stable, scalable and resilient. What you'll be doing Define and drive SRE strategy, including
SLAs, SLOs, error budgets and reliability standards Provide technical leadership across complex
Kubernetes and OpenShift
environments Drive automation across monitoring, incident response, recovery and remediation Shape observability, capacity management and operational readiness practices Act as a senior technical escalation point for major incidents and high-risk releases Lead reliability reviews, toil reduction and blameless post-incident improvements Govern reliability-focused
IaC, GitOps and CI/CD
practices Mentor Senior SREs and engineers, raising engineering standards across multiple teams and suppliers What we're looking for Strong commercial experience with
Kubernetes and OpenShift Proven SRE/reliability engineering experience within large-scale production environments Experience defining or working with
SLAs, SLOs and error budgets Strong observability experience with tools such as
Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo or OpenTelemetry Strong
Infrastructure as Code and GitOps
experience - ideally Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD and/or Tekton Experience across multi-cloud or hybrid environments Strong CI/CD and automation experience Ability to provide technical leadership, influence engineering teams and mentor others without relying on formal line management Active SC clearance Experience with
Istio, Red Hat ACM/ACS, Submariner or enterprise Postgres
would be advantageous. What's on offer Up to £105,000 + bonus Hybrid working in the Reading area Opportunity to become the SRE technical authority on a major Critical National Infrastructure programme Modern Kubernetes/OpenShift environment with genuine scope to shape reliability engineering practices Extensive professional development, certifications and long-term career progression Flexible benefits and a strong focus on employee wellbeing RSG Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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SRE Technical Lead - SC Cleared in Reading employer: F5 Consultants
At RSG Plc, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our hybrid working model allows for flexibility while ensuring our employees have access to cutting-edge technology and resources in the Reading area. With a strong focus on professional development and growth opportunities, we empower our team members to shape their careers while contributing to the evolution of enterprise-level platforms.
