At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our Cloud Pod to deliver and maintain critical services in a cloud-native environment.
- Company: Be part of a leading ethical tech company recognised for 13 years.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, training, certifications, and access to 250,000+ learning resources.
- Other info: Collaborative team culture with strong support for continuous improvement and career progression.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on national-scale cloud transformation while growing your skills.
- Qualifications: Hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, OpenShift, and scripting in Bash and Python.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 70000 £ per year.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on expertise in Kubernetes and Open Shift is essential.
- Experience troubleshooting key operators including Service Mesh, ODF, ACS, ACM, and AMQ.
- Ability to work in complex multi-cloud or hybrid environments with a solid foundation in distributed systems.
- Expertise in observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Tempo.
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools such as Kustomize and Helm, with scripting skills in Bash and Python.
- Experience managing Git Ops pipelines using Tekton, Argo CD, or Flux CD.
- Strong growth mindset with a willingness to learn and continuously improve.
- Active SC clearance required.
- Desirable: CKA or CKS Kubernetes certification.
- Desirable: Experience working in secure or classified environments.
- Desirable: Familiarity with Red Hat ACM/ACS and networking tools such as Submariner.
- Desirable: Hands-on experience with EDB Postgres for enterprise-grade databases.
Responsibilities
- We will embed the Site Reliability Engineer within our Cloud Pod to help deliver and maintain services.
- We will work hands-on in a modern cloud-native environment using Kubernetes, Open Shift, Git Ops, service mesh, and observability tooling.
- We will support a major UK critical infrastructure programme delivering large-scale cloud-native transformation at enterprise scale.
- We will operate within a team culture built around support, shared ownership, and continuous improvement.
- We will participate in a regular on‑call rota supporting Critical National Infrastructure.
- We will provide opportunities to develop through training, certifications, and collaboration with experienced engineers.
- Technologies
- Argo CD
- Bash
- Cloud
- Git Ops
- Grafana
- Helm
- Support
- Kubernetes
- Open Shift
- Prometheus
- Python
- Dev Ops
- Embedded
- PLC
- More
We are hiring Site Reliability Engineers for a major UK critical infrastructure programme based in Reading, with hybrid working of 2-3 days onsite.
This is a long‑term opportunity with clear progression, strong development support, and access to industry certifications, thinktanks, hackathons, and more than 250,000 learning resources.
We offer the chance to contribute to a high‑impact national‑scale cloud‑native transformation programme supporting Critical National Infrastructure, while working alongside experienced engineers in a collaborative environment.
We are also proud to be part of a company recognised by Ethisphere as one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies for 13 consecutive years.
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