Site Reliability Engineer (GCP) - 12 Month Contract - Hybrid in Manchester
Role Overview
We are looking for Site Reliability Engineers to join an engineering team on a 12-month hybrid contract (2 days per week on-site), with multiple positions available. The role is responsible for IT operations and infrastructure, ensuring software systems remain scalable, reliable, and efficient through automation, monitoring, and strong engineering practice.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and manage service-level indicators and objectives (SLIs/SLOs), with meaningful alerts and dashboards
- Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis, delivering permanent corrective actions
- Build automation to reduce manual operational effort, including operational runbooks, recovery procedures, and routine support activities
- Implement monitoring, logging, metrics, and telemetry to provide clear service visibility
- Improve system availability, scalability, resilience, security, and performance, supporting reliable deployment, rollback, and release practices
- Collaborate with application, cloud, platform, security, and operations teams to improve production readiness and guide teams in adopting consistent reliability practice
Top 5 Skills
- Strong coding expertise in Python, Java, or Bash
- Hands-on cloud computing experience, ideally with GCP
- Strong Linux/Unix systems knowledge
- Solid understanding of networking protocols
- Containerisation experience with Docker and Kubernetes - desirable: strong analytical and troubleshooting ability, collaborative stakeholder relationships across engineering, operations, security, and architecture
Contract Details:
- Rate: £400 - £500 per day
- Location: Hybrid (2x a week) in Manchester
- Contract Length: 12-Month Initial Contract
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Site Reliability Engineer (GCP) - 12 Month Contract - Hybrid In Manchester employer: Hamilton Barnes
Hamilton Barnes is an exceptional employer for those passionate about live sports broadcasting, offering a dynamic work environment that thrives on teamwork and innovation. With opportunities for professional growth and development in cutting-edge technology, employees enjoy a supportive culture that values their contributions, all while being part of the excitement surrounding Premier League matchday coverage. The shift-based nature of the role allows for flexibility, and the potential for overtime ensures that hard work is rewarded.
