At a Glance
- Tasks: Automate and optimise processes for the Market Risk Platform using Python and AI.
- Company: Join a leading financial institution focused on innovation and reliability.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, hands-on experience, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by reducing operational toil and enhancing automation.
- Qualifications: 8+ years SRE experience, strong Python skills, and a passion for process optimisation.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
NOTE: VISA SPONSORSHIP IS NOT PROVIDED
Location: London, UK (5 Days / Week Onsite)
Type: Contract Inside IR35 / Permanent
Experience: Minimum 8+ Years
Skills:
- SRE experience with Python-based applications (not Java)
- Exposure to cloud technologies
- Familiarity with Athena ecosystem or similar (SecDB, Quartz)
- Banking and risk domain exposure
SRE Role description
We need an experienced SRE to focus predominantly on automation, optimization, and process re-engineering using AI for the Market Risk Platform. Success is measured by capacity created (toil eliminated, fewer manual steps, faster recovery, safer/faster changes) not by being the primary BAU support resources. Strong Python and provable agentic AI delivery.
Primary Objectives:
- Eliminate Operational toil and recurring manual work through durable automation
- Re-engineer support/change processes to reduce handoffs, approvals friction and rerun complexity
- Industrialize reliability operations so existing SREs spend less time firefighting and more time engineering
Key Responsibilities (Automation & Process first):
Automation Engineering (Core)
- Build production grade automation in Python (tools, services, workflows) to remove repetitive work: environment checks, dependency validation, automated reruns/reprocessing, safe restarts, drift detection, remediation actions, and standardized operation tasks
- Create self-service capabilities for common requests (guard railed, auditable, repeatable)
- Implement automation with Safety: idempotency, dry-run modes, approval gates where needed, rollback/undo strategies, and clear audit trails
Process Re-engineering (Core)
- Map current operation processes (incident/problem/change, release readiness, rerun/recovery, access/entitlements, environment onboarding) and redesign them to remove waste and reduce cycle time
- Standardize runbooks/playbooks into executable workflows, reduce tribal knowledge via templates, checklists, and automated pre-flight controls
- Define and track operation KPIs (toil hours removed, alert volume reduction, MTTR improvements, change failure rate reduction, rerun time reduction)
Agentic AI
- Design and implement agentic workflows that take action using tools/runbooks (e.g., diagnostics, evidence gathering, correlation, guided remediation, change-risk checks, automated rerun orchestration)
- Put strong controls in place: scoped permissions, deterministic fallbacks, human-in-the-loop approvals for risky actions, evaluation harnesses and measurable outcomes
- Productionize with monitoring, logging and post incident learnings feeding back into the agent/tooling
Observability (enablement for automation)
Required skills & Experience:
- Senior SRE experience on distributed systems and batch/intraday workloads in a production environment
- Strong Python
- Provable agentic AI experience showing tool integration, guard rails, evaluation approach
- Measurable impact (toil reduction, MTTR reduction, alert reduction etc)
- Demonstrated process optimization ability (removing steps/handoffs, standardizing workflows, implementing light weight controls with metrics)
- Strong Linux and troubleshooting fundamentals across application/system/network layers
- Experience working across mixed estates (On Prem VMs + Cloud, with some Kubernetes exposure for operational monitoring/reruns)
Differentiators:
- Exposure to Banking/Finance Market Risk Domains
- Experience and knowledge of Athena eco system familiarity or similar (Sec DB Quartz)
Site Reliability Engineer in London employer: Neev Limited
As a Site Reliability Engineer in London, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to innovation and excellence in the banking and risk domain. Our company fosters a collaborative work culture that prioritises employee growth through continuous learning and development opportunities, while also offering competitive benefits and a focus on automation and process optimisation. With a commitment to reducing operational toil and enhancing efficiency, we provide a unique environment where your contributions directly impact the success of our Market Risk Platform.
