Site Reliability Engineer

We are looking for a hands-on Site Reliability / Infrastructure Engineer to join a highly technical engineering environment, working on complex, production-critical systems supporting UK Government projects. What you'll be doing - Building, deploying and maintaining highly reliable production systems. - Working extensively with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments. - Developing and improving infrastructure tooling and automation. - Writing production-quality code using Python, Go, Java or JavaScript. - Troubleshooting complex infrastructure and distributed systems issues. - Improving reliability, scalability, monitoring and operational performance. - Working closely with software engineers and technical teams to deliver secure production systems. - Contributing to Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD processes. What we're looking for - 1–5 years' experience within Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering or a similar position. - Demonstrable experience building and deploying production systems – candidates with purely support/debugging backgrounds will not be suitable. - Strong hands-on Docker and Kubernetes experience. - Programming experience with at least one of Python, Go, Java or JavaScript. - Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a closely related discipline from a highly ranked university. - Experience working within complex, technically demanding production environments. - Exposure to Terraform, Ansible, Infrastructure-as-Code and/or CI/CD would be advantageous. - Background within defence technology, cloud infrastructure, large-scale technology or similarly complex engineering environments would be beneficial. - Based within 30 minutes of the London site, or willing to relocate. Please note: Due to the security requirements of this position, applicants must be sole British nationals (no dual nationality) and hold active UK DV security clearance.