Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Public Sector Resourcing, managed by AMS; London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000

Job description

On behalf of the Cabinet Office, we are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Inside IR35) for a 6 Month contract based hybrid in London, Bristol or Manchester.

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office.

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role; as a minimum, you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ), preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

Job Description:

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Site Reliability Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have expertise in maintaining and improving the reliability, performance, and scalability of our systems. As a senior SRE, you will work collaboratively with software engineers, operations, and other stakeholders to ensure a seamless and reliable service for our users.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Implement and manage system monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure high availability and performance.
2. Collaborate with development teams to design and deploy scalable and resilient infrastructure.
3. Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and reliability issues across the stack.
4. Automate repetitive tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce human error.
5. Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents promptly to minimize downtime.
6. Conduct post-incident reviews and implement improvements to prevent future occurrences.
7. Optimize system architecture for cost-effectiveness while maintaining performance and reliability.
8. Document system architecture, processes, and procedures to facilitate knowledge sharing.
9. Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve our systems.
10. Enable a positive technical culture, applying agile methods to development and completing quality assurance practices.
11. Advise delivery/product managers on the estimated effort and technical implications of current user stories, as well as those in the backlog.
12. Form relationships with external suppliers and technical stakeholders.
13. Help enable the reuse of patterns, tools, and components across the whole government service landscape.

Essential Skills:

1. 3+ years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or similar role.
2. Proficiency in cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure.
3. Experience with software configuration management (SCM) tools such as Ansible, Terraform, AWS Config, Puppet, or Chef.
4. Strong scripting skills in languages such as JS, Python, Bash, or Ruby.
5. Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
6. Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or similar.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following: 'this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such, the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.'