About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Platform / DevOps / SRE Engineer to join a financial services consultancy on an exciting, long-term project supporting a high-throughput, enterprise API platform.
This is a true engineering-meets-operations role.
Beyond maintaining system health and reliability across public and private cloud environments, you will actively build diagnostic tooling, automate manual processes, and deliver practical engineering improvements to ensure the platform remains stable and performant.
Key Responsibilities
- Platform Operations: Maintain and manage a Kubernetes-based platform operating across public and private cloud environments.
- Incident Management: Drive end-to-end incident response, including root-cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
- Automation & Performance: Build automation, Helm charts, and custom diagnostic tooling to eliminate toil and evaluate performance.
- Observability: Work with observability tools to ensure monitoring alerts are fully actionable through clear, up-to-date runbooks.
- Capacity & Upgrades: Proactively manage capacity scaling and oversee regular software and infrastructure component upgrades.
Key Requirements & Skills
- Kubernetes in Production: Proven hands-on experience operating production-grade Kubernetes (Service Mesh experience is a strong plus).
- Linux Fundamentals: Strong Linux administration and command-line troubleshooting skills.
- Cloud Infrastructure: Practical experience with major cloud providers, preferably AWS or Azure.
- Problem Solving: Confident debugging complex systems across all layers, from application code to underlying infrastructure.
- Observability (Plus): Working knowledge of Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, or Tempo.
- Automation & Scripting (Plus): Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm), CI/CD pipelines, or scripting in Python/Java.
Rate:
Not specified
Location:
London
IR35 Status:
Outside
Remote Status:
Hybrid
Industry:
IT
Seniority Level:
Not Specified