Cloud Engineer/SRE - Go & Github
Posted 1 day ago by Square One Resources
£690 Per day
Inside
Remote
London, UK
Summary: The Cloud Engineer/SRE role focuses on developing and managing core services and tooling for GitHub Enterprise within a newly formed team. The position requires expertise in Go and GitHub, emphasizing automation and integration with enterprise systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong operations or infrastructure background and a passion for leveraging innovative technologies. This is a foundational role that offers the opportunity to shape GitHub automation and security practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design & Develop: Architect, develop, and maintain robust, scalable software solutions for managing GitHub Enterprise resources.
- GitHub Organization Orchestration: Build tools and services to automate the creation, configuration, and policy enforcement across multiple GitHub Organizations.
- Repository Lifecycle Management: Develop systems for standardized repository creation, management, archiving, and deletion.
- Policy Enforcement: Implement mechanisms to enforce organizational policies around code quality, security, and contribution guidelines.
- Tooling Integration: Integrate GitHub with other enterprise services to create a seamless developer experience.
- Automation: Drive automation initiatives for operational tasks related to GitHub.
- Generative AI Adoption: Explore and implement the use of Generative AI tools within development processes.
- Collaboration: Work closely with security, infrastructure, and development teams to ensure solutions meet enterprise-wide needs.
- Documentation: Create clear, comprehensive documentation for the tools and services developed.
- Mentorship: Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers within the team and across the organization.
Key Skills:
- Software Development: Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language: Go, Python or Java.
- API Interaction: Experience designing, consuming, and interacting with APIs.
- GitHub Ecosystem: Solid understanding of GitHub Enterprise features and practical experience with GitHub APIs, Apps, and Actions.
- Operations/Infrastructure Background: Proven experience in an operations, site reliability engineering (SRE), or infrastructure engineering role.
- Modern SDLC Practices: Familiarity with dependency management, security remediation processes, testing frameworks, and version control.
- Problem Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Hands-on experience with Terraform or similar tooling.
Salary (Rate): £690 daily
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Cloud Engineer/SRE - Golang & Github
Location: Remote - UK, London
Salary/Rate: Up to £690 a day Inside IR35
Start Date: August 2025
Job Type: 12 Month Contract
Company Introduction:
We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer/SRE with Development experience in Go and Github to join our client in the Global Analytical Risk sector.
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Cloud Engineer/SRE to join our newly formed Enterprise GitHub Operations & Tooling team. This is a foundational role where you will be instrumental in designing, building, and managing the core services and tooling that underpin our extensive use of GitHub Enterprise. You will be responsible for developing code and solutions that automate and enforce policies for our GitHub Organizations, streamline repository life cycle management, and integrate tightly with our broader enterprise ecosystem. This role is ideal for an engineer with a strong background in operations or infrastructure, a passion for automation, and keen to leverage cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI.
What You'll Do:
- Design & Develop: Architect, develop, and maintain robust, scalable software solutions for managing GitHub Enterprise resources. This will primarily involve writing code (Go, Python or Java) that interacts extensively with GitHub's APIs.
- GitHub Organization Orchestration: Build tools and services to automate the creation, configuration, and policy enforcement across multiple GitHub Organizations.
- Repository Lifecycle Management: Develop systems for standardized repository creation, management, archiving, and deletion, ensuring compliance and security best practices.
- Policy Enforcement: Implement mechanisms, potentially including custom GitHub Apps and Actions, to enforce organizational policies around code quality, security, and contribution guidelines. This includes exploring alternatives to traditional pre-commit hooks.
- Tooling Integration: Integrate GitHub with other enterprise services (eg, identity providers, security scanners, compliance platforms) to create a seamless developer experience.
- Automation: Drive automation initiatives for operational tasks related to GitHub, reducing manual effort and improving efficiency.
- Generative AI Adoption: Actively explore and implement the use of Generative AI tools (eg, GitHub Copilot) within development processes to enhance productivity and code quality.
- Collaboration: Work closely with security, infrastructure, and development teams to understand requirements, gather feedback, and ensure solutions meet enterprise-wide needs.
- Documentation: Create clear, comprehensive documentation for the tools and services you develop.
- Mentorship: Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers within the team and across the organization.
What We're Looking For
Mandatory Skills & Experience:
- Software Development: Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language: Go, Python or Java.
- API Interaction: Experience designing, consuming, and interacting with APIs.
- GitHub Ecosystem: Solid understanding of GitHub Enterprise features, best practices, and strong practical experience with:
- GitHub APIs (REST and GraphQL)
- GitHub Apps (building, deploying, managing)
- GitHub Actions (designing complex workflows, custom actions)
- GitHub Enterprise, Organization and Repository settings.
- Operations/Infrastructure Background: Proven experience in an operations, site reliability engineering (SRE), or infrastructure engineering role, with a strong appreciation for automation and stability.
- Modern SDLC Practices: Familiarity with:
- Dependency management.
- Security remediation processes and secure coding practices.
- Testing frameworks and methodologies.
- Version control (Git) and Git workflows.
- Problem Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing challenges.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Hands-on experience with Terraform or similar tooling for managing cloud resources.
Highly Advantageous:
- Generative AI Inclination: A strong interest in, and practical experience with, leveraging Generative AI tools in daily development processes.
- Containerization & Orchestration: Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes, including the use of Kubernetes controllers.
- Cloud Platforms: Experience with AWS or Azure public cloud services, including networking, compute, and IAM concepts.
- Security Domain Knowledge: Understanding of common security vulnerabilities and best practices in a cloud/DevOps context.
Why Join Us?
- Be a foundational member of a new, high-impact team.
- Work on critical infrastructure that directly impacts thousands of engineers.
- Shape our approach to GitHub automation and security.
- Opportunities to innovate with Generative AI and other cutting-edge technologies.
- A collaborative and supportive work environment.