Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
<p><b>Salary: £70,000 - 75,000 per year</b></p>
<b>Requirements:</b>
<ul><li>Strong experience with Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows Server environments</li><li>Hands-on scripting skills (Bash, Python, PowerShell or similar)</li><li>Proven experience with automation and DevOps tooling (Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD, Git)</li><li>Experience working with Azure or similar cloud platforms</li><li>Solid understanding of infrastructure reliability, monitoring, and incident response</li><li>Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work across multiple priorities</li><li>Willingness to work in secure, regulated environments (SC eligibility required)</li><li>Infrastructure-as-Code lifecycle and best practices (desirable)</li><li>Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) (desirable)</li><li>Configuration management and desired state tooling (desirable)</li><li>Application and platform monitoring tools (Splunk, Nagios or similar) (desirable)</li><li>Experience hardening systems and conducting security assessments (desirable)</li><li>Understanding of Agile and DevOps principles in practice (desirable)</li></ul>
<b>Responsibilities:</b>
<ul><li>Designing, delivering, upgrading, and maintaining core platforms, services, and automations</li><li>Building and improving monitoring, alerting, and observability platforms</li><li>Designing secure infrastructure using automation-first approaches</li><li>Creating and productionising proofs of concept for new tools and technologies</li><li>Diagnosing and resolving performance, reliability, and availability issues</li><li>Supporting architecture, documentation, and non-functional requirements</li><li>Mentoring engineers and helping improve DevOps and SRE practices</li></ul>
<b>Technologies:</b>
<ul><li>Ansible</li><li>Azure</li><li>Bash</li><li>CI/CD</li><li>Cloud</li><li>DevOps</li><li>Docker</li><li>Git</li><li>Kubernetes</li><li>Linux</li><li>PowerShell</li><li>Python</li><li>Security</li><li>Splunk</li><li>Terraform</li><li>Ubuntu</li><li>Windows</li></ul>
<p><b>More:</b></p>
<p>We are offering a permanent opportunity for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer who enjoys building secure, automated, and highly reliable platforms within a defense and national security environment. Our role allows you to work on modern infrastructure where automation, resilience, and secure-by-design principles are fundamental. We provide a collaborative and inclusive culture with strong benefits including competitive pay, bonus, pension, private healthcare, generous leave, professional development, wellbeing perks, and modern on-site facilities, all while operating in a hybrid format based in Farnborough.</p>
<p>last updated 8 week of 2026</p>
<b>Requirements:</b>
<ul><li>Strong experience with Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows Server environments</li><li>Hands-on scripting skills (Bash, Python, PowerShell or similar)</li><li>Proven experience with automation and DevOps tooling (Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD, Git)</li><li>Experience working with Azure or similar cloud platforms</li><li>Solid understanding of infrastructure reliability, monitoring, and incident response</li><li>Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work across multiple priorities</li><li>Willingness to work in secure, regulated environments (SC eligibility required)</li><li>Infrastructure-as-Code lifecycle and best practices (desirable)</li><li>Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) (desirable)</li><li>Configuration management and desired state tooling (desirable)</li><li>Application and platform monitoring tools (Splunk, Nagios or similar) (desirable)</li><li>Experience hardening systems and conducting security assessments (desirable)</li><li>Understanding of Agile and DevOps principles in practice (desirable)</li></ul>
<b>Responsibilities:</b>
<ul><li>Designing, delivering, upgrading, and maintaining core platforms, services, and automations</li><li>Building and improving monitoring, alerting, and observability platforms</li><li>Designing secure infrastructure using automation-first approaches</li><li>Creating and productionising proofs of concept for new tools and technologies</li><li>Diagnosing and resolving performance, reliability, and availability issues</li><li>Supporting architecture, documentation, and non-functional requirements</li><li>Mentoring engineers and helping improve DevOps and SRE practices</li></ul>
<b>Technologies:</b>
<ul><li>Ansible</li><li>Azure</li><li>Bash</li><li>CI/CD</li><li>Cloud</li><li>DevOps</li><li>Docker</li><li>Git</li><li>Kubernetes</li><li>Linux</li><li>PowerShell</li><li>Python</li><li>Security</li><li>Splunk</li><li>Terraform</li><li>Ubuntu</li><li>Windows</li></ul>
<p><b>More:</b></p>
<p>We are offering a permanent opportunity for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer who enjoys building secure, automated, and highly reliable platforms within a defense and national security environment. Our role allows you to work on modern infrastructure where automation, resilience, and secure-by-design principles are fundamental. We provide a collaborative and inclusive culture with strong benefits including competitive pay, bonus, pension, private healthcare, generous leave, professional development, wellbeing perks, and modern on-site facilities, all while operating in a hybrid format based in Farnborough.</p>
<p>last updated 8 week of 2026</p>