Site Reliability Engineer (contract outside of IR35)

Role overview Design, operate, and improve reliable infrastructure supporting critical services. This hands-on site reliability role spans physical and virtual systems through to the applications they run, with opportunities to improve performance, automate operations, and shape technical direction alongside other teams.

Responsibilities - Design and maintain scalable, resilient physical and virtual infrastructure. - Monitor system performance and identify and resolve issues proactively. - Automate infrastructure operations and configuration, including with tools such as Ansible. - Work with engineers and stakeholders to improve platforms, tools, and operating practices. - Support services across the stack, from bare-metal systems and virtualized environments to applications.

Requirements - Experience in site reliability engineering, DevOps, or a comparable infrastructure role. - Strong knowledge of a cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. - Experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management, such as Terraform or Ansible. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automation, monitoring, logging, and alerting. - Collaborative problem-solving skills. - Eligibility for the required UK government security clearance, including relevant residency and right-to-work criteria.

Benefits and work setup The contract is described as three months, rolling, outside IR35, with a fully remote setup and a day rate of £500–£600. The listing also mentions holiday allowance, an option to buy or sell an additional week, annual bonus, pension, private healthcare, life insurance, enhanced parental leave, and flexible working. It states that security screening and clearance are required.