Site Reliability Engineer (Lead Level) | London | Up to £600 Inside IR35 | Hybrid (2 Days Onsite) | 6 months I’m partnered with a major media and tech company looking for a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to support and scale their Video on Demand (VOD) infrastructure. You’ll work across modern tech stacks including AWS, GCP, Cassandra, and Kafka, helping deliver reliable, high-performance systems used by millions. What you’ll do Lead project delivery while supporting day-to-day operations and incident management Build and manage infrastructure as code to improve reliability, scalability, and performance Design and implement new architectures and best practices for infrastructure and delivery Drive automation across monitoring, CI/CD, and deployment pipelines Mentor engineers and guide technical decisions within a fast-paced, cross-functional environment What you’ll bring Strong Linux administration skills (Ubuntu preferred) Hands-on experience with AWS and GCP Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, or GitLab CI Knowledge of Kafka, Cassandra, and relational or NoSQL databases Scripting skills in Python, Bash, Go, or Java Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Nagios, or Icinga Understanding of networking fundamentals and virtualisation (e.g. VMware) Comfortable with on-call rotations and troubleshooting in live environments Up to £600 per day (Inside IR35) London | Hybrid (2 days onsite) 6-month contract, with strong potential to extend If you’re an experienced SRE who enjoys taking ownership, leading technical delivery, and working on large-scale content platforms, I’d love to chat. Apply or message me if you’d like to hear more.