Role Title: Site Reliability Engineer
Location: Milton Keynes/Hybrid (3 days on site)
Duration: 6 months contract
Rate: £390 per day inside ir35
Role Description:
Join a leading global IT consultancy and digital transformation organisation at the forefront of cloud, automation and secure platform engineering. We're looking for a Kubernetes-first engineer who wants to own and evolve a modern, enterprise-scale platform spanning AWS, Azure and on-prem. This is a hands‑on role with real influence over reliability, security and architecture.
Responsibilities:
* Operate and enhance our Kubernetes platform across AWS, Azure, and on prem.
* Lead incident response, problem management, and root cause analysis.
* Deliver cluster lifecycle work: upgrades, patching, node pools, CNI/CSI, ingress, and Rancher operations.
* Own observability, dashboards, alerting, and SLOs/SLIs.
* Implement GitOps (Fleet) and reduce toil through automation and strong governance.
* Apply secure API gateway and WAF patterns.
* Work with distributed system patterns, including event brokers and asynchronous messaging.
* Maintain security posture: CVE remediation, GRC controls, scanning pipelines.
Required Skills:
* Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Rancher, GitOps, Linux, and cloud networking.
* Understanding of API gateway and WAF patterns.
* Experience with distributed systems and event driven architectures.
* Strong automation/scripting (Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell, .NET).
* IaC:
o Terraform for foundational/bootstrap cluster provisioning.
o Crossplane as an orchestration layer (leveraging Terraform providers).
* Ability to work securely within PCI DSS / GDPR patterns.
* CI/CD: Concourse, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps.
* Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger/Tempo, CloudWatch, Loki, OpenTelemetry.
Nice to Have:
* AWS operational experience.
* Service mesh (Istio/Kuma).
* Hybrid cloud experience (AWS + Azure + on prem).
* Payments or regulated industry background.
If you are interested in this role or wish to apply, please feel free to submit your CV.
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