Site Reliability Engineer (Contract) – AWS / Kubernetes / Terraform
Up to £600/day (Inside IR35)
Hybrid – London
6-Month Contract (Likely Extension)
The Opportunity
We're looking for 2x Senior Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to join a household-name product company.
You'll work alongside an experienced Infrastructure Lead and multiple engineering teams to scale platform capabilities, strengthen reliability, and drive automation across build & deployment
What You'll Be Doing
* Own and enhance CI/CD pipelines & release workflows (Jenkins / GitHub Actions / GitLab / CircleCI)
* Operate and optimise Kubernetes environments (EKS primarily, GKE exposure a bonus)
* Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
* Champion reliability engineering: observability, incident response, performance & cost optimisation, and security best practices
* Drive automation across environments and collaborate with cross-functional teams
What You'll Bring
* Strong hands-on experience with AWS (IAM, networking, EKS/ECR, CloudWatch, etc.)
* Deep expertise in Kubernetes & containerisation (Docker)
* Solid experience with Terraform & IaC best practices
* Proven track record delivering CI/CD pipelines end-to-end
* A senior, self-sufficient communicator who can mentor and work across multiple teams
Nice to Have
* Experience with service mesh & observability tools (Istio, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)
* Policy as code exposure
* Scripting skills (Bash / Python / Go)
* Experience with GKE or multi-cloud environments
Interested? If you've got the skills and want to work on a high-impact platform, apply now!