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Salary to £60k + Company Options Scheme
Hybrid working between your home, their offices (London Vauxhall) & client sites.
NB: Only apply if you are (ideally a UK National) able to achieve either SC or DV clearance.
(SC) 5 years & (DV) 10 years residency in the UK with no more than a 3‑month break outside the UK.
NB: For non‑UK Citizens we cannot accept applications from anyone requiring sponsorship (now or in the future) for UK permanent employment status. If you are utilising a work visa this must allow you to work in the UK unrestricted for at least the next 5 years.
Overview
This company is a Workflow & AI Orchestration Specialist. They’re on a mission to modernise how public sector organisations manage casework, derive insight from data and deliver citizen services. They’re growing fast and looking for bright, dynamic people to help build their business.
Role
They’re looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join their growing platform and delivery teams. You’ll help design, build, and operate reliable, secure, and performant infrastructure that underpins critical public‑sector services. You’ll combine your background in DevOps, cloud engineering, and automation with a focus on reliability, observability, and scalability. You’ll also work with event‑driven technologies, identity and access management, and data platforms, ensuring our orchestration solutions are resilient, secure, and future‑ready. This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer who thrives on solving complex infrastructure and automation challenges, automating everything, and shaping secure‑by‑design delivery environments.
Responsibilities
* Design, build, and operate resilient cloud infrastructure (AWS & Azure preferred)
* Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI
* Implement infrastructure‑as‑code using Terraform, Helm, and Kubernetes manifests
* Build and manage event‑driven architectures using Apache Kafka or similar messaging systems
* Operate and maintain databases and data platforms such as PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and MongoDB
* Configure and support identity and access management (IdAM) solutions such as Keycloak
* Monitor system health, performance, and capacity using modern observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry)
* Champion DevSecOps practices, embedding security and compliance into every stage of delivery
* Automate deployment, scaling, and recovery processes to improve reliability and reduce manual toil
* Support development teams with environment configuration, secrets management, and container orchestration
* Participate in incident management and root‑cause analysis to continuously improve system resilience
* Contribute to internal platform frameworks, templates, and automation accelerators
Essential
* Experience in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure Engineering roles
* Strong knowledge of AWS, Azure, or GCP environments
* Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration
* Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
* Strong experience with infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform, Helm, or CloudFormation)
* Working knowledge of event‑driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)
* Experience managing and tuning databases (PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, MongoDB)
* Familiarity with Keycloak or equivalent identity and access management (IdAM) platforms
* Strong scripting or automation experience (Python, Bash, or Go preferred)
* Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools for observability
* Understanding of networking, DNS, load balancing, and security controls
* Collaborative, pragmatic, and proactive problem solver
* Must be eligible and prepared to go through SC Security Clearance
Desirable
* Experience operating production workloads in the UK public sector or regulated environments
* Familiarity with Camunda or other process orchestration platforms
* Experience implementing DevSecOps frameworks or security automation tools
* Understanding of zero‑trust networking and secure‑by‑design principles
* Familiarity with service mesh technologies (e.g. Istio, Linkerd)
* Exposure to agentic AI or workflow automation environments
* Holds UK security clearance (SC, DV, eDV)
What They Offer
* A company option scheme giving employees a stake in the organisation they’re building
* Meaningful mission: tackling high‑impact public‑sector problems that improve services millions rely on
* Hybrid working – flexible between their London office, client offices, and your home location
* Outputs over optics: focus on delivery, not hours online
* Work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with founders; learn from experienced practitioners in a nurturing, hands‑on environment
* Shape the organisation – your fingerprints will be on the company as it grows
* Autonomy by default: empowerment to do what’s needed
* Sociable, low‑ego, dynamic engagements – no big‑firm stiffness or needless bureaucracy
* Professional development: investment in training and certifications
Additional Eligibility
UK national preference; SC or DV clearance required. No sponsorship for non‑UK nationals.
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