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
* 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 virtualization (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.
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