Site Reliability Engineer (Contract outside of IR35)
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TwinStream was founded in 2019 by engineers working on complex cross‑domain problems within government organisations. We now provide technical excellence and exceptional service to our clients, operating both on-site and remotely.
Rate: £500 – £600 DOE (outside of IR35) | Location: Remote
About The Role
As an SRE you will ensure the availability, performance and cost effectiveness of our services. You will work with feature development teams and the BAU/Support team to define and evolve cloud & on‑prem infrastructure, delivery pipelines, observability, performance and capacity improvements, and proactively mitigate reliability risks.
Key Responsibilities of the Site Reliability Engineer
* Collaborate with Software Engineers to improve reliability and performance in their subsystems
* Partner with System Administrators in automating toil and eliminating alerts
* Evolve observability and monitoring capabilities to identify and solve problems before they impact the business
* Support development environments to help us achieve our delivery and quality goals
* Research and evaluate technologies, tools and services to influence buy‑vs‑build decisions
* Develop expertise in diverse technical and business domains
* Expand your knowledge of the technical stacks used
Skills & Experience Required
* Experience using Azure
* Experience using modern configuration management tools (such as Ansible, Chef or similar)
* Experience working with Terraform
* Experience working with Docker containers & container orchestration tools (such as Kubernetes, OpenShift or Docker Swarm)
* Experience both using and maintaining CI / CD tools (such as Jenkins or similar)
* Experience with monitoring tools such as InfluxDB, Prometheus or Grafana
* Experience of event‑driven integration with MQ messaging (RabbitMQ or similar AMQP solution)
* Good understanding of relational databases and SQL
* Linux command line, administration and shell scripting
* Working knowledge of network security protocols
* Experience using, developing with and maintaining cloud hosting services (ideally AWS EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda)
Desirable Skills
* Industry experience writing well‑tested code in one of our platform languages (Java, Go, Python or similar)
* Knowledge of cross‑domain principles & technologies
* Experience of working in a service management environment
* Practical applications of using observability patterns in previous systems
* Creating and monitoring system availability metrics and using those to drive work that reduces downtime
Further Information
To meet the security requirements of some clients, any job offer will be contingent upon successful completion of a security screening process. TwinStream is an equal‑opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all individuals are valued and respected. We welcome applications from qualified candidates regardless of race, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, or gender.
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