Overview
Join a team at the heart of the global economy! The Department for Business and Trade ("DBT") and Inspire People are partnering to recruit Senior Site Reliability Engineers to ensure DBT's digital services work as users expect, providing development teams with observability tools, dashboards, and declarative CI/CD pipelines. Salary: £63,824 to £83,778 (including allowances) plus Civil Service benefits and pension. Salary is location- and skill-dependent. Flexible, hybrid working from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Birmingham, Salford, Edinburgh or Belfast.
Responsibilities
* Build and scale DBT's product platform and services in AWS.
* Provide development teams with observability, monitoring, CI/CD pipelines and service-level objectives.
* Participate in an on-call rota (with allowance), helping to keep DBT services resilient and reliable.
* Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the growth of the SRE function.
Technologies you will work with include AWS, Azure, Terraform/CloudFormation, Docker, ECS, ECR, ElasticSearch, Python/Django, PostgreSQL (RDS), Redis, and more.
Essential Criteria
* Cloud experience with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
* Ability to build reliable, well-tested infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi).
* Fluency in one or more programming languages, writing clean, effective code.
* Experience designing, analysing and troubleshooting distributed systems.
* Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking.
* Ability to evaluate user impact of infrastructure changes.
* Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
* Civil Service pension with average employer contribution of 28.97%.
* 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 with service.
* Hybrid/flexible working (2-3 days in office per week).
* Three paid volunteering days per year.
* Learning and development tailored to your role.
* Inclusive culture encouraging diversity.
Security Clearance
This role requires SC clearance. To be eligible, you must have been resident in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit a 2-page CV aligned to the essential criteria. Applications will be assessed against these requirements before progression to DBT. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview and complete a technical exercise. If you are a DevOps Engineer, SRE, or Systems Administrator looking to make a real impact across government digital services, apply today or contact Keesha Paulsen at Inspire People for more information.
Note: Referrals may increase your chances of interview.
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