Site Reliability Engineer

About This Role

This Site Reliability Engineer role focuses on ensuring highly reliable, secure, and scalable application platforms. The engineer will apply SRE practices to cloud-native systems built on AWS, Kubernetes, and Springboot microservices using Java, with a strong emphasis on observability, performance optimization, and incident prevention in complex hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly available and resilient application infrastructure on AWS to ensure business-critical services run reliably and efficiently across hybrid environments
• Optimize Kubernetes-based container platforms by tuning resource usage, scaling strategies, and deployment pipelines to maintain consistent performance under varying workloads
• Develop and enhance Springboot microservices in Java to improve reliability, modularity, and fault tolerance while aligning with best practices for cloud-native architectures
• Create and maintain SRE-focused monitoring and alerting strategies using Splunk to provide deep visibility into application health, latency, errors, and capacity trends
• Apply SRE principles such as error budgets, service level indicators, and service level objectives to guide reliability decisions and balance innovation with stability
• Conduct detailed root cause analysis for production incidents and implement robust corrective actions to prevent recurrence and improve overall system resilience
• Collaborate with application engineers and platform teams to design scalable release strategies that reduce deployment risk and improve change success rates in day shift operations
• Automate routine operational tasks including deployments, rollbacks, configuration updates, and health checks to reduce manual effort and improve consistency
• Implement capacity planning and performance testing strategies to ensure systems meet growth expectations and maintain optimal response times for end users
• Document runbooks, operational procedures, and reliability patterns to support consistent incident response and knowledge sharing across global teams
• Partner with stakeholders supporting asset and wealth management processes to understand domain-specific reliability needs and translate them into technical solutions
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by analyzing reliability metrics, identifying bottlenecks, and proposing targeted enhancements that support organizational goals
• Ensure security, compliance, and governance requirements are integrated into SRE workflows so platforms remain protected while delivering dependable services

Requirements

• Proven experience working as a Site Reliability Engineer in complex environments for eight to twelve years with consistent focus on reliability and performance
• Strong hands-on expertise in AWS services such as compute, storage, networking, and managed application components used to host production workloads
• Practical experience implementing SRE frameworks including observability, incident management, error budgets, and service level definitions in large-scale systems
• Advanced skills using Splunk for log management, custom dashboards, alerts, and analytics to support proactive detection of issues and trends
• Solid experience managing Kubernetes clusters including configuration, scaling, workload orchestration, and troubleshooting in production contexts
• Deep proficiency building and maintaining Springboot-based microservices using Java with emphasis on modular design, resilience, and maintainability
• Background in asset and wealth management domains where reliability and integrity of transactional systems and client-facing platforms are critical
• Mandatory Skills: Java, Springboot, Microservices, Kubernetes, Dynatrace and Splunk
• AWS Certified Sys Ops Administrator or AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator
• Splunk Core Certified Power User
• Candidates must be available to start within 4 weeks of receiving an offer
• Candidates must currently reside in the UK

Important Details

• Schedule: day shift

About the Company

This role focuses on continuous improvement and service resilience for complex hybrid environments.