Site Reliability Engineer

We are seeking a talented and experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team.
As a SRE, you will be instrumental in helping engineer, implement, and maintain our infrastructure to ensure its reliability, scalability, and security. Your role will focus on leveraging infrastructure as code principles, automation, and best practices to optimize our systems' performance and availability.
To succeed in this role, you will be a team player with a keen eye for detail and a creative problem solver with a “get things done” attitude. You should be eager to help and share your knowledge, with the passion for learning and improving yourself and others.
Responsibilities
Engineer scalable and resilient infrastructure using infrastructure as code principles, leveraging tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
Partner with development teams to integrate infrastructure requirements into software design and deployment processes, promoting a DevOps culture.
Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery and deployment processes, ensuring fast and reliable releases.
Utilize cloud-native services and technologies, particularly AWS, to optimize the performance and security of our cloud infrastructure.
Monitor system health, performance, and availability using monitoring and observability tools, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues, minimizing downtime and improving system reliability.
Mentor and provide guidance to junior team members, fostering their growth and development in SRE practices and principles.
Experience Required
Must have:
Strong proficiency in scripting languages like Ruby, Python or Go for automation and tooling.
Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet.
Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
Knowledge of networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, and HTTP/S.
Experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS, and related services like EC2, S3, and IAM.
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment, with excellent communication skills.
Good-to-have:
Understanding of serverless architectures and managed services offered by cloud providers.
Familiarity with log management and analysis tools like ELK Stack or Splunk.
Experience with database technologies, both relational and NoSQL.
Relevant certifications such as:
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Soft Skills:
Strong team player with a drive to improve both themselves and the team
Eager to help others and share knowledge
Ability to adapt to an ever-changing environment
Experience working on an international scale with a variety of cultures
A flexible but organised work style
Excellent written and verbal communication in English
About Us
Strategic Imperatives are recognised as the UK market leaders in fixed line provisioning with award-winning multi-carrier solutions for Local Loop Unbundling, Wholesale Line Rental, Fibre and traditional broadband as well as the channel premier SaaS billing platform. Our products are used by 200 of the UK’s largest communication providers to manage millions of lines, traditional broadband and fibre connections. Our most recent innovation is the wholesale fibre aggregation gateway, The Fibre Café. This is a ground-breaking solution to the challenge of connecting multiple AltNets and Service Providers rapidly and cost-effectively. It eliminates the “spaghetti” approach to integration and provides a single interface underpinned by a modern API, common processes and a unified order journey.
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