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Site Reliability Engineer | UK Remote | 6months | £530 p/d outside ir35

One of our public sector clients is seeking a skilled Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support and enhance their modern digital platform as it transitions from on-premise to cloud-native environments. You'll work within a highly collaborative, agile Site Resilience team focused on building reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure and services.

Site Reliability Engineer - Key Responsibilities

Administer and optimise RHEL 7/8/9 and Red Hat Satellite
Automate OS and application deployment using Ansible and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
Support Oracle 19c on Oracle Linux with KVM and CommVault integration
Maintain observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB, Nagios, Fluentd, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch)
Implement and monitor SLIs/SLOs; support disaster recovery testing
Manage Docker containers and work in Kubernetes/OpenShift environments
Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Git Runners, Ansible Automation Platform)
Deliver and support infrastructure in AWS using VPC, EC2, S3, NLB, and automation via Terraform or CDK
Collaborate with development and assurance teams to improve resilience and reduce risk

Site Reliability Engineer - Essential Skills & Experience

Strong Unix/Linux (RHEL 7/8/9) system administration
Load balancer technologies (HAProxy, keepalived)
Advanced scripting (Bash, Perl), configuration management, patching & hardening
CI/CD pipelines, version control with Git
Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban), team collaboration, and documentation

Desirable

MongoDB support, Python scripting, AWS EKS, general security architecture

This is a 6-month contract with possible extensions, working remotely in the UK (occasional visit to Edinburgh office may be required). Day rate on offer of £530 outside ir35

Apply today to be considered!

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

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Seniority level

Seniority level
Entry level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Data Infrastructure and Analytics

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