Site Reliability Engineer

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Location: Birmingham, UK

Hybrid Onsite

Inside IR35 Contract

Experience Required

Minimum 3 years of experience as an SRE / DevOps / Platform Engineer

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with hands-on experience in Docker, Kubernetes, and working knowledge of the ELK stack.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of production systems and services.
• Design, deploy, and maintain containerized applications using Docker.
• Manage and orchestrate workloads using Kubernetes, including deployments, scaling, and monitoring.
• Monitor system health, performance, and logs using the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
• Implement proactive monitoring, alerting, and incident response to minimize downtime.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and operational tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.

Required Skills

• Minimum 3 years of experience as an SRE, DevOps Engineer, or Platform Engineer.
• Strong hands-on experience with Docker for containerization.
• Practical experience managing container orchestration using Kubernetes.
• Working knowledge of the ELK stack for centralized logging, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Linux/Unix systems and command-line tools.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
• Exposure to Prometheus, Grafana, or other monitoring tools.