Overview

I am are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join a global financial services organisation. This is a true engineering role focused on building, scaling, and optimising Azure infrastructure - not just operational support.

Responsibilities

• Engineering into Azure public cloud infrastructure – deployment, scaling, and optimisation.
• Building automation and tooling (Python preferred; PowerShell or Terraform also applicable).
• Supporting CI/CD pipelines and SRE tooling (Jenkins a nice-to-have, but not essential).
• Participating in an on-call rota (1 weekend in 12, with the option to volunteer for additional weekends for extra pay).
• Partnering with DevOps teams and helping engineers transition towards SRE best practice.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Azure expertise – infrastructure, deployment, and engineering.
• Strong automation skills – ideally Python, but PowerShell or Terraform also relevant.
• Background in DevOps with a clear motivation to move into full SRE is okay.
• Team-oriented mindset with a passion for solving complex infrastructure challenges.
• Financial services experience is not required.

Details

• Location: Manchester or Glasgow (2 days per week on-site)
• Sponsorship: Unfortunately my client is unable to support visa sponsorships with this hire
• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and Design
• Industries: Financial Services, Banking, and Technology, Information and Media