Site Reliability Engineer Jobs

Engineers who ensure cloud services are reliable, scalable, and efficient. A critical role in maintaining uptime and performance in cloud environments.

Open roles
12
Salary range
£46k – £100k
Hiring companies
9

Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) are the backbone of cloud operations, ensuring that applications and services run smoothly and efficiently. They work closely with development teams to build and maintain robust, scalable systems that can handle high traffic and complex workloads. SREs are in high demand across a range of industries, from tech startups to large enterprises, and their role is crucial in maintaining the reliability and performance of cloud-based applications.

What the role does

Inside the role of a Site Reliability Engineer

A typical week for an SRE is a mix of proactive system maintenance, incident response, and collaboration with development teams.

  1. 01
    Monitor system performance and health metrics.
  2. 02
    Respond to and resolve incidents and outages.
  3. 03
    Implement and optimise automation scripts and tools.
  4. 04
    Collaborate with developers on system design and improvements.
  5. 05
    Conduct post-incident reviews and document findings.
  6. 06
    Participate in on-call rotations and provide 24/7 support when needed.
Salary on the board

£46k – £100k

Based on advertised midpoints across the 104 UK listings priced in pounds in the last 12 months. Base salary only.

Salary visibility
52% of listings advertise a salary — up from 0% the year before.
By seniority
£k base
Mid
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90
23 jobs
Senior
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31 jobs
Lead
64
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23 jobs
Skills & tools

What hiring managers ask for

% of 85 listings posted in the last 12 months that mention each skill, extracted from job descriptions.

Terraform
60%
CI/CD
56%
Python
51%
Linux
42%
AWS
42%
Observability
41%
Kubernetes
39%
Azure
36%
Infrastructure as Code
32%
Automation
28%
Grafana
27%
Prometheus
27%
Career ladder

From Junior to Principal

A typical UK progression for site reliability engineers. Years are guidance — strong people move faster, and many senior folks sidestep into research, product or management.

  1. Level 1

    Junior Site Reliability Engineer

    0–2 yrs

    Assist in monitoring and maintaining cloud infrastructure, with a focus on learning and supporting more experienced team members.

  2. Level 2

    Site Reliability Engineer

    2–5 yrs

    Own the reliability and performance of specific systems, implementing automation and optimisation strategies.

  3. Level 3

    Senior Site Reliability Engineer

    5–8 yrs

    Lead the design and implementation of complex cloud architectures, mentor junior engineers, and drive reliability initiatives.

  4. Level 4

    Principal Site Reliability Engineer

    8+ yrs

    Strategise and oversee the reliability and scalability of the entire cloud infrastructure, influencing company-wide practices and policies.

Pathway

How to become a Site Reliability Engineer

There's no single route, but most people follow some version of these steps.

  1. 1

    Learn the Basics

    Start with foundational knowledge in cloud platforms, scripting, and system administration.

  2. 2

    Gain Practical Experience

    Work on real-world projects, contributing to monitoring, automation, and incident response.

  3. 3

    Specialise in SRE Practices

    Deepen your expertise in reliability engineering, including capacity planning and disaster recovery.

  4. 4

    Lead Projects and Teams

    Take on leadership roles, managing teams and driving large-scale reliability initiatives.

  5. 5

    Influence Company Strategy

    Shape the company's cloud strategy and best practices, contributing to long-term reliability and efficiency.

Live jobs

12 live roles

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The Business Connection

Site Reliability Engineer

  • London
  • Remote
  • £130,000 – £150,000 pa
  • Senior

Designs and scales a unified observability platform using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry and Tempo/Jaeger for satellite constellations, ground station networks and deep-space communications. Defines SLOs, SLIs and error budgets, automates infrastructure with Terraform and ArgoCD, and leads incident response across Kubernetes and multi-cloud environments.

Prometheus · Grafana · Loki +7

Last week

Innova Recruitment

Site Reliability Engineer

  • Manchester
  • Hybrid · 3 days in office
  • £70,000 – £80,000 pa
  • Senior

Owns the platform engineering practice, acting as technical authority for reliability, observability and engineering quality while reporting to the CTO. Defines standards and tooling, leads an observability rollout, improves Azure IaC and CI/CD pipelines, and coaches development teams rather than owning every deployment.

Microsoft Azure · Azure DevOps · Bicep +9

3 weeks ago

Ricoh

Site Reliability Engineer

  • London
  • Mid-level

Hands-on role driving reliability, performance and operational excellence across hybrid cloud and on-prem environments. You will define SRE practices, deliver against SLIs, SLOs and error budgets, lead root-cause analysis, and embed automation, observability and infrastructure-as-code across Azure and on-prem, while ensuring alignment with ISO 27001 security and compliance standards.

Azure · Terraform · ARM +7

2 weeks ago

Amazon · Public

Site Reliability Engineer , Access and Identity Services

  • London
  • Permanent

Builds and operates critical Access and Identity services in a large-scale, high-availability cloud environment, with a strong focus on automation to reduce manual toil. Uses Linux and networking skills to troubleshoot, deploy and sustain distributed systems, leveraging AI tooling and metrics to drive operational efficiency. Also mentors junior engineers and consults with senior staff on root-cause analysis.

AWS

2 weeks ago

Amazon · Public

Site Reliability Engineer , Cryptography, Access and Identity Services

  • London
  • Hybrid
  • Mid-level
  • Permanent

Builds and operates large-scale, high-availability cryptography, access and identity services on AWS, with a strong focus on automation to reduce manual toil. Day-to-day work spans Linux troubleshooting, networking diagnostics, capacity metrics and AI tooling, while mentoring junior engineers and acting as a subject matter expert across multiple AWS services.

AWS

Visa sponsorship 6 months ago

eFinancialCareers

Site Reliability Engineer - Selby Jennings

  • London
  • Senior

Hands-on reliability engineer role focused on business-critical production systems supporting portfolio construction and investment technology. Involves driving observability, incident response, CI/CD pipelines, and automation primarily in Python, across hybrid cloud and on-prem Kubernetes environments, while influencing reliability strategy.

Kubernetes · Terraform · Ansible +1

6 days ago

Synapri

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

  • Nottingham
  • Hybrid · 2 days in office
  • £65,000 – £75,000 pa
  • Senior
  • Permanent

Owns production Azure workloads, improving platform reliability, optimising cloud architecture and automating operational processes while driving SRE best practices. Works hands-on with Terraform, Bicep or ARM, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, GitHub Actions and AKS/Kubernetes. Hybrid role in a financial services organisation, two days per week onsite.

Microsoft Azure · Terraform · Bicep +7

Last month

Nebius

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (DevTools)

  • London
  • Remote
  • Senior

Maintains and scales a DevTools platform running 25k TeamCity builds daily, 100 TB of Artifactory artifacts and a large GitLab monorepo. Splits time evenly between SRE and software engineering, modifying open- and closed-source tools, building plugins and improving fault tolerance. Also experiments with RAG and AI agents.

TeamCity · Artifactory · GitLab +2

4 months ago
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FAQs

Common questions

  • Essential skills include strong knowledge of cloud platforms, scripting, system administration, and automation tools. Familiarity with monitoring and incident response is also crucial.

  • SREs collaborate closely with developers to ensure that applications are designed for reliability and scalability. They provide feedback on system design and help implement automation and monitoring solutions.

  • SREs often work in fast-paced, collaborative environments. They may be part of on-call rotations and need to be available to respond to incidents at any time.

  • Advancement involves gaining experience, specialising in advanced SRE practices, and taking on leadership roles. Continuous learning and staying updated with the latest cloud technologies are also important.

  • Salary ranges can vary widely based on experience, location, and company size. For more detailed information, please refer to the salary section on this page.

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