SRE/DevOps Engineer (Security Cleared)

Job Description

Role: SRE/DevOps Engineer (Security Cleared)

Location: London, UK

Hybrid work

6 month contract - Open to extension

Rate - £400 inside IR35 (flexible with exceptional candidate) (Rate varies for Junior and Senior profiles)

Experience level - Junior and Senior profiles - we have both roles.

Who are we looking for?

We are seeking an experienced Microsoft SRE/DevOps Engineer holding active security clearance to build, automate, scale, and safeguard mission-critical cloud-native platforms, balancing feature delivery speed with strict reliability and uptime goals. This role leans heavily into code-driven automation, incident response, SLIs/SLOs, and error budgets, with emphasis on CI/CD pipelines, release management, and cross-team collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Design, provision, and maintain Azure infrastructure (AKS, Azure Virtual Networks, Key Vault, Storage, and Load Balancers).
• CI/CD & Deployment: Build and manage automated build/release pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Write and maintain declarative infrastructure using Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep.
• Reliability & Incident Response: Define Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and error budgets. Participate in on-call rotations and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA)/postmortems.
• Observability & Monitoring: Implement telemetry, logging, and metrics dashboards using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Container & Kubernetes Operations: Manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, Helm charts, and ingress/service mesh controllers.

Preferred Qualifications :

• B.E/BTech
• Work Experience: Minimum experience of 8+ years
• Active Security Clearance: Must have Security clearance.

Key Competencies:

• Strong relationship-building skills.
• Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills.
• High attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Strong time management and multitasking abilities.