SRE (5days/week On-Site, Banking Clients)

Role: SRE Location: London (5days/week On-Site) Job Type: Contract We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to design, build, and maintain highly available, resilient, and scalable systems. You will collaborate closely with engineering, product, and operations teams to ensure our Java/Spring Boot applications run smoothly 24/7 in a cloud environment. Additionally, you will drive the adoption of analytics and data-driven insights to optimize system performance and extract value from operational data. Key Responsibilities • Reliability & Scalability: Design, implement, and maintain systems that are robust, scalable, and highly available, supporting millions of daily transactions. • Cloud Migration: Lead and support migration of applications and infrastructure to public cloud platforms, ensuring best practices in security, reliability, and cost management. • Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Develop and maintain automation scripts and infrastructure using Kubernetes and Terraform. • Monitoring & Incident Response: Build and enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions. Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive continuous improvement. • Collaboration: Partner with software engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet business needs and operational requirements. • Analytics & Data Insights: Leverage cloud-based analytics tools to monitor system health, optimize performance, and extract actionable insights. • Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency, and scalability of the platform. Required Qualifications • Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar role supporting large-scale, mission-critical systems. • Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Terraform. • Experience deploying and operating applications in public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP). • Solid understanding of Java and Spring Boot applications. • Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk). • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. • Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications • Experience in financial services or payments/transaction processing environments. • Familiarity with cloud-based analytics platforms and data engineering concepts. • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions). • Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments.