Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Cloud Engineer

• Glasgow
• Contract

Our client is undergoing a major cloud transformation programme and are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / Cloud Engineer to join a high-performing engineering team.

You will play a key role in enhancing cloud reliability, scalability, automation and operational excellence across enterprise cloud platforms.

• Location: on-site - 5 days a week in Glasgow office.
• Duration: 6 months initially (with potential extension)
• Start Date: Immediate

Our client is undergoing a major cloud transformation programme and are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / Cloud Engineer to join a high-performing engineering team.

You will play a key role in enhancing cloud reliability, scalability, automation and operational excellence across enterprise cloud platforms.

• Role: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Cloud Engineer
• Day rate: £400 – 450 per day (inside IR35)
• Pay framework: Umbrella Company
• Location: on-site - 5 days a week in Glasgow office.
• Duration: 6 months initially (with potential extension)
• Start Date: Immediate

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain highly available cloud infrastructure across multi-cloud environments.
• Drive SRE best practices including observability, resilience, reliability engineering and automation.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform.
• Build and enhance automation tooling using Python.
• Support cloud platform engineering activities across Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Manage and optimise containerised workloads and Kubernetes environments.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and application issues across multiple operating systems.
• Collaborate with development, platform and security teams to improve platform stability and performance.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native operational processes.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure.
• Experience in a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Engineering or DevOps role.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python.
• Extensive experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience working across multiple operating systems (Linux and Windows environments).
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes and containerisation technologies.

Desirable

• Experience within large-scale enterprise or financial services environments.
• Exposure to CI/CD tooling and cloud-native engineering practices.
• Knowledge of cloud security and governance controls.