Site Reliability Engineer

Salary: £39,000 - 65,000 per year

Requirements:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering or a related field.
• At least 5 years of technical experience with a proven ability to take full ownership of production infrastructure.
• Excellent collaboration skills with leading cross-functional work.
• Demonstrated success in managing infrastructure in production environments.
• Expertise in capacity planning and cost optimisation for efficient operations.
• Extensive expertise managing cloud provider hosted infrastructure, specifically with Microsoft Azure or AWS.
• Proficient in high-level scripting languages like Python and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform), along with containerisation.
• Demonstrated success with Kubernetes or other containerization technologies.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Argo CD, Helm, GitHub.
• Experience with monitoring tools and incident management processes like Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, DataDog, Splunk, Cloudwatch, Sumologic etc.
• Extensive understanding of networking and security concepts.
• Specialized SRE observability experience with New Relic or DataDog is a bonus.
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, AIOps, MLOps, or SecOps is a bonus.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain scalable infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform to ensure reliable and scalable cloud environments.
• Implement and enhance observability solutions using tools like New Relic, DataDog, Sumologic and Splunk for monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Perform code deployments and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Github, and related tooling to ensure smooth and efficient delivery processes.
• Automate routine tasks and workflows to increase operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Evaluate system designs and architectures for reliability, performance, security, and efficiency, ensuring best practices are followed.
• Lead incident response efforts and conduct deep-dive root cause analysis to implement long-term, innovative technical solutions.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive runbooks and procedures for incident response and operational tasks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to review and provide feedback on technical designs, ensuring alignment with SRE principles.
• Participate in on-call rotations and handle critical incidents with confidence and expertise.
• Continuously improve documentation for systems and services, contributing to a knowledge-sharing culture within the team.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• CloudWatch
• Datadog
• DevOps
• GitHub
• Grafana
• Helm
• Incident Management
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• MLOps
• OpenTelemetry
• Prometheus
• Python
• Security
• Splunk
• Terraform
• Backbone

More:

We are Trimble, a global technology company that connects the physical and digital worlds, transforming the ways work gets done. Our AECO segment provides digital construction solutions that increase precision and productivity for Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Owners. This role is based in Newcastle, UK, with an in-office expectation of at least 4 days per week. You will join our Project Delivery Cloud Platform team, working on a cutting-edge reality capture solution running on Microsoft Azure. We offer a collaborative, supportive, values-driven culture centered on Belong, Grow, and Innovate, with a strong sense of ownership and the opportunity to make a tangible real-world impact.

last updated 35 week of 2026