AWS Site Reliability Engineer

Our client is seeking a high-level AWS Site Reliability Engineer to join their IT team in the heart of the Technology booming Manchester Media City. You will play a pivotal a role for this Consultancy's infrastructure. Working with tools such as AWS, Terraform, MySQL and Kubernetes. This is a great opporunity to work for an industry market leader and advance your IT career as a SRE.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery and deployment processes.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot and resolve BAU incidents promptly to ensure maximum uptime and reliability.
• Collaborate with development teams to implement best practices for application performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Engage with stakeholders to gather requirements, provide technical consultation, and ensure alignment between business objectives and technical solutions.
• Design, deploy, and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IAC) principles with tools like Terraform.
• Utilise AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, and others to architect, deploy, and manage scalable solutions.
• Guide and mentor a group of junior members of staff, offering technical direction, coaching, and assistance.
• Participate in on-call rotation schedules to provide 24/7 support for production systems.
• Continuously research and evaluate new technologies, tools, and best practices to improve system reliability, performance, and efficiency.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Proven experience as a AWS Site Reliability Engineer or similar role, with experience overseeing junior engineers.
• Strong proficiency in Python programming language for automation and scripting tasks.
• In-depth knowledge of AWS cloud services and experience with managing AWS environments.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools such as Terraform.
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and prioritize tasks efficiently.
• Certification in AWS (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) is a plus.

Job Title: AWS Site Reliability Engineer

Salary: £60,000 - 75,000 DOE

Client: IT Consultancy

Location: Manchester (Media City)

WFH Policy: Fully Remote Working (Office visits are once a month)