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The role combines software engineering, automation and operational expertise to reduce manual effort, strengthen production readiness and enable sustainable service delivery.\nWorking closely with product, engineering, platform, application and security teams, the Senior Site Reliability Engineer embeds reliability principles throughout the service lifecycle and provides technical guidance to colleagues.\nKey Responsibilities\nReliability Architecture and Engineering\nDrive improvements to service availability, performance, scalability and resilience.\nAssess the operational readiness of new and evolving services, ensuring that designs and releases meet agreed reliability and performance standards.\nIdentify architectural weaknesses and service dependencies, and recommend practical improvements.\n\nAutomation and Delivery Engineering\nDesign and maintain reusable automation frameworks that reduce repetitive operational work and improve consistency.\nDevelop and enhance CI/CD pipelines, automated validation and deployment assurance practices.\nPromote automation across teams to improve delivery efficiency and operational reliability.\n\nObservability and Continuous Improvement\nEstablish observability standards covering monitoring, telemetry and actionable alerting.\nAnalyse operational data, performance trends and service behaviour to identify emerging issues and improvement opportunities.\nDevelop prioritised reliability improvement roadmaps aligned with business needs and operational risks.\n\nIncident, Problem and Change Management\nCoordinate technical recovery efforts during service incidents, engaging the appropriate teams and communicating clearly with stakeholders.\nLead structured post-incident reviews and root cause analysis, translating findings into preventive actions.\nSupport effective change planning and validation to reduce disruption and maintain service stability.\n\nResilience, Continuity and Risk Management\nPlan and facilitate resilience testing and contribute to business continuity and recovery planning.\nEvaluate failure scenarios, service dependencies and operational risks.\nDrive targeted improvements that strengthen recovery capabilities and maintain service delivery during disruptions.\n\nCollaboration and Technical Leadership\nPartner with cross-functional teams to integrate reliability requirements into system design, development and operations.\nMentor fellow engineers, share technical expertise and facilitate training and operational readiness reviews.\nCoordinate technical activities across teams and influence decisions through sound engineering judgement.\n\nKnowledge and Professional Development\nMaintain accurate technical documentation, operational procedures and reusable knowledge resources.\nApply relevant policies, procedures and industry practices to engineering and operational activities.\nContinuously develop technical capabilities and translate emerging practices into actionable recommendations.\nExperience and Qualifications\nA bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.\nSubstantial relevant experience in site reliability engineering, software engineering, platform engineering or production operations; typically six to ten years, with demonstrated depth of expertise.\nPractical experience coordinating technical work and guiding colleagues across team boundaries.\nDemonstrated success improving the reliability and operational efficiency of complex services.\nTechnical Capabilities\nStrong programming and solution development skills, with the ability to build maintainable automation and reliable, scalable solutions.\nAdvanced expertise in CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation and delivery assurance.\nSolid understanding of distributed systems, observability and performance analysis.\nProven capability in incident response, root cause analysis and problem management.\nExperience with resilience engineering, systems optimisation, dependency analysis and recovery planning.\nAbility to assess existing architectures and operational processes and define prioritised improvements.\nCore Competencies\nAccountability: Takes ownership of commitments, service outcomes and corrective actions.\nSound judgement: Makes timely decisions using evidence, risk assessment and clear trade-offs.\nEffective communication: Explains technical issues clearly and adapts communication to different audiences.\nCollaboration: Builds productive partnerships and works towards shared objectives.\nPlanning and alignment: Prioritises work, anticipates dependencies and coordinates delivery.\nAdaptability: Responds constructively to changing requirements, incidents and organisational priorities.\nOrganisational awareness: Navigates established processes and stakeholder relationships effectively.\nSuccess Measures\nSuccess is demonstrated through measurable improvements in service reliability and performance, reduced manual operational effort, fewer recurring incidents, effective recovery capabilities and consistent adoption of reliable engineering practices.\nRequirements\nRequirements\nExperience and Education\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.\nTypically six to ten years of relevant experience in site reliability engineering, software engineering, platform engineering or production operations. 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