Site Reliability Engineer - Consultant
First seen by Alion on Sep 30, 2026.
Job Title :
Our Database Team is the foundation of enterprise-grade databases, delivering secure, compliant and high-performing database platforms across Azure and AWS. We provide managed services for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, operating in a system DBA role to ensure platform reliability, resilience, and operational excellence. In addition, we support PaaS and RDS database services by acting as the platform team, defining policies, enforcing security standards, and managing networking configurations while enabling self-service capabilities for application teams to consume these services efficiently.
Responsibilities :
- Database Security and Compliance : Implement robust security controls, encryption, and auditing to safeguard sensitive data and meet regulatory requirements.
- Lifecycle Management : Oversee patching, upgrades, and end-of-life transitions to maintain platform stability and minimise risk.
- Performance Optimisation : Monitor and tune databases for optimal performance across diverse workloads.
- Automation and Operational Excellence : Design and deploy automation for provisioning, monitoring, and maintenance to achieve brilliant basics and reduce manual intervention.
- Business-Critical Certification : Validate and certify database environments to support mission-critical applications with high availability and disaster recovery strategies.
- Incident and Problem Management : Provide rapid response and root-cause analysis for database-related incidents to ensure business continuity.
- Capacity Planning and Scalability : Forecast growth and optimise resources to support evolving business needs.
Tech Stack :
- Cloud Platforms : AWS, Azure.
- Database IaaS : Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL.
- Database PaaS : Cosmos DB, MySQL, SQL Managed Instance, RDS Aurora, MongoDB.
- Infrastructure as Code : Terraform, Ansible.
- CI/CD and Automation : GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps.
- Programming and Scripting : Python, Bash/Shell, PowerShell.
- Operating Systems : Linux/Unix (RHEL, Ubuntu), Windows.
Skills
SQL Server, AWS, Azure, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Ansible, Oracle DB, Site Reliability, Database Performance Tuning, IT Infrastructure Automation, DBA