Job summary

This role requires UKIC/eDV clearance

Key skills required for this role

Support Reliability Engineer (UKIC DV)

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Support Reliability Engineer

Job description

Our client, a leading firm in the defence and security sector, is currently seeking a Support Reliability Engineer for a contract position. This role is integral to ensuring system reliability and efficiency, working with cutting-edge technology to support vital national security operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor various pipelines, feeds, and portals; raise and resolve issues, directing unresolved issues to the appropriate developer or team.
• Automate engineering processes to optimise and improve efficiency.
• Maintain client environments, update licences, and support planned outages.
• Maintain and support monitoring tools and applications.
• Manage and orchestrate releases from multiple teams/developers up to the start of monitoring new capabilities.
• Implement version control, unit testing, integration testing, and UAT testing.
• Write and test code/scripts, improve existing code, conduct peer reviews, and enhance collaboration and quality throughout software development.
• Research, design, and document the development of capabilities and applications. Investigate and resolve issues, and automate engineering processes for better efficiency.
• Support tasks for AWS infrastructure.

Job Requirements:

• Experience in reliability engineering and relevant principles.
• Skills in Python, Linux, and familiarity with databases and SQL.
• Understanding of UKIC standards and requirements.
• Willingness to learn new tools and technologies; any experience with SAS, Oracle DB, or AWS observability is advantageous.
• Previous experience in SRE/DevOps is desirable.
• Ability to participate in an on-call rota, including evenings and weekends.

Additional Information:

• Candidates must be willing and able to participate in an on-call rota, which includes evenings and weekends, with an uplift when on call.

If you have a strong background in reliability engineering and are eager to contribute to a critical sector, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic and talented team.