Site Reliability Engineer - NS London

Location(s): mfield3

The role of a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence involves combining operations and software engineering to automate system support and enhance reliability for a key national security customer. The SRE team works on continuous improvement of system health and performance, providing monitoring, automation, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain essential services that support core mission applications, proactively improving availability, performance and stability.
• Participate in a 24/7 on call rota, providing support for critical production systems outside of business hours, with additional on call allowances and overtime benefits.
• Identify and automate repetitive tasks, developing tools to improve application health and reduce manual operation.
• Collaborate with development teams to advise on good design practices for scalable, resilient systems.
• Design and deploy monitoring products, creating custom tools as needed to provide comprehensive, intelligent observations that demonstrate daily improvements.
• Participate in the wider DevOps/SRE community within the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in web development and object oriented programming.
• Knowledge of database technologies such as Oracle SQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency with Linux and Windows command lines (Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience monitoring large systems using Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, and Splunk.
• Experience working in Agile teams and using Atlassian tooling.
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot application issues causing service outages.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across stack layers.
• Understanding of ITIL processes.
• Experience with micro services architectures, Docker and container platforms such as OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Awareness of emerging technology trends and curiosity to adopt cutting edge tools.

Security Clearance

Applicants must hold an active eDV clearance before applying.

EEO Statement

BAE Systems is an equal opportunity employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.