SRE Lead

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SRE Lead.

Hybrid/ Remote – Once a month requirement in Leeds.

Up to £80,000 per annum plus car allowance plus bonus.

 VIQU have partnered with a leading company within the supply chain industry who are seeking an SRE Lead (AWS) to join and mentor their growing team. The ideal candidate would have come from a technical background, working as a Site Reliability Engineer/ DevOps / Cloud Engineer and since taken up a leadership role that is less hands on and more focused on mentorship and strategy. This position will lead a team who is responsible for ensuring the reliability of cloud system and enhancing the organisations cloud infrastructure.

This role is mostly remote, with monthly travel required to Leeds.

Responsibilities of the SRE Lead:

Lead a team of four SRE’s, helping to maintain the stability of cloud platforms.
Take on hands on technical responsibilities within AWS, utilising a range of cloud technologies (CI/CD, Container Orchestration, IaaS, Scripting etc.).
Design and implement scalable and reliable systems.
Support services in development, testing and production environments (Gitlab, Concourse, Jenkins etc.) 
Sit on the Centre of Excellence (CoE) team, providing suggestions for best practises.
Requirements of the DevOps Lead:

Must have at least two years’ experience in managing technical teams, and over five years of experience in a hands on, technical role. 
Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins and Concourse CI ideally).
Must hold experience within AWS and hold relevant AWS certifications (SA1, DOP-C02 for example).
Experience using ECS or Kubernetes.
Experience with infrastructure as a code and config management tools.
Sctipting experience (PowerShell, Bash ect.)
Experience with either Python or Typescript as well as knowledge of Java.
Ideally have worked within a Centre of Excellence (CoE) team before.
SRE Lead.

Hybrid/ Remote – Once a month requirement in Leeds.

Up to £80,000 per annum plus car allowance plus bonus.

 To discuss this exciting opportunity in more detail, please APPLY NOW for a no obligation chat with your VIQU Consultant. Additionally, you can contact Jack Mcmanus, by exploring the VIQU IT Recruitment website.

If you know someone who would be ideal for this role, by way of showing our appreciation, VIQU is offering an introduction fee up to £1,000 once your referral has successfully started work with our client (terms apply)

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