Site Reliability Engineer - SRE

We need an experienced SRE to focus predominantly on automation, optimization, and process re-engineering using AI for the Market Risk Platform.

• Location: 5 days onsite
• Domain: Banking / Finance / Trading – Market Risk
• Skills:
  • SRE experience with Python-based applications (not Java)
  • Exposure to cloud technologies
  • Familiarity with Athena ecosystem or similar (SecDB, Quartz)
  • Trade Lifecycle / Market Risk / Risk platform experience
• Experience: Minimum 8+ years
• Engagement: FTE or Contractors
• Compensation: £70–80k FTE / £450–550 per day (contract- Inside IR35)

Required skills & Experience

• Senior SRE experience on distributed systems and batch/intraday workloads in a production environment.
• Strong Python
• Provable agentic AI experience showing
  • Tool integration, guard rails, evaluation approach
  • Measurable impact (toil reduction, MTTR reduction, alert reduction etc)
• Demonstrated process optimization ability (removing steps/handoffs, standardizing workflows, implementing light weight controls with metrics)
• Strong Linux and troubleshooting fundamentals across application/system/network layers
• Experience working across mixed estates ( On Pre VMs + Cloud, with some Kubernetes exposure for operational monitoring/reruns)
• Exposure to Banking/Finance Market Risk Domains