Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer

Domain: OpenStack-Linux

Location: Stevenage, SG1 2DA

Onsite Requirement: 1-2 days per week

Citizenship: British Passport

The Opportunity:

Europe’s #1 Integrated Defence Company seeks an influential OpenStack Linux SME to support the future development of software-defined data centres and open-source technologies for its multi-national Information Management function.

The Role:

As SRE, you’ll take full ownership of the OpenStack environment, managing everything from instance creation to end-user support for model-based engineering teams. Being the go-to expert, you’ll ensure the OpenStack setup is reliable, consistent, and streamlined, leveraging tools like Ansible to keep everything running smoothly.

However, your focus goes beyond maintenance, as you’ll be fully responsible for the environment's health, performance, and scalability while collaborating with engineering teams to provide the support they need to innovate rapidly and efficiently in their development and testing processes.

The Company:

As NATO’s leading supplier of state-of-the-art combat deterrents, the team develops Advanced Missile and Defence Systems, providing decisive national security capabilities to our Home Nations and strategic allies. These initiatives directly contribute to the peaceful prosperity of millions of citizens and ensure the safety of our Armed Forces.

Required Skills/Experience:

• SC Clearance is required to be active or obtained before joining.
• In-depth knowledge of core OpenStack services (Nova, Neutron, Keystone, Glance, Cinder) and extensive experience with the Ceph storage platform.
• Proficient in deploying and configuring OpenStack environments using automation tools like Ansible and Terraform.
• Advanced expertise with Linux OS, particularly RHEL, with strong command line and scripting skills (bash, Python) for automation tasks.
• Skilled in provisioning, configuring, and managing virtual machines and containers within OpenStack.
• Solid understanding of monitoring and logging tools to ensure service continuity and expertise in security best practices for maintaining OpenStack platforms.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities to diagnose complex issues and implement effective solutions.
• Excellent customer service, collaboration, and stakeholder management capabilities.

Benefits Package:

• Base salary: Up to £80,000 (DoE)
• Annual Bonus: Up to 21%
• Holidays: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension: Pension 14% (6% Employee and 8% Employer)
• Share Incentive Plan: Opportunity to purchase shares via payroll before tax and NI.
• Parental Benefits: Up to 26 weeks of full pay for maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal and shared parental leave
• Sick Pay: It ranges from 6 weeks for the first six months of service and scales up to 48 weeks after five years of service.
• L&D: As a Times UK Top 25 Employers, the company holds Three Investors in People Gold Awards and offers employees work-class training and development/career tools.

For more information, please apply below or contact me directly.

Contact: 02077806706

Email: george.bates@ansonmccade.com

Site Reliability Engineer