SRE DevOps Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

SRE DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes/Cloud): Ensuring reliability, scalability, and optimal performance of the Client Servicing and Engagement platform with an accent on observability and SLO management. Focus on automating toil, leading incident post-mortems, and optimizing multi-cloud infrastructure across Azure and GCP.

Location: Hybrid in Edinburgh (must spend at least 40% of time in office)

Salary: £72,702 - £88,858

Company

hirify.global is a major financial institution transforming its technology and data capabilities to serve 28 million customers.

What you will do

• Maintain and improve cloud infrastructure within specific technical areas to ensure stability and performance.
• Investigate and resolve service issues using an engineering mindset to remove root causes.
• Continuously enhance observability and relentlessly automate toil to reduce operational overhead.
• Prioritize service improvements to meet or exceed defined Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
• Lead incident post-mortems and collaborate with Product Owners to balance run, change, and improve stories.
• Mentor early-career engineers and participate in technical interviews to grow the engineering team.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in SRE or DevOps roles.
• Strong technical understanding of Kubernetes and Service Mesh (specifically Istio).
• Experience with CI/CD automation for build and release pipelines.
• Proficiency in at least two languages from: Java, Python, Go, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Hands-on experience with Azure (AKS, Cosmos DB, App Gateway) and GCP (GKE, Apigee, Cloud SQL).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, or Dynatrace.
• Must be based in or able to work hybrid in Edinburgh.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous pension contribution of up to 15%.
• Annual performance-related bonus and share schemes.
• 28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays.
• Comprehensive wellbeing initiatives, including specialized health packages for menopause and cancer.
• Flexible benefits package including discounted shopping.