Site Reliability Engineer III (GCP)

Location: Belfast, United Kingdom; hybrid working

Company

hirify.global operates a leading global derivatives marketplace and builds technology for clearing, risk, and derivatives applications.

What you will do

• Architect, operate, and migrate messaging, service discovery, and data distribution platforms to Google Cloud.
• Manage cluster lifecycles, data replication, RBAC, and workload placement across middleware platforms.
• Design and maintain observability systems using OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana, including metrics, logs, alerts, SLIs, and SLOs.
• Respond to production incidents, lead post-mortems, and drive rapid system recovery.
• Reduce operational toil through automation, code, disaster recovery strategies, and continuous resiliency testing.
• Lead technical discussions, collaborate across functions, and mentor junior SRE colleagues.

Requirements

• Programming or scripting experience with Python, Go, Java, or Bash.
• Proficiency with Linux, distributed systems, containerization, Kubernetes/GKE, and GCP/GCE.
• Understanding of CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Kubernetes Config Connector.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, DNS, load balancing, and messaging protocols.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex system behavior and communicate technical requirements across teams.
• Experience applying generative AI and agents such as Gemini to platform operations.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Experience with Agile development practices and software development lifecycles.
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect, CKA, or CKAD certification.
• Experience in financial markets or other regulated, ultra-low-latency, high-concurrency environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Code-first engineering culture focused on systematic automation.
• Bonus, equity, and employee stock purchase programmes.
• Private medical and dental coverage, mental health benefits, pension, income protection, and life assurance.
• Family leave, education assistance, and ongoing development and certification training.
• Cycle-to-work scheme, EV car benefit scheme, and gym membership.
• Hybrid working arrangement.