Junior Site Reliability Engineer - Manchester

£350 - £400 per day Inside IR35 via umbrellaManchester6-12 month contract

The Junior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is an early-career engineer who helps keep cloud services reliable and observable, working under the guidance of more experienced SREs. They carry out well-defined operational and engineering tasks, learn the team's tools and practices, and build the skills to take on wider ownership over time.

Responsibilities

Engineering and operations

• Carries out routine operational tasks such as deployments, patching, access requests and capacity checks, following documented procedures.
• Writes and improves scripts and small automation tasks to reduce manual toil, with code review from senior colleagues.
• Maintains dashboards, alerts and runbooks, and flags gaps or noisy alerts.
• Supports the data management systems in the area by following guidance from senior colleagues.
• Joins the on-call rota once trained, initially as a shadow or secondary responder.
• Keeps accurate tickets, documentation and handover notes.

Skills

Essential

• A degree or equivalent in a technical subject, or demonstrable practical experience through projects, apprenticeships or internships.
• Basic knowledge of Linux, networking and at least one scripting or programming language.
• Clear communication and a willingness to ask for help early.

Desirable

• Previous experience in an IT operations, support, DevOps or software role.
• Hands-on exposure to GCP, Docker or Kubernetes through study or personal projects.
• GCP Cloud Digital Leader or Associate Cloud Engineer certification, or a commitment to obtain one.