Lead SRE & DevOps Engineer

Lead SRE & DevOps Engineer

Job Description

[c. £130-160k OTE Comp Package | Hybrid Working]

Are you an experienced SRE or DevOps Engineer with a strong security mindset and a passion for building resilient, high-performance systems? Our client, a global financial firm, is looking for a Lead SRE to take ownership of their secrets management and encryption infrastructure. Sitting at the intersection of DevOps and Identity & Access Management (IAM), this role is critical in ensuring the security, scalability and availability of systems handling over 70 million transactions per day. If you thrive in high-impact environments where security and automation are key, this could be the perfect opportunity for you...

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain a highly available and scalable secrets management platform ensuring seamless operation across a hybrid infrastructure
• Own the migration of critical workloads from legacy secrets management solutions to HashiCorp Vault
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes with a focus on security and efficiency
• Oversee system performance, proactively identifying and resolving reliability issues to minimise operational risk
• Implement and enforce best practices for secrets and key management across the organisation
• Collaborate with development, security and infrastructure teams to align DevOps and security strategies
• Drive the adoption of infrastructure as code (IaC) practices using Terraform and other automation tools
• Monitor systems using observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana and Splunk, ensuring early detection of issues
• Serve as a technical leader, mentoring engineers and driving best practices in reliability and security

What You Bring...

• 7+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps or infrastructure engineering, ideally within a high-availability, regulated environment
• Expertise in managing secrets management solutions, preferably HashiCorp Vault
• Strong experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform) and automation tools
• Deep understanding of security best practices, particularly in identity and access management
• Strong programming skills in Python or Bash for automation and tooling development
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging and security platforms like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk and BQL
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and implement scalable solutions
• Experience supporting both Windows and Linux environments
• (Preferred) Hands-on experience with cloud security principles and frameworks such as NIST and ISO 27001
• (Preferred) Experience working in financial services or other regulated industries

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