Site Reliability Engineer Full Time

IntaPeople

IntaPeople are partnering with a long-standing client in the data and analytics space, an organisation known for its technical excellence, collaborative culture, and meaningful impact across sectors. They re scaling their SRE function and looking for a seasoned engineer to join a high-performing team delivering internal applications that power critical operations.

This is a 6-month contract (with strong potential to extend), starting ASAP. You ll be based 2 days a week in either Southampton or Sutton, whichever suits you best. Most of the SREs sit in Southampton, so if you enjoy bouncing ideas off peers in person, that s the spot.

What you ll be doing:

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement and optimise internal applications
• Diagnosing complex system performance issues and refining monitoring/reporting
• Championing architectural best practices across engineering teams
• Driving innovation and continuous improvement in infrastructure and tooling
• Working hands-on with IaaS, CI/CD pipelines, and containerised environments

What you bring:

• Deep Linux expertise and fluency in at least one high-level programming language (Python preferred)
• Strong experience with AWS (VPCs, EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, etc.)
• Solid understanding of database systems (Postgres, SQL Server)
• IaC mastery (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
• Passion for monitoring and observability (Grafana, Elastic, PagerDuty, etc.)
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (Puppet, etc.)
• Git, Docker, and scripting skills (bash or similar)
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly

Bonus points for:

• Agile delivery experience
• Security engineering know-how
• Ability to explain complex issues to non-technical audiences
• Experience with scalable, cloud-native applications

This is a brilliant opportunity to work with a forward-thinking tech team that values autonomy, innovation, and impact. If you re an SRE who thrives in fast-paced environments and loves solving complex problems, I d love to hear from you. Apply now to learn more.