Site Reliability Engineer

Ocient
Ocient

Software Engineering

Ukraine · Europe · Remote

GBP 74k-90k / year

Posted on Jun 21, 2026
Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer Location: Remote (United Kingdom) Hiring Manager: Service Delivery Engineering Manager Estimated salary range: £74,000 to £90,000 • The salary offered for this position will be based on a candidate’s experience and skill demonstrated during interviews and other evaluations Position Overview Ocient is searching for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer with strong problem-solving skills and a passion for solving hard problems to help maintain and expand Ocient's "as a service" offering of its cutting-edge data warehouse. Responsibilities Support the design and operations of Ocient's hosted database and related services — including message queues and storage systems — ensuring high availability, performance, and efficiency. Design and maintain monitoring, log centralization, and alerting for all services to facilitate observability and incident management. Automate deployment and configuration Linux-based servers, including the OS and the numerous applications that compose our hosted offerings. Develop and maintain rigorous security practices to protect our applications and customer data. Assist with automation of testing pipelines for the Ocient DB and monitoring of test infrastructure. Ideal Qualifications 3+ years of experience in system administration in production environments. Scripting experience with Bash, Python, or other languages. Experience with system and software monitoring and alerting tools, such as the ELK stack, Graylog, InfluxDB, Prometheus, Zabbix, Grafana, Dynatrace, or others. Experience with configuration management software such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef. Experience with data archiving, backup and disaster recovery Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment experience with Jenkins, Gitlab CI or others. Experience with source control tools like Git. Ability to work flexible hours and serve in on call rotations. An Exceptional Candidate Will Have: Knowledge of OWASP principles for application security. Experience with server / system virtualization and containerization technologies e.g., ProxMox, KVM, VMware. Experience with SQL and Database Administration. Experience managing and operating cloud infrastructure. (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure) Experience with SSAE18 SOC2 Compliance. Experience with networking administration, including VPN, proxy, DNS, and firewall configuration.