Site Reliability Engineer

Our client is Kingfisher, a British multinational home improvement company, headquartered in London. The organization is currently expanding the Cloud Engineering team and, as part of this initiative, we are currently seeking a skilled Site Reliability Engineer to join our ranks.

In this role, you will play an integral part in our innovative tech hub, engaging with various aspects of technology. The position is a hybrid one, based in Cluj, requiring office presence two days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership
• Take ownership of projects from inception to production readiness, including writing acceptance criteria
• Follow an MVP approach while adhering to best practices and prioritizing quality considerations
• Enhance the observability of client products with a customer-centric focus to improve issue resolution confidence
• Collaborate with Product teams as an embedded Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to drive automation and reduce manual work
• Coordinate with Incident Management and Product teams to conduct thorough root cause analyses and implement actionable solutions
• Contribute to blameless post-mortems after critical incidents and ensure resolutions are implemented
• Create detailed technical documentation with the end-user in mind
• Willingly take part in an on-call rotation for SRE support during major incidents
• Work with Product teams to define and review Service Level Indicators/Objectives (SLIs/SLOs) regularly
• Partner with other technology teams in a DevOps approach to foster collaboration and bridge the gap with Product teams (e.g., Security, APM, Networks)
• Establish and maintain common standards and practices within the organization

Requirements

• A strong technical background
• Understanding of SRE principles and a DevOps mindset
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• CI/CD Platforms – GitLab (preferred), GitHub Actions, Jenkins etc.
• Experience with either AWS or GCP
• Familiarity with modern tooling – e.g. Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Chart, Service Mesh, etc.
• Scripting Languages – e.g. JavaScript, Typescript, Bash, Python, Groovy, etc.
• Programming Languages – e.g. Java, NodeJS, Go, etc.
• Enterprise Observability Tools – e.g. Datadog (preferred), Dynatrace (preferred), Grafana, etc.
• Experience with SLOs/SLI setting for services with an understanding of error budgets
• Take a test-driven development approach when building capabilities
• Understanding of Agile development methodologies and events
• Effective communication skills
• A willingness to learn and continuously improve by working with new tools and technologies

Additional information

Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:

• Finance: Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus;
• Career Development: Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
• Learning Opportunities: Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
• Health: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;
• Community: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations.