Senior Platform Reliability Engineer - Kubernetes/SRE

Hong Kong Exchanges; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global exchange group based in the UK is seeking a Senior Application and Platform Engineer. This role focuses on delivering Level 2 and Level 3 technical support for mission-critical applications, ensuring reliability through Site Reliability Engineering principles. Key responsibilities include incident management, performance optimization, and supporting CI/CD pipelines. Ideal candidates should have relevant experience and a degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience. This role involves working flexible hours to ensure 24/7 system availability.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Opportunities for career development

Diverse working environment

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or 5+ years equivalent professional experience.
• Strong SQL and database expertise (MySQL, Oracle).
• Experience with CI/CD, IaC, containerization.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Level 2 and Level 3 technical support.
• Embed SRE best practices into operational workflows.
• Monitor and optimize application performance.

Skills

Strong SQL expertise

Experience with CI/CD

Proficiency in Python

Strong experience with Kubernetes

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

GitLab

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

A leading global exchange group based in the UK is seeking a Senior Application and Platform Engineer. This role focuses on delivering Level 2 and Level 3 technical support for mission-critical applications, ensuring reliability through Site Reliability Engineering principles. Key responsibilities include incident management, performance optimization, and supporting CI/CD pipelines. Ideal candidates should have relevant experience and a degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience. This role involves working flexible hours to ensure 24/7 system availability.