SRE Technical Lead

SRE Technical Lead Location: Wokingham

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- Hybrid working (2-3 days onsite) Salary: Up to £120,000 10% bonus Clearance: Active SC clearance required We have an exciting opportunity for an SRE Technical Lead/Manager to join a major UK critical infrastructure programme delivering large-scale cloud-native transformation at enterprise scale.

In this role, you'll take ownership of SRE strategy and platform reliability across complex Kubernetes and OpenShift environments, helping shape engineering standards, operational maturity, and long-term platform stability.

You'll work within a modern cloud-native environment leveraging Kubernetes, OpenShift, GitOps, service mesh, observability tooling, and automation-first engineering practices.

This is a highly influential role where you'll lead and mentor high-performing SRE teams while remaining technically close to engineering delivery.

You'll play a key role in shaping reliability engineering across a visible, multi-vendor environment where resilience and up time genuinely matter.

Skills Required Strong expertise in Kubernetes and OpenShift (non-negotiable) Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid architectures Hands-on experience with observability platforms Strong Infrastructure as Code and GitOps experience Proven experience with CI/CD automation and reliability-focused engineering Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor across multi-vendor delivery environments Proven track record operating as a technical authority Desirable Familiarity with Red Hat ACM/ACS, Submariner networking, and enterprise databases Experience working in large-scale, client-embedded environments In Return You'll Receive: Competitive package up to £120,000 10% bonus Long-term programme xwzovoh stability and clear progression opportunities within a growing cloud and platform engineering practice Access to industry certifications, thinktanks, hackathons, and over 250,000 learning resources Opportunity to work on a high-impact national-scale cloud-native transformation programme The chance to shape reliability engineering within a modern enterprise platform environment Join one of the World's Most Ethical Companies, recognised by Ethisphere for 13 consecutive years RSG Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.