Site Reliability Engineer - SRE

We need an experienced SRE to focus predominantly on automation, optimization, and process re-engineering using AI for the Market Risk Platform. * Location: 5 days onsite * Domain: Banking / Finance / Trading – Market Risk * Skills: * SRE experience with Python-based applications (not Java) * Exposure to cloud technologies * Familiarity with Athena ecosystem or similar (SecDB, Quartz) * Trade Lifecycle / Market Risk / Risk platform experience * Experience: Minimum 8+ years * Engagement: FTE or Contractors * Compensation: £70–80k FTE / £450–550 per day (contract- Inside IR35) Required skills & Experience * Senior SRE experience on distributed systems and batch/intraday workloads in a production environment. * Strong Python * Provable agentic AI experience showing * Tool integration, guard rails, evaluation approach * Measurable impact (toil reduction, MTTR reduction, alert reduction etc) * Demonstrated process optimization ability (removing steps/handoffs, standardizing workflows, implementing light weight controls with metrics) * Strong Linux and troubleshooting fundamentals across application/system/network layers * Experience working across mixed estates ( On Pre VMs + Cloud, with some Kubernetes exposure for operational monitoring/reruns) * Exposure to Banking/Finance Market Risk Domains