Senior Site Reliability Engineer II

Senior Site Reliability Engineer II

Are you enthusiastic about designing and managing cloud platforms

? Do you find satisfaction in ensuring the reliability and performance of complex systems

?
About Team

:
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better wor

ld.
Our corporate culture thrives on excellence, innovation, and a strong dedication to our customers, employees, and communities. Working here means joining a vibrant, diverse, and collaborative team where you are free to grow and contribute activ

ely.
About R

ole:
We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Senior SRE to join our dynamic team. You will combine software thinking and service operations to enable and run Elsevier’s large-scale, 24x7, distributed and fault-tolerant systems within agreed reliability objectives, whilst enabling the fast flow of feature and service updates. The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, along with strong automation s

kills.
Key Responsibi

• lities:Design, deploy, and maintain highly available, scalable Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS as well as the supporting eco
• system.Manage and optimise cross-portfolio cloud infrastructure, leveraging AWS services and supported organisational
• toolingDevelop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to automate provisioning and management of cloud and Kubernetes res
• ources.Write automation processes to streamline operational workflows, incident response, and infrastructure mana
• gement.Implement CI/CD pipelines to facilitate deployments, testing, and vali
• dation.Support multi-regional critical infrastructure, ensuring high availability and rapid incident reso
• lution.Manage and support a complex cross-portfolio environment, coordinating across teams to ensure consistency and relia
• bility.Maintain comprehensive documentation and best practice guides for solutions, ensuring users have clear instructions and support to effectively implement and operate their s
• ystems.Monitor system health, instrument system components, troubleshoot issues, and perform root cause an
• alysis.Collaborate with development and operations teams to optimise applications for cloud enviro
• nments.Mentor junior team members and promote best practices in SRE, automation, and cloud archit
• ecture.Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices for cloud-native and infrastructure mana

gement.
Technical Skills & Qualifi

• cations:Extensive experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting containerised appli
• cations.Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, networking, security, storage, and operational best pr
• actices.Proven expertise with AWS services and architectural pri
• nciples.Strong knowledge of AWS security, compliance, and best pr
• actices.Advanced skills in writing modular, reusable IaC com
• ponents.Strong Python scripting skills for automation, tooling, and data pro
• cessing.Ability to develop custom solutions for monitoring, automation, and incident man
• agement.Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD workflows using GitHub
• Actions.Automating deployment pipelines, testing, and validation pr
• ocesses.Experience supporting highly available, multi-regional critical envir
• onments.Proven ability to manage multiple portfolios and complex lan
• dscapes.Familiarity with monitoring tools such as N
• ewRelic.Knowledge of security best practices, network policies, and enterprise-grade RBAC p
• olicies.Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and incident management
• skills.Effective communication and collaboration

skills.
Qualif

• ications:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent exp
• erience).Good experience in SRE, DevOps, or cloud infrastructu
• re roles.Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, CKA, Terraform Associate) ar

e

a plus. Why

Join Us?
Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. If you are ready to advance your career and make a significant impact, we encourage you

to apply.
Work in a way that wo

rks for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long

• -term goals.Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most

productive.
Wo

rking for you
We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delig

• hted to offer:Annual Prof
• it Share BonusComprehensiv
• e Pension PlanHome, office or commu
• ting allowanceGenerous vacation entitlement and option for sa
• bbatical leaveMaternity, Paternity, Adoption and Fam
• ily Care LeaveInternal communitie
• s and networksRecruitment intro

duction reward

About Business
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare, to partner for