SiXworks an IBM company

Junior Site Reliability Engineer

SiXworks an IBM company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Farnborough • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Junior

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudLinuxPythonTerraform

About the role

  • Supporting the delivery, upgrade, and maintenance of core services and project platforms.
  • Helping develop and maintain monitoring and management tools.
  • Assisting in ensuring high‑quality monitoring, alerting, and observability across systems.
  • Working with engineers, developers, operations, and QA to improve reliability and performance.
  • Contributing to the design and documentation of new deployments and services.
  • Helping build proof‑of‑concepts (PoCs) for new technologies and bringing them towards production readiness.
  • Learning how to conduct basic security checks, vulnerability assessments, and system hardening.
  • Supporting automation efforts using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or CI/CD pipelines.
  • Troubleshooting issues across Linux, Windows, containers, and cloud environments.
  • Helping ensure documentation is clear, accurate, and up to date.
  • Learning and applying DevOps and SRE best practices.
  • Collaborating with and learning from senior team members.

Requirements

  • Understanding of Linux or Windows operating systems.
  • Some experience with scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell, etc.) — even from personal projects or coursework.
  • Interest in automation and DevOps tools (Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD, Git).
  • Exposure to cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or similar (hands‑on or theoretical).
  • Strong problem‑solving mindset and willingness to experiment.
  • Eagerness to learn new technologies and work in a fast‑paced environment.
  • Good communication skills and ability to work well in a team.
Benefits
  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
  • Private Medical Insurance.
  • Life Assurance Scheme
  • Pension scheme
  • Professional Development opportunities.
  • Cycle to Work scheme.
  • Perks at Work scheme.
  • Discretionary Bonus scheme.
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Hard Skills & Tools
scriptingBashPythonPowerShellLinuxWindowsautomationDevOpsSREvulnerability assessments
Soft Skills
problem-solvingwillingness to experimenteagerness to learncommunicationteamwork