Site Reliability Engineer

OverviewAs an integral part of our Global Cloud & Platform Team, you are an SRE who can help our in-house technology teams build, support, and improve their suite of applications and systems. You will help to optimize the path to production and provide the automation skills to build monitoring, alerting and self-healing capabilities into our applications and services. You must be passionate about finding and resolving problems, no matter where they occur in the stack, and one who strives to make sure they don''t happen again. ResponsibilitiesSupport production and UAT systemsPerform some 2nd line support and triageResolve 3rd line issuesTake an issue and remediate, follow it through to productionManagement of Continuous Integration environmentsHelp support pipeline tools such as Nexus, Jenkins and SonarQubeManaging Application & Development EnvironmentsAcross a mixture of physical and cloud-based environmentsDevelop systemsWork on fixes and improvements of existing systemsWork on shared tools, libraries, and platformsIncrease maturity in Continuous DeliveryWorking with development teams, guide them to use engineering best practices and ensure their applications meet the LGIM Engineering and LGIM security standardsRecommend changes to engineering teams based on best practiseOptimisationsDatabase usage patternsData modellingWork on shared knowledge, scripts and toolsCreate documentation to drive learning and identify repeatable actions which can be automatedFacilitate Technical RoadmapsBe involved in upgrade and maintenance work across systemsResolve technical blockers and liaise with Infrastructure teamsMentor junior members of the teamEnsure that all customers/stakeholders are treated fairly in line with Legal & General''s principles on Customer Experience, Everyday Matters, Our Strategy, Employee Engagement, Continuous Improvement and TCF policyQualificationsSkills RequiredContinuous DeliveryCoding best practisesAgile methodology (Scrum)Software testing principlesTechnical specialism within the Team''s selection of technologySoftware ArchitectureInformation SecurityMust be able to demonstrate a collaborative approach with all members of the teamEssential SkillsStrong Java skills (Java 8+)Linux and networking fundamentalsExperience of containerisation, ideally using DockerExperience of continuous integration tooling, ideally using Jenkins, Maven, Nexus & SonarQubeExperience with AWS; EC2, RDS(Aurora), Elasticache and other managed servicesAn appreciation of Java / JVM-based application internals and debuggingMonitoring with Prometheus & Grafana or similarExperience across the entire stack: hardware, application, security and network.Experience with continuous deploymentDesired SkillsSupplementary languages (.NET, Python, Go, Julia)Knowledge of container orchestration using Kubernetes and OpenshiftExperience of agile software development methodologies and environmentsCompetence/CharacteristicsAbility to work to deadlines & be delivery focusedDetermination to find problems and fix them properlyMust enjoy building scalable/resilient softwareMust be passionate about automation and self-healingWillingness & aptitude to learn new skills and to contribute to the team''s continuous improvement ethicMust demonstrate a self-directed, self-motivated and pro-active attitudeMust have strong communication & presentation skillsFlexible attitude to working hours and home workingAbility to work with multiple departments, including IT Security, Infrastructure, Development and Production ServicesEOE StatementLI-hybridAs an EOE employer, Legal & General Investment Management America will extend equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, military status, and/or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment (2020).

Created: 2025-10-04