SRE Infrastructure Engineer

  • Bupa
  • Dec 18, 2022
Full time I.T. & Communications

Job Description

SRE Infrastructure Engineer

London (EC2R 7HJ)

Flexible / Hybrid working options

Permanent

£72,800 - £95,000 / Car Allowance / Bonus + Fantastic Benefits

Full Time 35 Hours per Week

Here you'll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You'll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

At Bupa, we're passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you'll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives.

Right from the start you'll become part of our digital strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.

Role Overview

As an SRE and Infrastructure Engineer you will be part of the engineering team assuming the SRE function and be part of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Data team are building the new strategic data and analytics platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for Bupa Group covering diverse elements from Clinical Analytics to Finance and ESG modelling.

In addition to general SRE responsibilities you will be relied upon to ensure the code (mostly terraform) for the infrastructure is fit for purpose to ensure the continuity of service.

What you'll do:

Drive the continuous improvement monitoring and alerting of the application stack

Migrate the alerting to an SLO based model

Help setting up the error budget

Respond to production failure, resolve production incidents.

Own and conduct post-mortems for every impacting incident.

Reduce / eliminate toil via automation

Develop/add metrics in existing code and components

Continuously assess and improve reliability of the application

Measure capacity, anticipate and solve potential bottle necks ahead of time.

Participate in new feature grooming to ensure all the SRE needs are incorporated from the beginning (Documentation, metrics, logging, automation, resiliency, etc )

Create and maintain documentation/tooling needed for an effective production support.

Create and maintain infrastructure-as-code assets

What you'll bring:

Educated to minimum of degree level in engineering, computer science or related technology discipline

Previous experience as a Devops, Software or SRE engineer

Azure/GCP certifications(s) or equivalent highly regarded

Strong engineering practices, especially automation

Google Cloud Platform service skills

Cloud Run

Alerts

Logging

Cloud SDK

Terraform

Language skill:

SQL/TSQL (Useful)

Python (Useful)

Azure DevOps skills:

Git (Mandatory)

DevOps (Useful)

Pipelines (Useful)

Alternative skills considered

Azure/AWS equivalent to Azure/GCP services

Other transferable skills

Why Bupa?

We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers.

Our benefits are driven by what matters to our people. It's important to us that these benefits support a work-life balance that keeps people healthy, both mentally and physically. You will be eligible for:

25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

Annual performance-based bonus

Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available

Various other benefits and online discounts

Diversity and Inclusion

Bupa is committed to making sure that every applicant is assessed solely on personal merit and qualifications. We actively celebrate the diversity of our colleagues and provide an inclusive environment so you can bring your true self to Bupa. We'll make sure you are treated fairly. That's why we're happy to offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Whether you've found your feet or are discovering a new path.

Welcome to a place that celebrates you.

This isn't where you've been.

This is where you're going.

This is what we have belief in.

Time Type:

Full time