Windows Site Reliability Engineer | £110K | Hybrid | London

Overview:
A leading global investment bank is seeking a skilled Windows Site Reliability Engineer to join their London-based Technology team. This is a senior-level leadership role focused on driving platform reliability, automation strategy, and infrastructure modernisation across mission-critical banking systems. This is an excellent opportunity to join an investment banking powerhouse.

Role and Responsibilities:

Lead Platform Engineering and SRE strategy across the organisation
Build scalable, self-service, and resilient infrastructure platforms
Drive Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD adoption, automating manual tasks
Define SLOs and optimise system performance, latency, and scalability
Lead root cause analysis and remediate technical debt
Partner with development teams to improve testing, releases, and deployments
Shape cloud and hybrid migration strategies
Ensure regulatory, audit, and security compliance
Act as senior escalation point for high-severity incidents
Identify cost and efficiency improvements; deputise for senior leadershipSkills and Experience:

Deep expertise in Microsoft Windows Server internals
Advanced knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, and Kerberos
Extensive experience tuning low-latency, enterprise-scale systems
Strong background in SRE, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code principles
Advanced scripting and development capability (PowerShell, Python, C#)
Clustering, high-availability, replication, and disaster recovery expertise
Experience with Git, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and TeamCity
Strong understanding of security hardening (CIS) within regulated environments
Deep knowledge of performance monitoring, system internals, and optimisation techniques
Experience working within financial services or other regulated industriesDesirable:

Kubernetes and Docker orchestration
Major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Nutanix HCI and VMware ESX
Enterprise databases (SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase ASE, MongoDB, Snowflake)
Enterprise monitoring tools (Splunk, Netcool)Package

Circa £110,000 + Excellent Package
London / Hybrid x3 days onsite
Flexible working consideredWindows Site Reliability Engineer | £110K | Hybrid | London