skip navigation
skip mega-menu

Site Reliability Engineer - Department for Business and Trade - SEO

Government Digital & Data -

Full-time (Permanent)
London £49,734 to £60,993, National £45,835 to £57,176.
Published on
28 July 2026
Deadline
17 August 2026

Location

Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford

About the job

Job summary

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has a clear mission - to grow the economy. Our role is to help businesses invest, grow and export to create jobs and opportunities right across the country. We do this in three ways.

Firstly, we help to build a strong, competitive business environment, where consumers are protected and companies rewarded for treating their employees properly.

Secondly, we open international markets and ensure resilient supply chains. This can be through Free Trade Agreements, trade facilitation and multilateral agreements.

Finally, we work in partnership with businesses every day, providing advance, finance and deal-making support to those looking to start up, invest, export and grow.

The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support us in this mission.

Job description

As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will pro-actively engage development teams and use initiative to develop the tools for their job, including application performance monitoring, exception, log and metrics aggregation, dashboards, and declarative CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery) pipelines.

You’ll work alongside senior members of the team to pro-actively engage product teams about service-level indicators, objectives, and error budgets. You’ll contribute towards building and scaling our shared tooling for the platform and participate in an on-call rota.

 Our tech stack includes:

  • AWS and Azure
  • GitHub Actions and AWS CodePipelines/CodeBuild
  • Terraform
  • Containerisation such as Docker, Elastic Container Service (ECS), Elastic Container Registry (ECR) and Kubernetes
  • ElasticSearch/OpenSearch
  • Python and Django framework
  • PostgreSQL as a service (Amazon RDS)
  • Datadog, Logstash
  • Redis/Elasticache

Person specification

You should be able to demonstrate:

  • Cloud experience with either Amazon Web Services, Azure or Google Cloud.
  • Exposure to building code-defined and reliable infrastructure on top of cloud computing systems (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi).
  • Working knowledge in one or more programming languages, writing clean and effective code.
  • Working knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking.
  • Ability to see user impact in the infrastructure or application changes, including a drive to improve the end user experience at every turn.
  • Strong communication skills when dealing with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.


More jobs at Government Digital & Data

Interaction Designer - GDS
Full-time (Permanent)
Test Engineer - GDS - SEO
£46,725 - £50,220 (London) / £42,893 - £45,653 (National) plus additional allowance
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Interaction Designer Intellectual Property Office -
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Interaction Designer Intellectual Property Office - sE
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Dynamics Developer - Intellectual Property Office - SEO
£47,766 - £58,575
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Delivery Manager - Cabinet Office - G7
National = £57,204 - £63,953 London = £62,988 - £68,558
Full-time (Permanent)
Network Technical Architect - Government Property Agency - G7
£56,500 - £62,554 plus up to £25,000 additional allowances
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Cyber Talent Capability Manager - Department for Science, Innovation & Technology - SEO
National: £44,620 - £49,065; London: £47,355 - £52,090
Full-time (Permanent)
Cyber Talent Capability Manager - Department for Science, Innovation & Technology - HEO
National: £36,735 - £39,670 London: £39,850 - £43,020
Full-time (Permanent)
Lead Test Engineer - HMRC - G7
National £58,541 - £64,624 London £65,869 - £72,711
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Dynamics Developer - Intellectual Property Office - SEO
£47,766 - £58,575
Full-time (Permanent)
Chief Information Security Officer - Home Office - SCS2
£150,000
Full-time (Permanent)
Director of Technology and Operations - FCDO Services - SCS1
£81,000 - £117,800 Plus £1,750 location allowance
Full-time (Permanent)
Director of Technology and Operations - FCDO Services - SCS1
£81,000 - £117,800 Plus £1,750 location allowance
Full-time (Permanent)
Chief Technology Officer - Health and Safety Executive - SCS1
£86,000 - £117,800
Full-time (Permanent)
Software Developer (Ruby Developer) - Cabinet Office - G7
National: £57,204 - £63,988, London: £62,988 - £74,822
Full-time (Permanent)
Head of Delivery - UK Health Security Agency - G6
£70,797 - £85,436
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Security) - HM Land Registry - SEO
£48,400 - £59,300 including GDD additional allowances
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - HM Land Registry - SEO
£48,400 - £59,300 including GDD additional allowance
Full-time (Permanent)
Lead Infrastructure Specialist - HM Land Registry - SEO
£57,000 - £70,900 includes GDD allowance
Full-time (Permanent)
Service Manager - HMRC - SEO
£45,544 - £49,523
Full-time (Permanent)
Lead Technical Architect - Government Digital Service - G6
£72,825 - £86,925 (Bristol & Manchester), £77,755 - £91,855 (London) Based on capability
Full-time (Permanent)
Lead Technical Architect (Infrastructure & Networks) - FCDO Services - G7
£60,739 - £69,832 Plus location allowance £1750
Full-time (Permanent)
Chief Information Security Officer - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - SCS1
£81,000 - £130,000
Full-time (Permanent)
Project Manager - HM Land Registry - SEO
National: £45,514 Croydon £49,688
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Solutions Architect - Government Digital Service - G7
£62,120 - £79120 (London), £57,350 - £67,150 (Bristol & Manchester) Based on capability.
Full-time (Permanent)
Deputy Director Cyber Security - UK Health Security Agency - SCS1
£86,000 - £130,000
Full-time (Permanent)
Data Governance Lead - Government Digital Service - G7
£56,850 - £61,620
Full-time (Permanent)
Lead Digital Evaluator - Office for National Statistics - G7
£56,861 - £66,704
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Data Engineer (GCP) - Office for National Statistics - SEO
£41,985 plus up to additional £750
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Data Engineer - Office for National Statistics - SEO
£41,985 plus up to £750 additional
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Data Architect - Office for National Statistics - G7
£56,861 - £66,704 plus up to £1,300 additional allowance
Full-time (Permanent)
Service Delivery Manager - National Crime Agency - HEO
£45,326 plus additional £4,218 for London
Full-time (Permanent)
Delivery Manager - Ministry of Justice - G7
The national salary is £58,511 - £65,329. London salary is £63,343 - £70,725
Full-time (Permanent)
Associate Delivery Manager - Ministry of Justice - SEO
National: £42,914 - £46,182, London: £49,325 - £53,081
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Product Manager - Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - G7
£62,515 including allowances
Full-time (Permanent)
Lead Product Manager - HMRC - G6
£71,725 - £79,481
Full-time (Permanent)
Product Manager - HMRC - G7
£58,541 - £64,624
Full-time (Permanent)
Associate Product Manager - HMRC - SEO
£45,544 - £49,523
Full-time (Permanent)
AI Product Manager - Ministry of Justice - G6
£71,381 - £85,257
Full-time (Permanent)
Associate Infrastructure Engineer - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - HEO
£36,169 - £44,558 based on location and additional capability allowance
Full-time (Temporary)
Infrastructure Engineer - HMRC - HEO
£37,682 - £40,705
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Government Digital Service - G7
£64,450 - £76,950
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior ANPR Engineer - Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - SEO
£44,241 Yeading/Uxbridge additional £4,000
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior IT Service Manager - Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - G7
£57,515
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Business Analyst - Office for National Statistics - SEO
£41,985 - £47,121
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Digital Business Analyst (Salesforce Centre of Enablement) - OFGEM - G7
National £49,452-£58,519, London £52,397-£62,699
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior User Researcher - Cabinet Office - G7
National: £57,204 - £63,953, London: £62,988 - £68,558
Full-time (Permanent)
AWS Technical Architect - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - G7
£63,483 – £72,287 (London), £58,092 – £66,742 (National) plus additional allowance
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior User Researcher - Government Digital Service - G7
£56,850 - £71,920 Based on location and capability
Full-time (Permanent)
Lead Software Developer - HM Treasury - G7
London: £60,670 - £67,500 / National: £57,670 - £64,500 plus allowances
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Ruby Developer - Ministry of Justice - G7
National: £58,511 - £65,329, London: £63,343 - £70,725
Full-time (Permanent)
Lead Data Engineer - HM Treasury - G7
London: £60,670 - £67,500 / National: £57,670 - £64,500 plus additional allowances
Full-time (Permanent)
Junior Software Developer - Met Office - EO
£28,600 - £31,327 Your total reward package will be up to £40,524 annually
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Delivery Manager - Cabinet Office - G7
£57,204 - £68,558 based on location and capability
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Delivery Manager - Department for Energy Security & Net Zero - G7
National: £56,900 - £64,510 London: £62,595 - £69,765
Full-time (Temporary)
Product Manager - HMRC - G7
£58,541 - £64,624
Full-time (Permanent)
Associate Product Manager - UK Health Security Agency - SEO
£41,983 - £52,113
Full-time (Temporary)
Associate Product Manager - HMRC - SEO
£45,544 - £49,523
Full-time (Permanent)
SAP Finance Functional Lead - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - G7
£63,483 (London), £58,092 (National) plus up to £4,000 additional allowance
Full-time (Temporary)
Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Database) - Companies House - HEO
£41,509 additional DDaT allowance of £4,350 - £11,000 available
Full-time (Permanent)
Digital Portfolio Manager - Government Digital Service - SEO
The base salary of this grade is £47,355 for London and £44,620
Full-time (Temporary)
Infrastructure Engineer - HMRC - HEO
£37,682 - £40,705
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Database Administrator) - Office for National Statistics - SEO
£44,050 - £47,121 plus up to £5,000 additional allowance
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Department for Work and Pensions - G7
£57,946 - £73,205
Full-time (Permanent)
Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Wintel Serve) - Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - G7
£57,515 - £82,430
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - HMRC - SEO
£45,544 - £49,523
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Windows) - Ministry of Defence - SEO
£46,040 - £50,510 including allowances
Full-time (Permanent)
Infrastructure Operations Engineer - HMRC - HEO
National: £37,682 - £40,705 London; £42,631 - £46,077
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer (DevOps/Platform) - HMRC - SEO
£45,544 - £49,523
Full-time (Permanent)
DDaT Database Administrator - Ministry of Defence - SEO
£46,040 - £50,510
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior IT Service Manager - Office for National Statistics - G7
£56,861 - £66,704
Full-time (Permanent)
IT Service Management Analyst - HM Land Registry - EO
£32,119
Full-time (Permanent)
Senior DevOps Engineer - Ministry of Justice - G7
National salary range is £58,511 - £65,329, London salary range is £63,343 - £70,725.
Full-time (Permanent)
Lead Business Analyst - Office for National Statistics - G7
£56,861 - £66,704
Full-time (Permanent)

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up here