Junior Site Reliability Engineer – Manchester

Location

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Contract £350 - £400 per day Inside IR35 via umbrella Manchester 6-12 month contract

The Junior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is an early-career engineer who helps keep cloud services reliable and observable, working under the guidance of more experienced SREs. They carry out well-defined operational and engineering tasks, learn the team's tools and practices, and build the skills to take on wider ownership over time.

Responsibilities

Engineering and operations

• Carries out routine operational tasks such as deployments, patching, access requests and capacity checks, following documented procedures.
• Writes and improves scripts and small automation tasks to reduce manual toil, with code review from senior colleagues.
• Maintains dashboards, alerts and runbooks, and flags gaps or noisy alerts.
• Supports the data management systems in the area by following guidance from senior colleagues.
• Joins the on-call rota once trained, initially as a shadow or secondary responder.
• Keeps accurate tickets, documentation and handover notes.

Skills

Essential

• A degree or equivalent in a technical subject, or demonstrable practical experience through projects, apprenticeships or internships.
• Basic knowledge of Linux, networking and at least one scripting or programming language.
• Clear communication and a willingness to ask for help early.

Desirable

• Previous experience in an IT operations, support, DevOps or software role.
• Hands-on exposure to GCP, Docker or Kubernetes through study or personal projects.
• GCP Cloud Digital Leader or Associate Cloud Engineer certification, or a commitment to obtain one.

Disclaimer

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.

Apply Job reference 131133_1793634213 Date posted 02 November 2026 Sector Information Technology

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