Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer; DevOps​/SRE

Position: Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer (DevOps / SRE)
Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer (Dev Ops / SRE)

Location:

London
Contract Type: 12 months

About the Role

Guidant Global is supporting our client in hiring a Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer with strong Dev Ops or Site Reliability Engineering experience. This role bridges traditional on‑premises IT operations with modern cloud‑native engineering, ensuring seamless integration, automation and performance optimisation across hybrid environments.

If you're passionate about resilient systems, cloud infrastructure, automation and scaling platforms responsibly - this is a role where you'll have a huge impact.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Management:
Design, deploy and maintain hybrid infrastructure solutions across cloud platforms and on‑premises environments
CI/CD Automation:
Build and manage automated delivery pipelines to support rapid development cycles
Monitoring & Reliability:
Implement and maintain monitoring, logging and alerting systems to ensure availability, performance and early issue detection
Security & Compliance:
Apply robust security best practices across all environments and ensure compliance with industry standards
Infrastructure‑as‑Code:
Develop, maintain and version-control infrastructure using Terraform or similar IaC tooling
Partner with development and product teams to improve system reliability, deployment speed and operational efficiency
Participate in on‑call rotations, responding to outages and performance incidents
Maintain clear, comprehensive documentation for systems, processes and configurations

Top Skills (in order of priority)

Background in Dev Ops, SRE, or Systems Administration
Strong hands‑on experience with both cloud platforms and on‑premises infrastructure
Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, Power Shell, etc.)

Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices
Solid understanding of networking - firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, routing fundamentals
Experience using monitoring & observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Cloud Watch, etc.)

Required Skills & Experience

Strong experience designing, operating and troubleshooting hybrid infrastructure
Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Experience using Terraform or similar tools for IaC
Hands‑on experience with CI/CD tools such as Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins or Azure Dev Ops
Strong scripting skills for automation and operational tooling
Understanding of security, compliance and best‑practice governance
Ability to work cross‑functionally with engineering and product teams

Nice to Have

Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Experience with hybrid cloud solutions and migration strategies
Familiarity with service mesh, zero‑trust architectures or advanced networking models
Experience working in regulated industries (FS, government, healthcare, defence, etc.)

Who You Are

You're a versatile engineer who thrives in hybrid environments, combining reliability engineering discipline with cloud‑native mindset. You're collaborative, calm under pressure, and excited about building systems that are secure, scalable and resilient.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy