JLR
Staff Site Reliability Engineer
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Staff Site Reliability Engineer
# Staff Site Reliability Engineer Location: Manchester Posting Dates: 02/07/2026 – 09/07/2026 Salary: Competitive
Product Engineering at JLR is driven by innovation and creativity, encompassing cutting-edge systems like advanced driver assistance and electric propulsion. Join a team of industry experts shaping the future of motoring, fostering product strategy, performance analysis, and transformation—where exceptional careers are built.
About the Role
Joining JLR’s digital engineering hub in Manchester is an opportunity to transform connected car and data platforms. As a Staff Site Reliability Engineer, you’ll:
- Solve complex engineering challenges—building resilient, cloud-native systems and elevating engineering standards.
- Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure (primarily AWS + Kubernetes).
- Enhance CI/CD pipelines for agile, high-quality software delivery.
- Lead hands-on SRE practices across build, test, and deployment.
- Ensure systems meet industry benchmarks for scalability, security, and performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive technical problem-solving for cloud infrastructure, software delivery, and SRE best practices.
- Architect, deploy, and maintain AWS-based platform services (e.g., Kubernetes clusters, serverless tools).
- Optimise CI/CD workflows with Terraform and AWS-native tools like Lambdas, S3, and API Gateway.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to suppress bottlenecks and improve system reliability.
- Advocate for continuous improvement in observability, logging, and monitoring stack (e.g., Prometheus, CloudWatch).
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Essential Requirements
- 10+ years of cloud engineering experience, with hands-on tenure in AWS and Kubernetes.
- Proven coding proficiency in Python or Java, across development cycles (from design to deployment).
- Infrastructure as Code: Expertise in Terraform + AWS-specific tooling (e.g., CDK, CloudFormation Validator).
- Deep understanding of cloud-native development paradigms (e.g., microservices, event-driven architectures).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins, or Tekton).
- Prior work as an SRE or DevOps engineer with measurable impact on uptime, latency, or engineering velocity.
Nice-to-Have (Bonus)
- Strong data engineering background (e.g., workflows for Connected Car data workflows).
- Familiarity with telemetry processing (e.g., Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
- Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments, or acceleration hardware (e.g., FPGA).
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Benefits
Beyond competitive pay, performance bonuses, and a 52-week maternity leave policy (4 weeks for paternity), JLR provides:
✔ Discounted car purchase (available to family members) ✔ Employee learning fund for certifications, education, and upskilling initiatives ✔ Flexible working model (hybrid by default; structured conversations align local policies to roles) ✔ Luxury travel/package allowances for hybrid or office-based employees ✔ Equity awards (aligned to company performance) ✔ Comprehensive health support (life assurance, income protection, dental) ✔ Open-access support networks (groups by background, stage in career, or shared interests)
A Note on Culture & Belonging
JLR champions an inclusive, supportive environment, prioritising reasonable adjustment during recruitment. If your application doesn’t align perfectly with listed criteria—yet you’d like to grow into the role—we’re open to discussion.
JLR is fully committed to equal opportunity amd recognises talent where it exists—no matter background, circumstance, or identity.
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