via reed · 26 May 2026 ·11 days ago

Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

McGregor Boyall
London Contract GBP 182,000 – 260,000
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Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Transformation - SRE Adoption - Banking and Payments

Contract, 12 months + Based in London (Hybrid working - 3 days office)

Global financial services client is seeking an SRE to lead the designs and reliability engineering across banking and payments, establishing SRE standards, automation, and learning practices to improve resilience, reduce incidents, and scale engineering led operations. The successful candidate will be skilled in resilient engineering, risk control, and scaling operations across complex banking and payments environments. Demonstrate flexibility, navigate ambiguity, and quickly establish credibility among technical peers Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities include:

  • SRE strategy ownership

  • Banking/payments resilience

  • Reliability engineering transformation

  • SLO/SLI/error budget adoption

  • Incident reduction and operational scaling

  • Senior stakeholder influence

If this is of interest and you have the required skills, please submit your CV over for immediate consideration.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

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