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<div class="content-intro"><p><strong><span data-contrast="none">About Us</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">In 2019, the founders were working as engineers solving complex cross-domain problems within government organisations.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">TwinStream was formed to bring together their collective expertise and experience into a single business, focused on delivering technical excellence and high-quality service to clients.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Since then, the company has grown to over 100 team members across the UK, with colleagues working both on-site with clients, <span class="TextRun SCXW250323204 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250323204 BCX8">hybrid</span></span> and remotely from home.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<p> </p></div><p>Day Rate: £500 - £650</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Location: Hybrid working in Cheltenham (3-4 days) with possible 24/7 call out when on rota</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">Security Clearance: Must have live DV Clearance </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About the role:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Our cross-domain services are used in high-profile government organisations. The demand for these services continues to grow in both scope and scale. We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to help satisfy that demand. As an SRE you will be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance and cost effectiveness of these services. You will be working with multiple feature development teams and the BAU/Support team to define and evolve our cloud & on-prem infrastructure & delivery pipelines, improving system observability, demonstrating performance and capacity improvements and proactively identifying and mitigating reliability risks.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Key Responsibilities of the Site Reliability Engineer:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Designing and maintaining reliable, scalab</span><span data-contrast="none">le </span><span data-contrast="auto">physical and virtual </span><span data-contrast="none">in</span><span data-contrast="none">frastructure </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Monitoring system performance</span><span data-contrast="none"> and proactively resolving issues </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Automating processes using tools such as Ansible to</span><span data-contrast="none"> improve efficiency and consistency </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Collaborating with engineers and stakeholders across the business </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Supporting continuous improvement of systems, tools, and practices </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Operating across the full infrastructure stack, from bare metal systems through to virtualised deployments and the applications running within them.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
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<p><br><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Skills & Experience Required:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience using modern configuration management tools (such as Ansible, Chef or similar)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience working with Terraform</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience working with docker containers & container orchestration tools (such as Kubernetes, OpenShift or Docker Swarm)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience both using and maintaining CI / CD tools (such as Jenkins or similar) </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience with monitoring tools such as InfluxDB, Prometheus or Grafana.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience of event-driven integration with MQ messaging (RabbitMQ or similar AMQP solution)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Good understanding of relational databases and SQL</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Linux command line, administration and shell scripting</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Working knowledge of network security protocols</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience using, developing with and maintaining cloud hosting services (ideally AWS EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Desirable Skills:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Industry experience writing well-tested code in one of our platform languages (Java, Go, Python or similar)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Knowledge of cross domain principles & technologies</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience of working in a service management environment</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Practical applications of using observability patterns in previous systems</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Creating and monitoring system availability metrics and using those to drive work that reduces downtime</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}">Experience in Azure</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Diversity & Inclusion</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. We’re here to support you</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Further Information:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<p class="isSelectedEnd">Due to the nature of the work and the sectors we support, any offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of the relevant security screening and clearance process.</p>
<p>This role requires eligibility for <span class="text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm" data-placeholder-token="true">[BPSS / SC / DV]</span> clearance. As part of the vetting process, candidates must meet the UK Government's residency and right-to-work requirements associated with the required level of clearance.</p>
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