Job Title
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
Ref #
54081
Date posted
Monday, September 15, 2025
Country
United Kingdom
Location
Woking
Business area
IT
Department
IT
Position level
4
Working time
Full Time
Contract type
Permanent
Working pattern
37.5 Standard 9:00 - 17:00 (30 min lunch)
What to Expect
We are looking for an accomplished Lead Site Reliability Engineer with deep technical expertise, proven operational leadership, and a strategic mindset. You’ll take ownership of designing and scaling infrastructure systems with reliability, performance, and security baked in from day one. This role is built for an SRE leader who’s driven to evolve systems architecture, mentor engineers, and steer the long-term reliability posture of a scaling technology organisation. You’ll collaborate closely with product and platform teams to define standards and drive cross-functional engineering excellence.
What You'll Do
Infrastructure Architecture & Leadership
– Architect and operate complex infrastructure environments, with a 
preference for AWS (Azure experience also valued)
– Lead infrastructure strategy—ensuring resiliency, performance, and 
scalability across services
– Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption using Terraform, Ansible, or 
similar tools at scale
Reliability Engineering & Observability
– Define and implement robust observability systems with tools such 
as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and OpenTelemetry
– Set and enforce SLIs/SLOs across key services, and lead incident 
response and operational review practices
– Build and maintain automation frameworks for self-healing, failover, 
and recovery operations
CI/CD and DevOps Strategy
– Own CI/CD pipeline architecture for distributed systems (e.g. Git, 
Argo)
– Mentor engineering teams on containerization (Docker) and 
orchestration (Kubernetes), ensuring best practices across 
environments
– Guide secrets, configuration, and environment strategy across 
staging and production ecosystems
Security, Compliance & Governance
– Own CI/CD pipeline architecture for distributed systems (e.g. Git, 
Argo)
– Define infrastructure security patterns including IAM, encryption, 
and segmentation strategies
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– Champion compliance-aligned engineering processes and 
governance frameworks
Technical Mentorship & Cross-Team Influence
– Mentor SREs and DevOps engineers, fostering technical growth and 
reliability first thinking
– Influence architecture reviews and operational readiness across 
teams
– Promote a culture of reliability, automation, and continuous 
improvement across engineering team
What You'll Bring
Business Knowledge:
– Strong understanding of cloud-native infrastructure and service 
reliability within a fast-paced technology organisation.
– Familiarity with compliance and governance frameworks relevant to 
cloud operations (e.g., ISO, SOC2).
Essential Functional / Technical Skills:
– Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS preferred, Azure beneficial).
– Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
– Deep knowledge of observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, 
OpenTelemetry).
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– Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Git, Argo), containerisation 
(Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
– Strong grasp of infrastructure security principles (IAM, encryption, 
segmentation).
Personal Attributes / Competencies:
– Strategic thinker with a proactive approach to reliability and 
scalability.
– Influential mentor and collaborator across engineering disciplines.
– Resilient under pressure, with strong incident management and 
problem-solving skills.
– Advocates for automation, continuous improvement, and 
engineering excellence
What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

  • Structured career development framework
  • 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
  • Enhanced company pension scheme
  • Discretionary annual bonus award
  • Private medical insurance and health cash plan
  • Life assurance benefit
  • Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • Generous parental leave policies
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks. 

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey. 

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