SRE Lead
The Role
The SRE Lead is a vital role within the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio and Salary Finance. You will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced and progressive environment, where you will support us in building our next generation of GenAI enabled tech businesses.
Must Have:
- Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tool Terraform.
- Experience in Docker and container orchestration.
- Commercial experience in building and deploying CI/CD pipelines using the following: AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, Terraform, Github, GitHub Actions and TeamCity.
- Proficient in AWS services like IAM, EC2, ECS, Lambda, VPC, Subnets etc.
- Experience of AWS Well-Architected framework, and the implementation of AWS security services.
- Some experience of programming in one or more of the following languages: C#, Python, Go, Node Js, Vue JS
- Ability to debug, optimise code, and automate routine tasks, using Python, Bash or other shell languages.
- Experience of centralised log management & other Observability tooling (Cloudwatch, Honeycomb and Grafana)
- Experience of ECS/Kubernetes/EKS & Docker, creating and managing AMIs
- Experience with management of large scale, high transactional systems using RDS, My SQL Aurora, MS SQL Server
- Experience implementing security best practices, working with security tooling and SIEM tools, to prevent security incidents by design.
- Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.
- Passion for staying up-to-date with the latest technologies and best practices.
- Willingness to learn and adapt to new tools, frameworks, and methodologies.
Good to have:
- Experience of deploying and managing Landing Zones
- Understanding of cloud-native architectures and distributed services.
- Experience in designing, analysing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
- Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective communication skills, and the determination to identify and solve the challenging problems that come up.
Who you are:
We embrace our differences, but there’s one thing we like to share, which is our values, so it’s important to us that you are:
- Fearless, and able to make the impossible possible.
- Responsible, and want to help build a business that delivers a meaningful difference to society.
- Dedicated and want to commit to an exciting journey even through the highs and lows.
- Empathetic and truly care about every colleague and customer.
- United, because you understand we achieve more when we work as a team.
- Humble, and take feedback as a way to continuously improve.
About Blenheim Chalcot
Blenheim Chalcot is one of the leading venture builders in the world. We have been building exciting and disruptive businesses for over 26 years across sectors including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. These companies are all GenAI enabled and are some of the most innovative companies in the UK and increasingly around the world.
The BC team in India has been instrumental to the growth and success of Blenheim Chalcot. Established in 2014, Blenheim Chalcot India serves as a pivotal launchpad for those aiming to make a difference in the realm of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Blenheim Chalcot India is driven by a mission to empower visionaries to lead, innovate, and build disruptive solutions. We support our diverse portfolio of ventures and create impactful solutions that shape global trends. We provide a range of services to help new business get off the ground, including technology, growth (marketing and sales), talent, HR, finance, legal and tax, plus so much more!
One of our Salary Finance is scaling fast and we’re looking to hire high energy, motivated and curious talent to support them on that journey!
About Salary Finance
Working with employers, we provide a financial wellbeing platform as an employee benefit, helping employees to understand their money better, get out of debt faster and save for their future. We already have a reach of over 4,000,000 employees through our relationships with over 600 of the biggest companies in the UK.
By improving employee financial wellbeing, we have a very real and meaningful impact on people’s lives. We remove the stress and worry associated with financial difficulties by dramatically reducing the interest rates employees pay on their personal debt, and provide them with the tools needed to start saving sooner and be more financially secure. We are backed by some of the biggest brands, including investments from Blenheim Chalcot (the UK’s leading venture builder), Legal and General (the FTSE 100 insurer and asset manager), Experian and Goldman Sachs, and funding partnerships with JP Morgan and Virgin Money.
Launched in 2015, we have made excellent progress, and are scaling fast. We are named BITC’s Responsible Business of Year 2018, included in KPMG’s Global Fintech 100, listed top of the Forbes' list of socially-responsible startups, and profiled by the Financial Times, the Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Telegraph, CityAM and the Institute of Directors.
What we can offer you
- Be part of the World’s Leading Digital Venture Builder
- Have the opportunity to be a part of and learn from the incredible diverse talent in BC
- Be exposed to the right mix of challenges, within a culture that promotes continuous learning and development and opportunity to work with Gen AI
- A fun and open, if a little cricket obsessed, atmosphere – we own the Rajasthan Royals IPL team!
- 24 days of annual leave &10 public holiday days
- Private Medical for you and your immediate family & Life Insurance for yourself
Important
At Blenheim Chalcot, we strive to create an environment where differences are not only accepted but greatly valued; where everyone can make the most of their capabilities and potential. We promote meritocracy, competence and the sharing of ideas and opinions. We are driven by data and believe the diversity, agility, generosity, and curiosity of our people is what sets us apart as an organisation. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talent.
