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Site Reliability Engineer – Software & Application Focus - Sydney or Melbourne | Hybrid (3 days in-office)

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a strong applications background to ensure the performance, reliability, and scalability of core business applications. This role sits within IT Operations, reporting to the IT Operations Manager, and plays a key part in optimising system availability and automation.

Why Join our client!

• Technology-first culture with a Microsoft stack (.NET, C#, SQL)
• Focus on automation, CI/CD, and DevSecOps
• Collaborative, high-impact role supporting product and IT operations teams

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Ensure system reliability & performance – Maintain high availability the core applications, proactively informing stakeholders on application performance and improvements.
• Automate & optimise – Reduce toil by identifying and implementing automation opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement – Facilitate Problem Incident Reviews (PIRs) and support backlog prioritisation for refactoring and repair.
• Monitoring & visibility – Manage logging, alerting, and monitoring systems to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement.
• Enhance CI/CD processes – Improve deployment speed and reliability through Azure Pipelines and automation.
• Stakeholder collaboration – Work with Product Owners to balance new features, bug fixes, automation, and system maintenance.
• Capacity planning & reporting – Provide insights into system performance, scalability, and improvements.

What We’re Looking For:

• 3-5 years of experience in software engineering using modern programming languages.
• Strong applications and software engineering background with knowledge of infrastructure.
• Experience with CI/CD, orchestration, automation, and DevSecOps.
• Proficiency in Azure Pipelines and Agile/Iterative development methodologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Success Factors in This Role:

• Ensuring core applications are always available.
• Proactively keeping stakeholders informed of performance and SLAs.
• Driving automation to increase efficiency and free up engineering capacity.
• Delivering fast, reliable deployments through strong CI/CD pipelines.
• Implementing end-to-end monitoring to identify performance bottlenecks.

This is a high-impact, software-focused SRE role where you will work closely with engineering, product, and IT teams to enhance system performance, scalability, and automation.