Site Reliability Engineer
Join a leading banking environment where you’ll ensure the stability, performance, and reliability of mission-critical systems.
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Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Location: Lisbon, Portugal (Hybrid)
Job Type: Contract (6 months)
Role Overview:
We are looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support business-critical systems in the banking and financial services domain. The role has a strong focus on production support, monitoring, automation, CI/CD pipelines, and incident management, ensuring system stability, availability, and operational excellence in a regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide end-to-end production support for critical banking applications and platforms.
Monitor system performance, availability, and reliability using monitoring and observability tools.
Proactively identify issues, perform troubleshooting, and prevent service disruptions.
Manage incidents and major incidents, including:
Incident triage and resolution
Root cause analysis (RCA)
Incident and post-incident reporting
Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable and automated deployments.
Automate infrastructure and operational tasks using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
Use Ansible for configuration management and automation.
Collaborate closely with development, QA, operations, and security teams.
Ensure systems comply with banking, security, and regulatory standards.
Continuously improve monitoring, alerting, incident response, and operational processes.
Required Skills & Experience:
5–7 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, or a related role.
Strong hands-on experience in production support for high-availability environments.
Proven experience with incident management and handling critical production issues.
Experience creating and maintaining incident reports and RCA documentation.
Solid knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, Datadog, or similar).
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps or equivalent).
Strong expertise in Ansible for automation and configuration management.
Good knowledge of Linux systems and scripting (Bash, Python, or similar).
Experience working in or supporting banking or financial services systems (highly preferred).
Nice to Have:
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Familiarity with security, compliance, and risk controls in regulated environments
Experience supporting hybrid (on-premises and cloud) infrastructures.
Recruitment Partner: Sperton
This position is exclusively managed by Sperton, a global talent partner connecting high-performing professionals with leading organizations worldwide.
- Department
- Information Technology
- Locations
- Lisbon
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Contract
- Job location
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Employment Level | Seniority
- Mid-Senior level
Workplace & Culture at Sperton
At Sperton, we believe that great results come from great people.
Our culture is built on trust, collaboration, and a shared passion for delivering quality in everything we do.
We are a Norwegian-owned international company with colleagues across Europe, Asia, and the USA, working together seamlessly across time zones and cultures. Our teams are diverse, yet united by the same goal — to connect people and companies in meaningful ways.
We value openness, initiative, and continuous learning. Everyone at Sperton is encouraged to take ownership, share ideas, and challenge existing ways of working to make our solutions even better.
Even though we operate globally, our approach is personal. We take pride in creating a supportive and inclusive environment where people feel heard, respected, and motivated to grow — both professionally and personally.
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