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Consulting Site Reliability Engineer

BehavioSec

BehavioSec

Software Engineering
Carshalton, UK
Posted on Jan 21, 2026

Principal / Consulting Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Are you a SME?

Do you have experience of mentoring other Engineers?

About the Business:

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions provides customers with solutions and decision tools that combine public and industry specific content with advanced technology and analytics to assist them in evaluating and predicting risk and enhancing operational efficiency. We use the power of data and advanced analytics to help our customers make better, timelier decisions. By bringing clarity to information, we ultimately help make communities safer, insurance rates more accurate, commerce more transparent, business decisions easier and processes more efficient. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below

www.lexisnexisrisk.com

About the Role

As a Principal/Consulting SRE, you will lead complex reliability initiatives and drive reduction of operational toil across our systems. You will act as a subject‑matter expert, collaborating with product and development teams to enhance reliability, performance, and engineering best practices. You will also mentor other engineers and help shape technical strategy and architectural standards.

About the Team

You’ll join a highly skilled group of SRE professionals dedicated to building resilient, scalable, and efficient systems. The team partners closely with development and product engineering groups to support shared learning and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering teams to promote reliability-focused design, development, and deployment practices.

• Lead reviews to ensure alignment with architectural and enterprise standards.

• Develop and maintain high-quality, scalable, and efficient code solutions.

• Guide system and user acceptance testing to deliver robust and reliable services.

• Serve as a primary technical contact for internal and external stakeholders.

• Mentor and support engineers at all levels, fostering an inclusive learning culture.

• Contribute to architectural discussions and long-term technical planning.

• Provide guidance and solutions during system incidents or outages.

Requirements

• Advanced proficiency in one or more of the following: .NET, C#, Python, PySpark, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, Argo CD.

• Ability to quickly adapt to evolving responsibilities and technologies.

• Strong experience with Agile, Waterfall, or other SDLC methodologies.

• Expertise in data modeling, data design, performance tuning, and best practices.

• Solid understanding of modern architectural principles and industry technology trends.

• Experience applying test‑driven development practices.

• Deep familiarity with a range of data storage technologies.

• Strong analytical and research skills.

• Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives and collaborating effectively with distributed teams.

• Proficiency with common engineering toolsets and development platforms.

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

● Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days

● Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits

● Wellbeing programs

● Life assurance

● Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme

● Save As You Earn share option scheme

● Travel Season ticket loan

● Electric Vehicle Scheme

● Optional Dental Insurance

● Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave

● Employee Assistance Programme

● Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children

● RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you

● Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer

● Access to extensive learning and development resources

● Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

Learn more about the LexisNexis Risk team and how we work here





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