Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer (DevOps / SRE)
| Posting date: | 05 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £450 to £550 per day |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, London, WC2N 5DU |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Guidant Group |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | mph/126_1772730053 |
Summary
Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer (DevOps / SRE)
Location: London
Contract Type: 12 months
About the Role
Guidant Global is supporting our client in hiring a Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer with strong DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering experience. This role bridges traditional on‑premises IT operations with modern cloud‑native engineering, ensuring seamless integration, automation and performance optimisation across hybrid environments.
If you're passionate about resilient systems, cloud infrastructure, automation and scaling platforms responsibly - this is a role where you'll have a huge impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Infrastructure Management: Design, deploy and maintain hybrid infrastructure solutions across cloud platforms and on‑premises environments
- CI/CD Automation: Build and manage automated delivery pipelines to support rapid development cycles
- Monitoring & Reliability: Implement and maintain monitoring, logging and alerting systems to ensure availability, performance and early issue detection
- Security & Compliance: Apply robust security best practices across all environments and ensure compliance with industry standards
- Infrastructure‑as‑Code: Develop, maintain and version-control infrastructure using Terraform or similar IaC tooling
- Partner with development and product teams to improve system reliability, deployment speed and operational efficiency
- Participate in on‑call rotations, responding to outages and performance incidents
- Maintain clear, comprehensive documentation for systems, processes and configurations
Top Skills (in order of priority)
- Background in DevOps, SRE, or Systems Administration
- Strong hands‑on experience with both cloud platforms and on‑premises infrastructure
- Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices
- Solid understanding of networking - firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, routing fundamentals
- Experience using monitoring & observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, etc.)
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong experience designing, operating and troubleshooting hybrid infrastructure
- Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Experience using Terraform or similar tools for IaC
- Hands‑on experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Azure DevOps
- Strong scripting skills for automation and operational tooling
- Understanding of security, compliance and best‑practice governance
- Ability to work cross‑functionally with engineering and product teams
Nice to Have
- Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- Experience with hybrid cloud solutions and migration strategies
- Familiarity with service mesh, zero‑trust architectures or advanced networking models
- Experience working in regulated industries (FS, government, healthcare, defence, etc.)
Who You Are
You're a versatile engineer who thrives in hybrid environments, combining reliability engineering discipline with cloud‑native mindset. You're collaborative, calm under pressure, and excited about building systems that are secure, scalable and resilient.
Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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