The Economist Group
SiteReliabilityEngineer
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“Site Reliability Engineer at The Economist Group. Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, AWS, CI/CD, Cloud Security, Observability, Automation. implement, and operate highly available, scalable cloud infrastructure across a multi-account AWS environment. improve system reliability, performance, and operational efficiency”
What You'll Achieve.
improve system reliability, performance, and operational efficiency; enable teams to deploy and operate services safely at scale; ensure critical services remain reliable and performant
Industry & Context.
root cause analysis
24x7 production support for mission critical applications
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
experience in AWS environments 4 - 5 Years, Hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms such as CircleCI and GitHub Actions, Solid understanding of cloud security fundamentals, including IAM, network security, secrets management, and logging, Familiarity with containerized and serverless architectures (ECS, Lambda), Proficiency in TypeScript and/or Python for automation, tooling, or backend services, Experience working with observability tools such as New Relic and good understanding of SLO, SLI, SLA, collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence engineering teams, Ready to participate in 24x7 production support for mission critical applications
Nice to Have
Hands-on experience with Cloudflare or a similar CDN/WAF (WAF rules, DNS, security policies) technology, Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. , Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation), Experience supporting or working with internal developer platforms or in-house tooling, Background in SRE, DevOps, or CloudOps roles
What You'll Do.
and operate highly available
scalable cloud infrastructure across a multi-account AWS environment
improve system reliability
and operational efficiency
enable teams to deploy and operate services safely at scale
build resilient platforms
improve observability
strengthen incident response practices
ensure critical services remain reliable and performant
and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using CircleCI
Manage and secure AWS multi-account environments
Implement and operate cloud-native workloads using ECS and AWS Lambda
support services written in TypeScript OR Python
Integrate Snyk for dependency
Operational support on Cloudflare for DNS
and edge security controls
and observability using New Relic
Collaborate with Security and Compliance teams to support audits
vulnerability management
Support incident response
and post-incident improvements related to security or pipeline failures
Continuously identify opportunities to improve automation
and developer experience
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Working closely with Engineering and Platform and Service Management teams; Collaborate with Security and Compliance teams
Communication Scope
collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence engineering teams
Full Job Description
Who we are We are an organisation that exists to drive progress. That's the “red thread” that connects everyone at The Economist Group (TEG). Our businesses share a devotion to innovation, independence and rigour in their fields of expertise. We empower people to understand and tackle the critical challenges and changes facing the world. Our analytical rigour, global expertise and evidence-based insights enable individuals and organisations to make sense of these shifts and chart a course through them. We deliver analysis and insights in many formats to subscribers and businesses in 170 countries through our three businesses, The Economist, Economist Enterprise and Economist Education, which uphold our global reputation for excellence and integrity. You will implement, and operate highly available, scalable cloud infrastructure across a multi-account AWS environment. Working closely with Engineering and Platform and Service Management teams, you will improve system reliability, performance, and operational efficiency while enabling teams to deploy and operate services safely at scale. You will play a key role in building resilient platforms, improving observability, automating operations, and strengthening incident response practices to ensure critical services remain reliable and performant. Key Responsibilities Build, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using CircleCI, embedding security controls and automated checks throughout the SDLC. Manage and secure AWS multi-account environments, including IAM, networking, logging, and guardrails aligned with least-privilege and zero-trust principles. Implement and operate cloud-native workloads using ECS and AWS Lambda, supporting services written in TypeScript OR Python. Integrate Snyk for dependency, container, and code scanning across repositories and pipelines. Operational support on Cloudflare for DNS, WAF, DDoS protection, and edge security controls. Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability using New Relic,
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