Senior Site Reliability Engineer

About Tes

Tes is an international provider of digital solutions, passionate about using technology to make life easier for schools and teachers. All products and services are built with teachers and schools needs at the core, ensuring they are innovative, trusted education solutions.

We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer who is passionate about building secure, reliable, and high‑performing cloud infrastructure, and who thrives in an environment that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. You will play a key role in mentoring others, uplifting engineering practices, and ensuring our systems operate smoothly, efficiently, and at scale.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Ensuring production systems and platforms are secure, reliable, and well‑maintained
• Building, refining, and improving deployment, monitoring, and provisioning systems
• Maintaining and testing backup and restore solutions
• Designing and enhancing monitoring and alerting for new and existing services
• Contributing to cloud cost optimisation
• Providing technical leadership across SRE, cloud platforms, and automation
• Shaping SRE strategy, processes, and best practices
• Living and leading our Tes values in everything you do

What You’ll Need to Succeed

Experience

• Strong understanding of Site Reliability Engineering principles
• Extensive experience working with AWS (or similar cloud platforms)
• Experience with cloud‑based backup and restore solutions
• 5+ years in software engineering, SRE or DevOps positions
• Experience in K–12 education technology (nice to have)

Skills

• Excellent time and priority management
• High attention to detail with a solution‑focused mindset
• Self‑motivated, able to work independently and collaboratively
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Integrity and accountability in your work

Knowledge

• Cloud hosting platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure
• CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, Jenkins, AWS Code Deploy
• Tools & tech: NodeJS, Docker
• Cloud automation: AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform
• Scripting/automation: PowerShell, Bash, Ansible
• Observability: Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, Grafana/Loki/Tempo/Mimir
• Operating systems: Windows and Linux

Why Tes

Our intuitive technology streamlines complex tasks, enhances learning experiences, and alleviates the administrative burdens that often overwhelm schools. By working closely with schools, we provide up-to-date resources, expert guidance, and a technology ecosystem dedicated to innovation and excellence in education.

Empowering Educators Worldwide

Whether simplifying administrative workflows, creating dynamic classrooms, or advancing professional development, Tes is the trusted partner for schools worldwide. Join the hundreds of schools already benefiting from the Tes ecosystem. Together, we empower educators to achieve more, ensuring every student thrives in a supportive, well-managed learning environment. With Tes, excellence in education is not just a goal – it's a sustainable and rewarding reality. For more information about Tes, our products, and our team, visit: www.tes.com