Cloud Engineer / SRE - Golang & Github - Fully remote

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Job Title: Cloud Engineer / SRE - Golang & Github
Location: Remote - UK
Salary/Rate: Up to £690 a day Inside IR35
Start Date: February 2026
Job Type: 6 Month Contract with a view to extending.

Company Introduction:
We are looking for a Cloud Engineer / SRE. The ideal candidate will have hands-on development experience with Go & GitHub

Role overview:

  • You will be instrumental in designing, building, and managing the core services and tooling that underpin our extensive use of GitHub Enterprise.
  • You will be responsible for developing code and solutions that automate and enforce policies for our GitHub Organisations, streamline repository lifecycle management, and integrate tightly with our broader enterprise ecosystem.

Job responsibilities:

Design & Develop: Architect, develop, and maintain robust, scalable software solutions for managing GitHub Enterprise resources. This will primarily involve writing code (Go, Python or Java) that interacts extensively with GitHub's APIs.

GitHub Organisation Orchestration: Build tools and services to automate the creation, configuration, and policy enforcement across multiple GitHub Organisations.

Repository Lifecycle Management: Develop systems for standardised repository creation, management, archiving, and deletion, ensuring compliance and security best practices.

Policy Enforcement: Implement mechanisms, potentially including custom GitHub Apps and Actions, to enforce organisational policies around code quality, security, and contribution guidelines. This includes exploring alternatives to traditional pre-commit hooks.

Tooling Integration: Integrate GitHub with other enterprise services (e.g., identity providers, security scanners, compliance platforms) to create a seamless developer experience.

Automation: Drive automation initiatives for operational tasks related to GitHub, reducing manual effort and improving efficiency.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

  • Software Development: Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language: Go
  • API Interaction: Experience designing, consuming, and interacting with APIs.
  • GitHub Ecosystem: Solid understanding of GitHub Enterprise features, best practices, and strong practical experience with:
  1. GitHub APIs (REST and GraphQL)
  2. GitHub Apps (building, deploying, managing)
  3. GitHub Actions (designing complex workflows, custom actions)
  4. GitHub Enterprise, Organization and Repository settings.
  • Operations/Infrastructure Background: Proven experience in an operations, site reliability engineering (SRE), or infrastructure engineering role, with a strong appreciation for automation and stability.
  • Modern SDLC Practices: Familiarity with: Dependency management, Security remediation processes and secure coding practices, Testing frameworks and methodologies.
    Version control (Git) and Git workflows.
  • Problem Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing challenges.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.

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