Site Reliability Engineer

Aviato Consulting is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join our growing team. This isn't just another SRE role; it's an opportunity to own critical infrastructure
, drive technical strategy
, and shape the reliability culture for major Australian and EU clients, all within a supportive, G-inspired environment built on transparency and collaboration.

• Learn from the Best: Report directly to and receive mentorship from our Head of SRE, an experienced ex-Google Manager
  .
• High-Impact Projects: Take ownership of complex GCP environments for diverse, significant clients across Australia and the EU.
• Drive Innovation, Not Just Tickets: Architect solutions and implement cutting-edge practices like SLOs, error budgets, and predictive AI anomaly detection to proactively improve systems.
• A Culture That Works: Founded by ex-Googlers, we foster a transparent, collaborative, and low-bureaucracy environment.

• Own & Architect Reliability: Design, implement, and manage highly available, scalable architectures on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Master Kubernetes & AI Infrastructure: Architect and manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters (GKE), and support high-performance infrastructure for AI/ML workloads (e.g., GPU/TPU pools).
• Drive Automation & IaC: Lead robust automation strategies using Terraform, Ansible, and scripting (Python, Go, Bash) for CI/CD pipelines.
• Elevate Observability with AIOps: Architect monitoring, logging, and alerting using Grafana, Dynatrace, and Sentry, integrating AI-driven insights for automated root-cause analysis.
• Lead Incident Response: Spearhead incident management, conduct blameless post-mortems, and leverage GenAI to automate runbook generation.
• Champion SRE Principles: Actively promote SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets, and mentor team members.

• Proven SRE
  
  Experience:
  
  5+ years of hands-on experience in a Site Reliability Engineering or Cloud Engineering role focusing on production systems.
• Deep GCP & Kubernetes Knowledge: Demonstrable expertise in core GCP services and managing Kubernetes clusters in production (GKE highly desirable).
• Infrastructure as Code Mastery: Significant experience using Terraform in complex environments.
• Automation & Scripting Prowess: Strong proficiency in Python or Go for automating operational tasks.
• Next-Gen Observability Expertise: Experience with modern monitoring tools, preferably with exposure to AI-driven alerting and logs clustering.
• Problem-Solving Acumen: Strong analytical skills with experience leading incident response for critical systems.
• (Desirable): Experience with AI infrastructure (vector databases, LLM inference), or API Management platforms like Apigee.

• Cloud: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Containerisation & Orchestration: Kubernetes (GKE), Docker
• Infrastructure & Automation: Terraform, Ansible
• Monitoring & AIOps: Grafana, Dynatrace, Sentry, Google Cloud Operations Suite
• CI/CD: Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Bamboo (or similar)
• Scripting & AI Tooling: Python, Go, Bash, Git Hub Copilot, Gemini/Vertex AI
• Collaboration: JIRA, Confluence, Slack

If you're a passionate Senior SRE ready to tackle complex challenges on GCP, work with leading clients, and benefit from exceptional mentorship in a fantastic culture, Aviato is the place for you.