Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)-GCP/Kubernetes

Weareseekinganexperiencedandhighlymotivated Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) tojoinoursmall,agileengineeringteam.

Thisroleofferstheuniqueopportunitytodrivethereliability,scalability,andperformanceofourcoreplatformwithahighdegreeofautonomyandownership.

Thesuccessfulcandidatewillsplittheirtimebetweenprovidingexpertoperationalsupportforourcriticalsystemsandleadingexcitingnewinfrastructureprojects.

Ourmindsetistogettherightpersonnotthepersonwiththeskillsthatmatchourstack.

Itisimportanttobeabletoforeseeproblemsbeforetheyshowupandcreatesolutionsthatmitigatethem.

Ifyouenjoyachallengingenvironment,implementing“infrastructureascode”principles,anddirectlyseeingtheimpactofyourwork,thisistheplaceforyou.

• Design&Build:
  
  Architect,deploy,andmaintainhighlyscalableandreliableinfrastructureon
  
  Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using
  
  Kubernetesand
  
  Infrastructure-as-Codetools.
• Automation:
  
  Championautomationacrosstheentiresoftwaredevelopmentlifecycle(SDLC),utilizing
  
  IaC,Pythonand Bashtoreducetoilandimproveoperationalefficiency.
• Infrastructure-as-Code(IaC):
  
  Ownandevolveourdeclarativeinfrastructureusing Terraformforcloudresourcesand Helmfor Kubernetesapplicationdeployment .
• Monitoring&Observability:
  
  Implementandmanagerobustmonitoring,alerting,andloggingsolutionstoensureclearsystemvisibilityandproactiveissueidentification.
• Reliability&Performance:
  
  Define,measure,and enforce
  
  Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs).Participateinon-call rotation(if applicable) andleadpost-incidentreviewstodrivecontinuousimprovement.
• Collaboration:
  
  Workcloselywithsoftwaredevelopmentteamstoprovideexpertguidanceondeploymentstrategies,scalabilityconcerns,andcloud-nativebestpractices.
• Ownership:
  
  Takefullownershipofprojectsfrominceptionthroughtoproductionoperation,includingdocumentationandknowledgetransfer.

• Cloud Platform:4+yearsofhands-onexperiencewith
  
  Google Cloud Platform (GCP)(orsimilarcloudinfrastructure).
• Container Orchestration:
  
  Expert-levelproficiencyinmanaging,scaling,andtroubleshootingproduction
  
  Kubernetesenvironments.
• Infrastructure-as-Code:
  
  Deepexpertisein Terraformformanagingcloudand Kubernetesresources .
• Deployment:
  
  Strongexperiencewith Helmforpackaginganddeployingapplicationson Kubernetes .
• Scripting/Programming:
  
  Proficientinatleastonemajorprogramminglanguage,preferably
  
  Python,forautomationandtooldevelopment.

• CI/CD:
  
  ExperiencesettingupandmaintainingmodernCI/CD pipelines.
• Observability:
  
  Practicalexperienceimplementingandmanagingmonitoringandloggingtools.
• Networking:
  
  SolidunderstandingofTCP/IP,load balancing,DNS,andcloud-nativenetworkingwithin
  
  Kubernetes.
• Operating Systems:
  
  Strongcommand-lineskillsandexperiencewith
  
  Linuxsystems.

• High Ownership:
  
  Demonstratedabilitytoownaproblemend-to-end,frominvestigationtoresolutionandpreventativemeasures.
• Small Team Mentality :
  
  Happytobeageneralistandswitchcontextquicklybetweensupporttickets,operationaltoilreduction,andlong-termprojectwork.
• Adaptability:
  
  Aproventrackrecordofrapidlylearningandapplyingnewtechnologiesandtools.
  
  Equivalentexperiencewithotherclouds(AWS/Azure) orsimilartoolsishighlyvalued.
• Communication:
  
  Excellentverbalandwrittencommunicationskillsfordocumentationandinteractingwithnon-technical stakeholders.

• Familiarity with Service Meshtechnologies (e.g.,Istio).
• Experienceinsecuritybestpracticeswithincloudandcontainerenvironments(e.g.,hardening,secrets management).
• CertificationsinGCPorKubernetes(e.g.,CKAD,CKA,Professional Cloud Dev Ops Engineer ).