Site Reliability Engineer; Kubernetes Clusters
Listed on 2025-11-05
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cloud Computing
About the Role
Fivetran is looking for a high-performance, experienced engineer to be a part of a team of Site Reliability Engineers. You will be working closely with engineering teams, product managers, as well as support and sales engineers to build the future of the Fivetran Data Platform Reliability.
As a member of the Site Reliability Engineering team, you will take ownership of the overall performance and reliability of Fivetran’s infrastructure, the robustness of the deployment pipeline, as well as timely and effective incident response and resolution. You will take responsibility for the growth and stability of Fivetran’s infrastructure, and be a key player driving effective incident response and overall issue avoidance.
This is a full-time, hybrid position based out of our Oakland Office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.
Technologies You’ll UseKubernetes, Postgre
SQL, ArgoCD, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Go, Java, AWS, GCP, Azure, Grafana, Buildkite, Temporal, etc.
- Must have experience managing Kubernetes clusters that are used in Production, and also have scaled them with clusters running 100s of nodes. Able to debug issues with deployments and understand kubectl commands at an expert level.
- Responsible for the ongoing reliability and robustness of Fivetran’s production infrastructure by monitoring availability, capacity, and throughput.
- Evolve systems by adding reliability into our product roadmap.
- Coordinate the re-prioritization or fix of critical bugs for support or sales requirements as needed.
- Make recommendations to production infrastructure by interfacing with engineering to ensure 100% availability.
- Ensure scalable artifact deployment to all environments by automation scripts.
- Constantly monitor infrastructure vulnerabilities and remedy them by working with the security team.
- 5+ years of experience working with SaaS products at scale.
- Must have experience managing Kubernetes clusters that are used in Production, including clusters running 100s of nodes. Able to debug issues with deployments and use kubectl at an expert level.
- Experience with managed Kubernetes clusters (EKS, AKS, GKE).
- Experience with Cloud Platforms and related tooling: AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Buildkite, Pulumi and ArgoCD.
- Expertise in Python/Shell scripting. Bonus if you have Java, Go, etc.
- Experience with Linux operating systems' internals and administration.
- Experience with cloud networking like VPNs, Private Links, and Private Service Connect (GCP).
- Experience with Postgre
SQL.
- Java, GoLang programming skills.
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Oakland Pay Range $ — $ USD
Perks and Benefits- 100% employer-paid medical insurance
- Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
- RSU stock grants
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Company virtual happy hours, free food, and team-building activities
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Access to a mental health support platform with resources for employees and dependents
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