Site Reliability Engineer, Linux; Remote

Site Reliability Engineer (Linux)

The Site Reliability Engineer (Linux) role is the critical link between our low-level infrastructure and high-level service delivery, ensuring the stability of 6,000+ servers as we transition to Kubernetes. You will take full ownership of our OS configuration and automation strategy, serving as a key driver in reducing operational toil for the entire engineering organization. By working across the full stack—from kernel modules to container orchestration—you will directly influence the reliability and security of the Meraki platform.

This role offers the unique opportunity to lead infrastructure modernization projects that move us from legacy management to a scalable, automated future.

• Automate Linux host lifecycle management, including configuration, patching, and image creation, to ensure consistent and reliable deployments across our hybrid environment.
• Migrate Ansible components from our existing monorepo into isolated, purpose-built repositories to improve maintainability and accelerate infrastructure delivery.
• Debug complex production issues across OS, performance, and service layers to minimize downtime and enhance the overall stability of our network services.
• Design, build, and improve infrastructure tooling that increases engineering velocity and streamlines adoption of best practices
• Partner with security and compliance teams to embed FedRAMP requirements into our infrastructure-as-code, ensuring that secure practices are built into every deployment.
• Lead the transition of workloads to Kubernetes clusters by optimizing container base images and host configurations to support our evolving service architecture.
• Own the reliability of critical infrastructure end to end, iterating and adapting as necessary to evolving requirements

• Bachelor's degree in STEM and 5+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree in STEM and 3+ years of relevant experience or equivalent related work experience
• 5+ years of experience working with Linux in a production environment.
• Experience with Python or Ruby for infrastructure automation and scripting.
• Experience with Ansible for configuration management at scale.
• Experience debugging complex system issues across OS, performance, and service layers.
• Ability to work in a hybrid cloud and on-prem environment.

• Experience with Kubernetes cluster management and containerization (Docker).
• Knowledge of systems-level languages such as Go or
  
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• Familiarity with compliance frameworks like FedRAMP or NIST.
• Proven ability to lead technical projects from ambiguous requirements to production.
• Strong sense of ownership and a proactive approach to identifying and solving systemic reliability issues.