Site Reliability Engineer; SRE at Lucidya Egypt

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) job pt. We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join Lucidya Cloud Engineering team and contribute to improving the reliability, scalability, and automation of our cloud-based infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience with cloud environments, containerized workloads, automation tools, and monitoring systems, as well as a proactive mindset for enhancing system availability and performance.

• Ensure high availability (HA) and scalability of critical infrastructure components (e.g., Redis, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes clusters).

• Proactively identify and eliminate single points of failure across the cloud environment.

• Linux Systems Administration:
  Handle infrastructure management tasks such as patching, performance tuning, and monitoring of Linux‑based systems.

• Manage and optimize cloud‑based workloads across AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Automate provisioning, scaling, and maintenance tasks using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation, or similar.

• Manage the day‑to‑day operations of Kubernetes clusters, including deployment, scaling, upgrades, and troubleshooting.

• Implement and standardize monitoring solutions using tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana to track golden metrics and improve alerting systems.

• Participate in on‑call rotations, troubleshoot incidents, and drive post‑incident reviews to implement lasting solutions.

• Develop and maintain automation scripts for routine operational tasks to reduce manual efforts and increase efficiency.

• Advocate for AWX/Ansible adoption to automate configurations and deployments.

• Work closely with Dev Ops and Engineering teams to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.

• Contribute to the establishment of best practices for infrastructure and application reliability.

• ~ 3 years of experience in a similar SRE, Dev Ops, or Infrastructure Engineer role.

• Strong experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and containerization (e.g., Docker).

• Proficient in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or similar for automation.

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Pulumi, or AWS Cloud Formation.

• Strong understanding of load balancers, networking (IP management, subnetting), and HA architecture.

• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, Git Hub Actions).

• Experience with modern monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Datadog, ELK, Grafana).

• Ability to define and track golden metrics and establish meaningful alerting thresholds.

• Strong analytical skills and ability to resolve complex technical issues.

• Proven track record in root cause analysis and incident management.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work across teams.

• Self‑motivated and proactive in improving systems and processes.