Site Reliability Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
$130K - $150K / year
Job Description
Role Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to ensure the reliability, scalability, security, and performance of our production systems and services. The SRE will bridge the gap between software development and operations, implementing automation, monitoring, and best practices to enable rapid, reliable delivery of applications. You will report directly to the Senior Director of Engineering.
What you’ll do:
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Reliability & Performance
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of production systems.
- Implement and maintain SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs for critical services.
- Conduct capacity planning and performance tuning.
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Automation & Tooling
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC tools such as Terraform and Terragrunt, Ansible.
- Develop automation to minimize manual operations and improve deployment workflows.
- Build CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable deployments.
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Monitoring & Incident Response
- Design and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (Datadog).
- Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response efforts.
- Perform root-cause analysis and develop postmortems to prevent recurring issues.
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Systems Engineering
- Manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, ECS).
- Optimize system architecture for reliability and fault tolerance.
- Implement best practices for security, networking, and service resilience.
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Collaboration & Leadership
- Work closely with development teams to design reliable microservices and distributed systems.
- Advocate for SRE principles and drive operational excellence across engineering teams.
- Mentor engineers on reliability practices, tooling, and automation strategies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 3–7 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering roles.
- Strong proficiency with Linux systems and shell scripting.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes/ECS and container technologies (Docker).
- Proficiency in at least one programming language: Python or Java.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, networking, and security fundamentals.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with observability stacks (OpenTelemetry).
- Knowledge of database management (PostgreSQL).
- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
- Familiarity with zero-downtime deployments and chaos engineering practices.
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration.
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.
- A mindset focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Work Location
- Remote: Colorado, Delaware, Florida, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas.
Additional Information
- Full-time base salary range of $130,000 to $150,000 plus medical, dental, and vision benefits and a matching 401K.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 3–7 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering roles.
- Strong proficiency with Linux systems and shell scripting.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes/ECS and container technologies (Docker).
- Proficiency in at least one programming language: Python or Java.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, networking, and security fundamentals.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with observability stacks (OpenTelemetry).
- Knowledge of database management (PostgreSQL).
- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
- Familiarity with zero-downtime deployments and chaos engineering practices.
- Soft Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration.
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.
- A mindset focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Work Location
- Remote: Colorado, Delaware, Florida, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas.
- Additional Information
- Full-time base salary range of $130,000 to $150,000 plus medical, dental, and vision benefits and a matching 401K.
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