Job Description

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Infrastructure Management: Design, implement, and maintain scalable and resilient infrastructure using Terraform for infrastructure as code, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Kubernetes and Containers: Deploy, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications using Docker. Implement best practices for container orchestration and management.
• Systems and Application Monitoring/Observability: Develop and maintain comprehensive monitoring and observability solutions using Datadog. Ensure detailed visibility into system performance and application health.
• SLOs and SLA Management: Define, monitor, and maintain Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to ensure reliable and consistent service delivery.
• Incident Response and Troubleshooting: Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions to prevent recurrence. Participate in post-incident reviews and contribute to blameless postmortems.
• Reliability and Production Environment Management: Ensure the reliability and stability of our production environments. Continuously assess and improve system reliability, identifying and addressing potential points of failure.
• Automation and Scripting: Develop automation scripts and tools to reduce manual intervention and improve system reliability using Python, Bash, or Go. Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines.
• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Enhance and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines using GitLab CI. Ensure seamless and reliable deployment processes.
• Capacity Planning and Scaling: Assist in capacity planning and ensure that systems are scalable to meet future demands. Implement auto-scaling strategies where applicable.
• Security and Compliance: Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards. Regularly review and update security policies and procedures.
• Collaboration and Support: Work closely with development teams to ensure reliability and scalability of new features and services. Provide technical support and guidance on infrastructure-related issues.
• Software Engineering for Operations: Develop and maintain internal tools and services that enhance the efficiency and reliability of our operations.
• On-Call Rotation: Participate in an on-call rotation to address production issues and collaborate in incident response efforts.

Qualifications

We’re looking for someone with:

• Experience: +7 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or a related role.
• Cloud Platform Experience: Proficient with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure. Experience with EC2, RDS, VPCs, and security groups is essential.
• Kubernetes and Containers: Strong experience with Kubernetes and Docker, including deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
• Infrastructure as Code: Expert in using Terraform for infrastructure as code. Proficient with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Monitoring and Observability: Extensive experience with monitoring and observability tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or Splunk. Skilled in setting up detailed monitoring and logging systems.
• CI/CD Practices: Familiarity with GitLab CI or similar tool for continuous integration and deployment. Experience in setting up and managing pipelines.