Site Reliability Engineer - Terraform/Ansible (8-10 yrs)

Job Description :

DevOps Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is a professional who combines aspects of software engineering, systems engineering, and operations to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of a system or infrastructure. SREs focus on automating operational tasks, monitoring system health, improving system reliability, and ensuring the software runs smoothly in production environments. Here's a breakdown of the role and key responsibilities of a DevOps SRE :

Key Responsibilities :

1. Reliability and Availability :

- Ensuring that services are highly available and meet performance SLAs (Service Level Agreements).

- Design and implement systems for monitoring and alerting.

- Take proactive steps to prevent incidents and reduce downtime.

- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure, applications, and services.

2. Automation and Infrastructure as Code :

- Automating manual tasks such as deployments, scaling, and incident responses using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.

- Managing infrastructure using code to create repeatable and consistent environments.

3. Performance Monitoring and Optimization :

- Setting up and maintaining monitoring systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) to track application and system health.

- Identifying performance bottlenecks and optimizing systems to improve speed, capacity, and efficiency.

4. Incident Management :

- Handling incidents when they occur, ensuring that systems are restored as quickly as possible.

- Participate in post-mortems to understand the root causes of issues and create solutions to prevent them in the future.

5. Scalability and Load Balancing :

- Ensuring the system can scale effectively to handle large amounts of traffic or load without performance degradation.

- Implementing load balancing strategies and ensuring infrastructure can handle sudden spikes.

6. Collaboration with Development Teams :

- Working closely with software engineers, developers, and IT operations teams to build, deploy, and maintain applications.

- Integrating development pipelines with CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) systems.

- Improving the development process through feedback and collaboration on reliability and performance requirements.

7. Cloud Infrastructure Management :

- Managing cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and ensuring they are well architected for high availability and performance.

- Implementing cost-effective and efficient cloud resource management strategies.

8. Security and Compliance :

- Ensuring that security measures are implemented to protect data and prevent security breaches.

- Implementing best practices for securing production environments.

9. Disaster Recovery :

- Planning and implementing disaster recovery strategies to minimize data loss and downtime in case of failures.

- Testing recovery procedures regularly.

Key Skills and Tools :

Programming and Scripting : Proficiency in languages like Python, Go, Ruby, or Bash for automation and scripting tasks.

Cloud Technologies :

- Experience with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

- Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker and orchestration systems like Kubernetes.

Monitoring and Logging : Experience with tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), New Relic, Datadog, or Splunk.

CI/CD : Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab CI, Travis CI.

Version Control Systems : Knowledge of Git for source code versioning and collaboration.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) : Proficiency with tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible to define and manage infrastructure.

Networking and Security : A solid understanding of networking protocols, firewalls, and security practices.

Incident Management Tools : Familiarity with tools like PagerDuty, Opsgenie, or VictorOps for managing and responding to incidents.