Site Reliability Engineer (7-10 yrs)

Job Overview :

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team. As an SRE, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, 1 availability, and performance of our systems and infrastructure. You will work closely with development, operations, and other engineering teams to build and maintain highly resilient and scalable systems. This role requires a deep understanding of systems engineering principles, a passion for automation, and a data-driven approach to problem-solving.

Responsibilities :

- Design, implement, and maintain systems and infrastructure that meet our reliability and availability targets. Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks to system stability.

- Develop and implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems to track system performance and identify bottlenecks.

- Analyze performance data and implement optimizations to improve system efficiency.

- Participate in incident response processes, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and post incident reviews.

- Develop and implement strategies to prevent future incidents.

- Automate repetitive tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.

- Develop and maintain automation tools and scripts.

- Forecast system capacity needs and work with development and operations teams to ensure adequate resources are available.

Required Skills :

- Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and SRE best practices.

- Experience with monitoring and alerting systems e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic.

- Proficiency in at least one scripting language e.g., Python, Bash, Go.

- Experience with configuration management tools e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform.

- Knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

- Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols.

- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

- Strong communication and collaboration skills.

- Experience with incident management processes.

Preferred Skills :

- Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture.

- Knowledge of database systems (e.g., SQL, NoSQL).

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools.

- Familiarity with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).

- Experience with performance testing and tuning.

- SRE certifications

Education : Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (preferred).