Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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Design, build, and operate highly scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure powering our production systems across AWS and GCP.

Strong hands-on experience architecting and operating cloud-native distributed systems (AWS and GCP).
Deep expertise with Kubernetes (EKS and GKE) — design, provisioning, scaling, and advanced troubleshooting in production.
Proven experience leading ECS to EKS/GKE migrations and driving microservice enablement initiatives at scale.
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform (multi-provider), Ansible, or CloudFormation.
Solid coding and scripting ability in Python, Go, or Shell, with a focus on automation, tooling, and operational excellence.
Advanced understanding of CI/CD pipelines (ArgoCD, GitLab CI, Spinnaker), Linux systems, and networking fundamentals (Direct Connect/Interconnect, DNS, routing, load balancing).
Experience managing databases and caching systems (e.g., RDS/Cloud SQL, Redis/Memorystore, PostgreSQL, MySQL) in cloud environments.
Hands-on experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Loki, OpenTelemetry, Google Cloud Operations) for performance and reliability insights.
Working knowledge of container security, secrets management (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager), and compliance in production environments.
Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated success leading cross-team projects and mentoring peers.
5+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.
3–5 years of experience with Kubernetes (EKS/GKE) and related ecosystem tools (Helm, Karpenter, etc.) in production.
3–5 years of experience with AWS and GCP.
3–5 years using Terraform to manage multi-cloud infrastructure.
5+ years of coding experience in Python, Go, or similar languages.
Proven track record leading high-impact projects, specifically migration projects (ECS → EKS/GKE) and enabling microservice architectures.
Experience implementing SLOs/SLIs, performing root cause analyses, and improving operational resilience.
Prior work in SaaS or high-scale, cloud-native environments is a strong plus.
Strong Linux and security fundamentals.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent hands-on experience.

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