Site Reliability Engineer

Role Overview

• Collaborate with software engineering and operations teams to design, build, and maintain cloud-based infrastructure using AWS and Terraform
• Implement and enhance infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices using Terraform to ensure reproducibility and scalability of infrastructure components
• Develop and maintain monitoring solutions to proactively identify performance bottlenecks, system outages, and other potential issues
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis efforts to drive continuous improvement and prevent future incidents
• Optimise system performance, reliability, and cost efficiency through continuous monitoring, performance tuning, and capacity planning
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve system resilience
• Utilise Python or Bash scripting to create and maintain automation tools for various operational tasks and deployments
• Implement and improve continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Collaborate with security teams to implement best practices for securing cloud infrastructure and services
• Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards and regulations
• Support CI/CD pipelines for application deployments and updates
• Contribute to the design and implementation of deployment strategies that promote zero-downtime releases
• Maintain clear and up-to-date documentation for infrastructure configurations, processes, and incident resolution procedures
• Participate in knowledge sharing with team members to enhance overall expertise and skill sets

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or similar role
• Extensive experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its core services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, etc.)
• Strong proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools, with a focus on Terraform
• Proficient in scripting with Python or Bash for automation and operational tasks
• Solid understanding of networking principles and protocols
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and related tools

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Cloud
• EC2
• Python
• Terraform

Benefits

• equity-only position
• opportunity to gain a stake in a rapidly growing company
• contribute directly to its success