Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

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Job Overview

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at Addison Group will play a critical role in enhancing the reliability, availability, and performance of our company's infrastructure and services. This position involves collaborating across various teams to design and implement scalable systems, ensuring efficient incident management, and driving automation practices. The ideal candidate will leverage their expertise in cloud technologies and software engineering to optimize operations and maintain high service quality while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure systems to support service reliability.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents while ensuring minimal service disruption.
• Implement automation tooling to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, and Operations teams to define infrastructure and application architecture.
• Establish and maintain service level objectives (SLOs) and service level indicators (SLIs) for all services.
• Conduct root cause analysis on significant outages and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide continuous oversight of production systems.
• Mentor junior SREs and contribute to their technical growth and development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineer or similar role.
• Strong proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Python, Go, or Ruby.
• Extensive experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
• Solid understanding of networking principles, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and microservices architecture.
• Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues across multiple layers of the stack.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Technologies & Tools

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will utilize a range of technologies and tools including, but not limited to, cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, container orchestration systems like Kubernetes, CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GitLab CI, logging and monitoring solutions like Prometheus and Grafana, and scripting languages such as Python or Bash. A familiarity with configuration management tools (like Terraform and Ansible) is also expected to ensure seamless infrastructure management and deployment.

Ideal Candidates

Ideal candidates for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer position possess a strong analytical mindset and a proactive approach to problem-solving. They demonstrate resilience under pressure and thrive in fast-paced environments that require multi-tasking. Candidates should be effective communicators, able to articulate complex concepts to a range of audiences. A passion for automation and continuous improvement, along with a collaborative spirit that promotes team success, are essential traits for success in this role.