Sr. SRE/ DevOps Engineer

Title: Sr. SRE / DevOps Engineer Location: Sunnyvale, CA (Local candidate) Responsibilities • Ensure system reliability and availability – Monitor system issues, create strategies to detect issues, address those issues, design automated systems to troubleshoot, write and review post-mortems. • Mitigate Operational risks - Collaborate with development teams and other stakeholders to identify potential risks, perform risk assessments, implement risk mitigation strategies, continuously monitor and review the effectiveness of risk strategies. • Monitor system health. • Minimize emergency response (MTTR). • Maintain CI/CD pipelines, etc. • Continuous improvement by collaborating with various teams. • Automation of processes. Must have/required experience and skills: • 12+ years of experience on DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering. • Hands-on with containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes/EKS. • Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools: Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation. • Experience setting up and managing services running on Kubernetes. • In-depth understanding of SRE principals including monitoring, alerting, error budgets, fault analysis, and automation. • In-depth knowledge of monitoring and observability tools: Apache Splunk • Knowledge of Linux operating system principles, networking fundamentals, and systems management • Demonstrable fluency in at least one of the following languages: Java or Python • Ability to identify and communicate technical and architectural problems, while working with partners and their team to iteratively find solutions. • Building and managing CI/CD pipeline – gatekeeping production deployments, develop and implement GIT branching strategies, branch protection rules, network policies, scale up/ scale down the load on AWS. • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills • Solve performance issues and scalability issues in the system. Technical Skills: • DevOps and SRE • AWS Kubernetes/EKS, Docker • Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation • Apache Splunk, Apache Flink • Programming/Scripting using Java or Python • CI/CD • Database – Vertica, Snowflake. Behavioural Skills: • Excellent Communication skills and collaboration skills • Ability to propose and implement improvements in the system • Ability to work with cross-functional stakeholders • Adaptability and a willingness to learn new technologies and techniques. • Proactive approach to issues, ability to provide prompt resolution/work around.