Design and maintain infrastructure and software architecture, focusing on automation, observability, security, and developer productivity. Troubleshoot issues and optimize databases.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer sought in Chicago, IL. Working remotely within the US allowed.
DESCRIPTION: Design infrastructure, networking, and software platform architecture. Define platform guidelines, requirements and processes while considering DevOps methodology. Build and maintain: infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code tools; auditable delivery of infrastructure definition and changes; automation of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines; Developer Experience and Productivity initiatives service catalogs and service maturity; the application platform used by all engineering teams; multiple Kubernetes clusters. Design, develop and maintain core systems using common programming languages. Build and maintain internal tooling used by all engineering teams. Troubleshoot infrastructure, internal applications, networking, and security issues. Build and maintain an observability platform, guidelines, and standards. Define the internal platform SLI/SLO/SLAs. Manage backup policies and operation. Maintain the fleet of databases, including upgrades, security patches, performance analysis, optimizations and troubleshooting. Conduct security risk assessments, vulnerability scans, VPNs, tests. Utilize tools including Linux; Python, Go, JavaScript, Shell script.
REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology. 2 years experience in job offered or 2 years experience as Reliability Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Software Engineer or related occupation. Salary: $172,614/year
Top Skills
Go
Infrastructure As Code
JavaScript
Kubernetes
Linux
Python
Shell Script
Loadsmart Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
150 N Michigan Ave, Ste 1900, Chicago, IL, United States, 60601
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