This is a remote position.
Role Overview
We are looking for a motivated SRE Support Trainee to join our DevSecops team. You will work alongside experienced DevOps Engineers to ensure the reliability, scalability and performance of our systems. This role is ideal for candidates who are passionate about infrastructure, monitoring and incident reporting
Requirements
Key Duties & Responsibilities
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Assist in monitoring system performance, uptime and reliability
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Support incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
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Monitor SRE alerts on Slack channels and actively report issues
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Learn and assist with cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP)
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Collaborate with development and DevOps teams
Good to have skills:
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Knowledge on Prometheus Grafana or telemetry -
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Exposure to Kubernetes
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Understanding of cloud fundamentals
Nice to have:
Strong Skillset in DevOps and Kubernetes
Benefits
Timing - Night Shift
Weekend - Will be provided with the compensatory off
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