DevOps Site Reliability Engineer

Job Description

Job Summary:

This position is accountable and responsible to keep applications running in cloud and on prem installations.

Responsibilities:

Provides feedback to development teams by analyzing metrics and logs

Participates in scaling of applications

Understands how to troubleshoot any anomalies of the system

Configures and designs alerting systems

Follows processes and procedures

Participates in threat modeling

Owns and understands connectivity/interactions between microservices

Derives requirements from high level business requests

Ability to be on call for support issues

Qualifications:

A minimum BS degree in computer science, computer engineering or relevant experience

Adaptability/Flexibility - ability to adapt and meet changing needs: open to new ideas; takes on new responsibilities.

Analytical - synthesizes complex or diverse information; collects and researches data; uses intuition and problem solving-skills to develop alternative solutions; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.

Communication - writes or speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and responds to questions giving clarification when needed; negotiate effectively with colleagues and staff; demonstrates group presentation skills.

Decision Making/Judgment - willingness to make difficult decisions using sound and accurate judgment in a timely manner; ability to communicate decisions to others and explain reasoning for decisions.

Leadership- leads by example; ability to identify and action on the development needs of employees; ability to identify gaps in employee engagement and act to improve where necessary; create and maintain a professional environment.

Planning/Organizing - ability to manage multiple high priority items simultaneously; prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; sets goals and objectives.

Problem Solving - identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations.

Teamwork - demonstrate and promote teamwork; able to build moral and group commitments to achieve goals and objectives; supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

Preferred skills:

Advanced understanding of Kubernetes

Docker and base images

ELK stack

Prometheus / Grafana

Kafka/ RabbitMQ

Kubernetes ingress and load balancers

Familiarity with scripting languages

Linux usage and configurations

windows usage and configuration

minimum baseline knowledge of security

jenkins / azure devops / Jira / Git

Advanced knowledge and best practices of artifactory

Capacity and willingness to learn new technology on their own

Capable of independent tech spikes and presentation/recommendation to larger team