Site Reliability Engineer

Chevron's strategy is straight-forward: be a leader in efficient and lower carbon production of traditional energy, in high demand today and for decades to come, while growing lower carbon businesses that will be a bigger part of the future. To achieve these goals, we will build on the assets, experience, capabilities, and relationships we've developed over 140 years to incubate and grow new business.

Technology will play a crucial role in unlocking ever cleaner and more affordable sources of energy. Chevron is seeking innovative, technology professionals with a desire to thrive in the global digital environment and help us lead the global energy transition. An IT career at Chevron offers you the opportunity to work in a technical environment with a global reach. You will find that we make a business of investing in our people and encouraging your professional development through a learning culture and challenging on-the-job opportunities. We differentiate ourselves through the application of cutting-edge technology, and by taking a collaborative approach that includes in-house expertise, proprietary solutions, and strategic partnerships. We also offer flexible work schedules and very competitive benefits.

Join Chevron IT. Lend us your skills and enjoy a great career with Chevron.

The Role

• Site Reliability Engineer is responsible for the integrity and technical consistency of IT products and solutions. The role of an SRE is to align SRE framework with DevOps and agile, facilitate SRE technical assessments, coach agile teams on SRE maturity, lead SRE implementation efforts, and accelerate SRE adoption.
• Site Reliability Engineers collaborate with SRE Community of Practice thought leaders to define SRE capabilities and best practices and integrate capability framework throughout the organization.

As the Site Reliability Engineer, you will:

• Use broad full-stack knowledge and experience for proactive incident prevention by baselining against expected service performance, process improvement from application of lessons learned, and utilization of data analytics to proactively identify problem areas and operational gaps.
• Effectively and efficiently lead product line agile teams in troubleshooting and resolving system problems, including analysing application and critical system performance.
• Provide on-call operational support during US business hours and serve as a technical resource during critical and major incidents supporting multiple technologies.
• Facilitate SRE technical assessments, identify gaps, and provide recommendations to product teams on SRE maturity journey plans based on Chevron's SRE framework.
• Find opportunities to avoid future issues by improving logging and creating automated resolutions based on triggers. Develop automation scripts for repetitive tasks to eliminate toil / operations support activities.
• Oversee production environments by monitoring availability and maintaining a holistic view of system health.
• Measure and optimize system performance, continuously seeking innovation and improvement to meet customer needs.
• Align, collaborate, and build relationships with peers, company leadership, subject matter experts and users to improve knowledge of end-to-end DevOps / Site Reliability Engineering best practices.

Requirements

Experience

• Mastery hands-on experience as an IT professional with Computer Science / Management Information Systems (MIS) degree, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience and working knowledge in various technology disciplines required for full end-to-end service operations stack: network administration & security (CISCO / Juniper), identity & access management (Active Directory, Azure AD, SAML, OpenID Federation, certificates, and keys), cybersecurity, on-premise & cloud architecture, Windows & Linux OS, performance monitoring & management, troubleshooting (application & database), change management, and API integration.
• On-call experience troubleshooting incidents and production issues, developing monitoring and alerting systems, and writing post-incident reviews.

Skills

• SRE - Ability to leverage knowledge and best practices of Site Reliability Engineering such as SLO, SLI, and SLA definitions, to eliminate toil via automation, establish error budgets, perform emergency response (triage, postmortem, retrospective), plan demand forecast, and provide capacity planning.
• Software Engineering - Basic understanding of software development lifecycle and software engineering best practices, including code management (Git/GitHub) and CI/CD pipeline. Ability to develop automation using scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
• Communication and Teamwork - Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner, consider the views and concerns of others, achieve objectives through teamwork, and deliver consistently on commitments.
• Agile and DevOps - Fundamental understanding of Agile methodologies (e.g., SAFe PI planning, scrum ceremonies, kanban) and DevOps practices (e.g., CI/CD, IaC, containerization, orchestration, and other).
• Autonomous Motivation - Ability to work independently with minimal guidance to achieve defined technical / business objectives. Excellent time management, organizational skills, crisis management and problem-solving skills are essential. Ability to grasp new technologies and translate into business value.

Desired Qualification and Certifications

• General knowledge in Oil & Gas / Energy industry or related experience, as understanding of our business is expected.
• One or more of the following certifications:
  • CCNA
  • Network+
  • Security+
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals or Microsoft Azure Administrator
  • Automation with Ansible

Flexible Working

Chevron offers a complete package and provides career development opportunities to all employees. We do this through onboarding, training and development, mentoring, volunteering opportunities and employee networking groups. We advocate work-life balance and offer employees access to various health and wellness programs.

• We offer alternative work schedules including 9/80 (work 9-hour days, with every other Friday off)

• We offer a hybrid work model - 3 days in-office, 2-days working remote

Relocation

Relocation may be considered.

Expatriate assignments will not be considered.

Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.

Working with us

Chevron is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies. We believe affordable, reliable, and ever-cleaner energy is essential to achieving a more prosperous and sustainable world. Chevron produces crude oil and natural gas; manufactures transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, and additives; and develops technologies that enhance our business and the industry. We are focused on lowering the carbon intensity in our operations and seeking to grow lower carbon businesses along with our traditional business lines. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.

Benefits

Chevron offers competitive compensation and benefits programs which includes, but is not limited to, variable pay, healthcare coverage, retirement plan, insurance, time off programs, training and development opportunities and a range of allowances connected to specific work situations. Details of such benefits and allowances are available at https://hr2.chevron.com/.

The compensation and reference to benefits for this role is listed on this posting in compliance with Colorado law. The selected candidate's salary will be determined based on his or her skills, experience, and qualifications.

Regulatory Disclosure for US Positions:

Chevron is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breast-feeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability (including medical condition), military or veteran status, political preference, marital status, citizenship, genetic information or other status protected by law or regulation.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please email us at [email protected].

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