SRE Engineer

Get to know the Role:

- Design and implement the architecture of next generation of automated infrastructure following Infrastructure as a Code model.

- Identify and resolve problems relating to critical service operations and to prevent their recurrence using different methods of automation

- Be involved in change, release and incident management

- Help improve reliability, stability and tackle scalability challenges with engineering teams

- Mentor other engineers, define our technical culture, and help build a fast-growing team

The day-to-day activities:

- Devise & implement solutions which will stop problems which are yet to happen (prevention is better than cure!)

- Everything as a code - if anything was done manually - find out the reason and fix it to ensure its never ever done manually again.

- Identify and resolve problems relating to critical service operations and to prevent their recurrence using different methods of automation

- Be involved in the design and subsequent implementation of software and service infrastructure

- Mentor other engineers, define our technical culture, and help build a fast-growing team

The must haves:

- Preferably a degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology or related fields

- 3 years of relevant experience with managing IT infrastructure with focus on the *nix platforms

- Possess a solid understanding of the Linux or FreeBSD/OpenBSD family of Operating Systems and their underlying components

- Possess analytical skills, mental resiliency and the ability to think systematically under stressful conditions

- Highly accountable and takes ownership. Outstanding work ethic, high-integrity, team player, and a lifelong learner

- Experience in one or more of: C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, Go, or scripting experience in Shell

- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and work effectively across the organization.

Nice to Have:

- Experience with cloud computing technologies from vendors such as Amazon Web Services, Google Compute Engine, Digital Ocean

- Configuration management tool experience such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet or SaltStack

- Experience with continuous integration and/or continuous deployment

- Experience with hardening systems and knowledge in information security

- Contributes to open source project Experience with performance analysis and debugging tools