Lead Engineer - Cloud Reliability

You will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities: - Design, implement, and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions for webMethods, GemFire, AWS services, and Kubernetes clusters to proactively identify and resolve issues. - Develop and implement automation for operational tasks, incident response, and system provisioning/de-provisioning. - Participate in on-call rotations to respond to critical incidents, troubleshoot complex problems, and perform root cause analysis (RCA). - Identify and eliminate toil through automation and process improvements. - Conduct performance tuning and capacity planning for all supported platforms. You should have expertise in the following platforms: - webMethods: Support, maintain, and optimize webMethods Integration Server, Universal Messaging, API Gateway, and related components. Experience with webMethods upgrades, patching, and configuration management. - GemFire: Administer and optimize GemFire clusters, ensuring high availability, data consistency, and performance for critical applications. Troubleshoot GemFire-related issues, including cache misses, replication problems, and member failures. - AWS Cloud: Manage and optimize AWS cloud resources (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda, etc.) for scalability, security, and cost-efficiency. - Rancher Kubernetes: Administer, troubleshoot, and optimize Kubernetes clusters managed by Rancher. Experience with Helm charts, Kubernetes operators, ingress controllers, and network policies. You should possess the following skills, experience, and requirements: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - 8+ years of experience in an SRE, DevOps, or highly technical operations role. - Deep expertise in at least two, and strong proficiency in all, of the following: - webMethods Integration Platform (Integration Server, Universal Messaging, API Gateway). - VMware GemFire (or other distributed in-memory data grids like Apache Geode, Redis Enterprise). - AWS cloud services (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, CloudWatch, EKS etc.). - Kubernetes administration, particularly with Rancher and EKS. - Strong scripting and programming skills: Python, Go, Java, Bash. - Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation. - Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline). - Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, Splunk). - Solid understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing, VPNs). - Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills. - Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Nice to have skills include: - Experience with other integration platforms or message brokers. - Knowledge of other distributed databases or caching technologies. - AWS Certifications. - Kubernetes Certifications (CKA, CKAD, CKS). - Experience with chaos engineering principles and tools. - Familiarity with agile methodologies.,