Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

As a seasoned Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) looking to make a significant impact on large-scale cloud environments, Aviato Consulting offers you the opportunity to deepen your GCP expertise while being mentored by an ex-Google SRE leader. Joining Aviato Consulting means owning critical infrastructure, driving technical strategy, and shaping the reliability culture for major Australian and EU clients within a supportive, G-inspired environment built on transparency and collaboration. **What's In It For You ** - **Learn from the Best:** Receive mentorship from our Head of SRE, an experienced ex-Google SRE Manager, gaining invaluable insights into scaling, reliability, and leadership honed at one of the world's tech giants. - **High-Impact Projects:** Take ownership of complex GCP environments for diverse, significant clients across Australia and the EU, directly influencing the stability and performance of critical systems. - **Drive Innovation, Not Just Tickets:** Think strategically, architect solutions, implement cutting-edge practices, and proactively improve systems within a transparent, collaborative, and low-bureaucracy environment that values SRE principles. - **Cutting-Edge Tech:** Deepen your expertise with GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, modern observability tooling, and sophisticated CI/CD pipelines. **What You'll Do (Your Impact):** - **Own & Architect Reliability:** Design, implement, and manage highly available, scalable, and resilient architectures on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for key customer environments. - **Lead GCP Expertise:** Serve as a subject matter expert for GCP, driving best practices for security, cost optimization, and performance. - **Master Kubernetes at Scale:** Architect, deploy, secure, and manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters (GKE preferred), ensuring optimal performance and reliability for critical applications. - **Drive Automation & IaC:** Lead the design and implementation of robust automation strategies using Terraform, Ansible, and scripting for provisioning, configuration management, and CI/CD pipelines. - **Elevate Observability:** Architect and refine comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies using tools like Grafana, Dynatrace, and Sentry. - **Lead Incident Response & Prevention:** Spearhead incident management efforts, conduct blameless post-mortems, and drive the implementation of preventative measures. - **Champion SRE Principles:** Actively promote and embed SRE best practices within delivery teams and operational processes. - **Mentor & Collaborate:** Share your expertise, mentor junior team members, and collaborate effectively across teams to foster a strong reliability culture. **What You'll Bring (Your Expertise):** - 5+ years of hands-on experience in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering roles. - Demonstrable expertise in GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, and scripting languages like Python or Go. - Experience in implementing monitoring, logging, and tracing tools. - Strong analytical, troubleshooting, collaboration, and communication skills. - Desired experience with API Management platforms, advanced networking concepts, or security hardening in cloud environments. If you're a passionate Senior SRE ready to tackle complex challenges on GCP, work with leading clients, and benefit from exceptional mentorship in a fantastic culture, Aviato Consulting is the place for you. Apply now and help build the future of reliable cloud infrastructure!,