Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / DevOps Engineer

Company Description

first dedicated SRE/DevOps Engineer

Role Description

mid-level Site Reliability Engineer / DevOps Engineer

first SRE hire

Key Responsibilities:

Design, implement, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure using IaC tools (Terraform or ARM/Bicep).

Azure DevOps

Python

Optimize infrastructure for cost, security, and performance.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Manage microservices deployment patterns including rolling, blue/green, and canary releases.

Implement best practices around service mesh, ingress, autoscaling, and observability.

Maintain container build standards and optimize Docker images.

Set up monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, Data Dog or Azure equivalents.

Enable SLO/SLI tracking and error-budget management.

Conduct root cause analysis (RCAs), performance tuning, and post-incident reviews.

on-call rotation

Implement DevSecOps practices within CI/CD and infrastructure.

Manage secret storage, code scanning, image scanning, role-based access, and network security.

SOC1, SOC2, and GDPR

Work with the engineering team to embed secure coding and deployment standards.

Collaborate with Java, Python, and React teams to ensure production deployability and system health.

Support PostgreSQL administration (preferably Azure Database for PostgreSQL) including:

o Backup/restore automation

o Performance tuning

o Monitoring & scaling

Introduce reliability-focused engineering practices and tools across teams.

Help establish a strong SRE foundation for incident management, capacity planning, and automation.

Document best practices, runbooks, and operational playbooks

Qualifications

36 years of experience in DevOps/SRE roles.

Azure

Kubernetes

Python

Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native design.

Java, Python, and React-based

Azure DevOps

• PostgreSQL administration experience.
• Expertise in Site Reliability Engineering and a strong understanding of maintaining system reliability and scaling infrastructure
• Familiarity with tools for automation, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring systems
• Ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams and adapt to dynamic environments
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related technical discipline is preferred.