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

·      3–6 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.