Site Reliability Engineer

Posted 17d ago

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Manage large data centers with hundreds of bare metal servers and VMs
Monitor and troubleshoot system performance, reliability, and availability
Manage server hardware lifecycle including firmware, BIOS, and RMA coordination
Administer virtualization platforms and storage appliances
Automate bare metal and VM provisioning and OS lifecycle at scale
Work hands-on with data center network infrastructure including VLANs, routing, and load balancers
Design and maintain scalable infrastructure using containers, Kubernetes, and microservices
Oversee configuration management with Ansible to eliminate configuration drift
Design and operate high-throughput Kafka clusters for event streaming
Implement name services including DNS, DHCP, NTP, and certificate management
Collaborate with development teams to influence system design choices
Participate in on-call rotations and conduct blameless post-mortems
Create comprehensive technical documentation and maintain knowledge bases

8+ years of experience as an SRE or related field
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Extensive on-premises data center experience with hundreds of bare-metal servers and VMs
Hands-on server hardware experience including firmware and BIOS management
Deep knowledge of Linux operating systems including configuration and performance tuning
Strong understanding of Linux networking concepts and protocols
Experience with containers and orchestration, particularly Kubernetes on bare metal
Experience managing CI/CD pipelines with GitOps workflows, Argo CD, and Helm charts
Knowledge of observability tools such as Prometheus, ELK Stack, and Grafana
Experience with configuration management tools, particularly Ansible

Advanced degree strongly preferred
Experience with multi-site or colocation deployments and cross-site disaster recovery
Infrastructure as code with Terraform, MAAS, Foreman, or similar
Scripting in Python, Bash, or Go
Experience operating Kafka or other high-throughput stateful distributed systems

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