Site Reliability Engineer

Location: India
Department: Security & IT

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer based in India.

Are you passionate about building reliable, secure, and scalable cloud infrastructure that powers mission-critical cybersecurity solutions? As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will play a key role in maintaining the availability, performance, and resilience of production systems in a fast-paced technology environment. You will design and automate cloud infrastructure, optimize CI/CD pipelines, and manage containerized applications to enable secure, seamless software delivery. Working with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and modern observability tools, you will help minimize downtime, strengthen system security, and improve operational efficiency. You will collaborate closely with development, security, QA, and infrastructure teams to resolve incidents and continuously improve service reliability. This remote opportunity is ideal for an engineer who combines strong technical expertise, a security-first mindset, and a passion for automation and continuous improvement.

Accountabilities

• Infrastructure as Code: Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable infrastructure using Terraform and other infrastructure-as-code practices to ensure consistency, repeatability, and efficient resource management.

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Build, operate, and optimize AWS environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, security compliance, and cost efficiency.

• CI/CD Pipeline Engineering: Develop, maintain, and enhance automated continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions to enable secure, reliable, and efficient software releases.

• Containerization and Orchestration: Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, supporting microservices architectures and ensuring effective orchestration, scalability, and resilience.

• Production Deployment Management: Coordinate and execute production deployments, implement secure release practices, and minimize service disruption and downtime.

• Monitoring and Observability: Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, AWS CloudWatch, or comparable tools to track system health, performance, availability, and security metrics.

• Incident Management and Root Cause Analysis: Investigate production incidents, troubleshoot complex technical issues, perform root cause analyses, and implement preventive measures to reduce recurring failures.

• Security and Vulnerability Remediation: Identify and address infrastructure vulnerabilities, apply security best practices, and ensure that cloud environments and deployment processes comply with established policies and standards.

• Reliability Engineering: Define, monitor, and improve service-level objectives (SLOs) and service-level agreements (SLAs), strengthening system resilience and operational performance.

• Automation and Continuous Improvement: Develop scripts and custom automation solutions to streamline operational tasks, reduce manual intervention, and improve infrastructure reliability.

• Cloud Cost Optimization: Monitor infrastructure usage, optimize cloud resource allocation, and implement cost-management practices without compromising performance or security.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with development, QA, security, product, and infrastructure teams to improve deployment workflows, resolve operational challenges, and support reliable product delivery.

Requirements:

• Professional Experience: 3–5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, cloud infrastructure engineering, or a closely related technical role.

• Cloud Infrastructure Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, cloud architecture, infrastructure management, and security-focused operational practices.

• Infrastructure as Code: Proven proficiency with Terraform and experience automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.

• CI/CD Technologies: Practical experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, with an understanding of secure deployment workflows.

• Containerization and Orchestration: Strong knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration, including experience supporting microservices-based environments.

• Monitoring and Observability: Experience configuring and managing monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS CloudWatch, or equivalent platforms.

• Incident Response and Troubleshooting: Demonstrated ability to investigate production issues, perform root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and prevent recurring incidents.

• Linux and Networking: Solid understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking fundamentals, infrastructure security, and system administration.

• Scripting and Automation: Proficiency in Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages for automating infrastructure operations, troubleshooting, and repetitive tasks.

• Security-First Mindset: Understanding of vulnerability remediation, secure infrastructure design, access controls, and security best practices for cloud environments.

• Reliability and Performance Optimization: Knowledge of SRE principles, service reliability metrics, SLA/SLO management, high-availability architectures, and cloud cost optimization.

• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong troubleshooting, critical-thinking, and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to work through complex issues in a dynamic product engineering environment.

• Collaboration and Communication: Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, communicate technical challenges clearly, and contribute to shared operational goals.

• Adaptability and Continuous Learning: A proactive approach to learning new technologies, improving engineering practices, and adapting to evolving infrastructure and cybersecurity requirements.

• Work Authorization: Must be legally authorized to work in India without requiring employer sponsorship.

Benefits:

• Permanent Employment: A full-time opportunity within a technology and cybersecurity-focused engineering environment.

• Remote-First Work: Work remotely from India, offering flexibility and reduced commuting requirements.

• Collaborative Culture: Join a team environment that values innovation, knowledge sharing, technical excellence, and a strong sense of community.

• Diversity and Inclusion: Participate in an inclusive workplace that encourages diverse perspectives and equal opportunities for professional growth.

• Employee Wellbeing: Access wellbeing days, monthly wellbeing webinars, and training initiatives designed to support physical and mental health.

• Community Engagement: Participate in employee-led charitable initiatives, fundraising activities, and volunteer days supporting local communities.

• Sustainability Initiatives: Contribute to global employee initiatives focused on reducing environmental impact.

• Employee Activities: Take part in global fitness challenges, trivia competitions, and other activities that encourage connection and engagement.

• Professional Development: Strengthen your expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, Kubernetes, observability, and site reliability engineering through hands-on technical work.

• Meaningful Technical Impact: Help maintain the reliability, security, and performance of systems that support advanced cybersecurity products and services.

• Inclusive Recruitment Process: Reasonable adjustments can be requested during the recruitment process to support accessibility and ensure a fair candidate experience.

How Jobgether works:

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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