Site Reliability Engineer

Heads Talent Solutions has partnered with a leading global payment processor and e-commerce provider with 20 years of experience in providing expert support and online payment solutions. We are searching for Site Reliability Engineer to join their team.

Job description

As the Site Reliability Engineer, you will be a part of the Core Team responsible for building and managing the Platform that powers all the most innovative products and services.  

Using Cloud Native technologies and modern development practices such as Continuous Deployment and Infrastructure as Code, your mission will be to enable automation and constantly improve visibility, availability, security, and performance of our systems. You will manage the entire infrastructure including several Kubernetes clusters, relational (MySQL and Postgress) and document (MongoDB) databases, log aggregation and monitoring solutions distributed geographically across several data centres all over the world. 

In this role, you will collaborate closely with (Cloud, Network, System, Software) Architects, Scrum Master, and Product Owner to support several other teams that develop API-first products in an iterative and collaborative manner.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Build and manage the Platform infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with an "automate everything" mindset and a keen eye on security
• Build and operate multiple Kubernetes clusters on premise distributed across several geographical locations
• Be responsible for the availability, performance, and security of these clusters while offering the necessary access to Product teams and Developers
• Build and manage several databases, middleware and monitoring Perform backups and design and implement disaster recovery solutions
• Be primarily responsible for all our CICD environments and pipelines ensuring performance and optimizing resource usage
• Perform other system administrative tasks on Linux-based systems
• Build and maintain automation scripts as part of client feature delivery
• Research and perform proof-of-concepts on new technology

Key Skills:

• Experience with Kubernetes and related Cloud Native technologies such as container engines (Docker, containerD) and service meshes (Istio or Linkerd)
• Extensive experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools such as Terraform and Ansible (or equivalent)
• Extensive experience in CICD with tools, such as Gitlab CI (or equivalent) and Git
• Proficiency in Linux system administration
• Experience with agile development and DevOps methodology
• Good understanding of virtualization technology
• History of successful research and proof-of-concept of new technology
• Good communication, collaborative, and problem-solving skills

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted!