Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Incident Management

Job Description : Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team. The SRE will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, performance, and observability of our infrastructure and services.

This role requires strong expertise in cloud computing, Kubernetes, automation, monitoring, and incident management. The selected candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to design and implement systems that are resilient, cost-effective, and efficient.

The ideal professional will have hands-on experience in designing and maintaining large-scale distributed systems and a proven track record in cloud-native operations. This position demands a proactive approach to automation, observability, disaster recovery, and incident response.

Key Responsibilities :

• Reliability & Observability : Design, implement, and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to improve visibility across environments. Utilize Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and distributed tracing tools to ensure system health.
• Incident Management : Lead incident response efforts, participate in on-call rotations, resolve critical issues under pressure, and perform post-mortem analysis to improve future resilience.
• Disaster Recovery & Scalability : Define and implement disaster recovery plans, conduct regular failover drills, and ensure infrastructure is designed for scalability and high availability.
• Cloud Infrastructure Management : Operate and optimize environments hosted on AWS services including EC2, EKS, RDS, Cognito, and CloudWatch. Focus on cost-efficiency, reliability, and security.
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code : Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Terraform or CloudFormation. Implement CI / CD and GitOps workflows with GitLab CI / CD to streamline deployments.
• Kubernetes Administration : Manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters, perform upgrades, troubleshoot bottlenecks, and enforce best practices for high availability.
• Database Operations : Administer PostgreSQL and similar databases, design replication strategies, ensure backup and recovery mechanisms, and monitor performance.
• Networking & Security : Apply knowledge of networking protocols, load balancing, and security principles to protect and optimize infrastructure.
• Cross-team Collaboration : Partner with development and QA teams to establish SLAs and SLOs for critical services, ensuring alignment of operational goals with business requirements.

Required Skills & Experience :

Preferred Qualifications :

Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

(ref : hirist.tech)