Site Reliability Engineer

About the job

At Hydrolix, we are revolutionizing the world of data management and analytics with our innovative cloud data platform, purpose-built for petabyte-scale datasets. Our mission is to help organizations drastically reduce data costs while increasing their data retention.We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with 8 to 10+ years experience to join our dynamic Services team. In this role, you will contribute to the reliability and scalability of our cutting-edge platform, ensuring exceptional solutions tailored to our customers’ unique needs. This is a highly technical, hands-on role that requires deep expertise in system reliability and automation.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Reliability : Deploy, maintain, and ensure a highly reliable fleet of Kubernetes clusters and Hydrolix deployments across multiple cloud platforms.

Service Optimization : Design, implement, and maintain systems and processes to enhance the reliability, availability, and performance of our services.

CI / CD Management : Build and optimize CI / CD tools and processes to ensure efficient and reliable deployments.

Monitoring and Incident Response : Develop and manage monitoring, alerting, and incident response strategies to minimize downtime and enable rapid recovery.

Root Cause Analysis : Conduct comprehensive root cause analyses for system failures, implementing long-term preventive measures.

Automation and Efficiency : Automate repetitive tasks and optimize system performance to improve operational efficiency.

On-Call Support : Participate in covering weekday business hours and once-monthly weekend shifts.

Collaboration and Customer Engagement

Cross-Functional Teamwork : Work closely with software engineering, infrastructure, and product teams to integrate reliability practices into every stage of the development lifecycle.

Reliability Advocacy : Champion SRE best practices and foster a culture of operational excellence across the organization.

Global Team Collaboration : Collaborate with a distributed team of engineers worldwide to provide round-the-clock support.

Customer Support : Interface with customers to address and resolve reported incidents, ensuring a seamless user experience.

Qualifications and Skills

SRE Expertise : Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or similar role, with a history of supporting complex distributed systems.

Observability Tools : Experience with monitoring and debugging tools like Prometheus, Vector, Grafana, Superset, or Kibana.

Cloud Platforms : Proficiency in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure, or Linode).

UI Development Experience : Hands-on experience building internal tooling using modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, or Angular etc), enabling improved visibility, and operational workflows for engineering teams.

Database Knowledge : Experience with SQL databases; familiarity with PostgreSQL is a plus but not required.

Programming / Scripting Skills : Proficiency in Unix scripting and programming languages such as Python or Go

Linux Expertise : Strong experience with Linux systems, including performance tuning and system-level troubleshooting.

Communication Skills : Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences, including customers and cross-functional teams.

Hydrolix provides equal employment opportunities without regard to an applicant’s race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, religion, marital status or veteran status.Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Hydrolix. Please inform us if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.