SRE Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Navigate and manage complex, large systems consisting of hundreds of servers and thousands of services.
• Use a CMDB effectively, with 70-80% of work in pre-production environments.
• Proactively monitor capacity of databases, services, market data, and quotas.
• Optimize queries by reading query plans and suggesting improvements.
• Optimize code, database, and configuration for efficient and effective system performance.
• Implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions, including queue replication, elasticity, and distributed databases.
• Manage and maintain OS platforms such as AIX/UNIX and AWS/Linux.
• Work with database platforms including PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, and MySQL.
• Utilize cloud and DevOps tools like AWS, GCP, Azure, Jenkins, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Use containerization technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker.
• Develop and maintain scripts and programs in Python, Shell, SQL, and Java.
• Set up and manage monitoring and alerting tools like Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and New Relic.
• Troubleshoot OS, memory, and miscellaneous issues.

Requirements

• 5 to 15 years of total experience in IT, with relevant expertise in systems and database management.
• Proficiency in Python scripting and programming.
• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery architectures.
• Knowledge of queue replication, elasticity, distributed databases, and CMDB.
• Familiarity with OS platforms such as AIX/UNIX and AWS/Linux.
• Experience with database platforms including PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, and MySQL.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and DevOps tools like Jenkins, Git, CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with containerization tools such as Kubernetes and Docker.
• Knowledge of monitoring and alerting tools like Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and New Relic.
• Strong troubleshooting skills related to OS, memory, and system issues.

Nice to Have

• Experience with query optimization and reading query plans.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow, Jira, BigPanda, PagerDuty.
• Knowledge of scripting languages like Shell and Java.
• Experience working in a cloud environment with multiple cloud providers.

Qualifications

• Relevant professional experience in IT and systems management.

Benefits & Perks

• Salary of $115,000 - $120,000 per annum including bonuses or variable pay.
• Medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance.
• Paid time off including holidays, parental leave, and sick leave.
• Support for a diverse workforce and equal employment opportunity.