Azure Site reliability Engineer

Open only to candidates currently residing in Pacific Time Zone (PT) states.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled SRE Engineer with strong development experience to build, automate, and operate scalable cloud-native systems. This role blends software engineering, system reliability, and DevOps practices to improve system performance, enhance automation, and ensure seamless delivery of applications.

The ideal candidate will write production-quality code, design robust infrastructure, and implement automation to improve system reliability and developer productivity.

Key Responsibilities

SRE & Reliability Engineering

• Define and manage SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance of systems
• Lead incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis (RCA)
• Implement self-healing systems and automated recovery mechanisms
• Conduct performance tuning and capacity planning

DevOps & CI/CD Engineering

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Automate build, test, and deployment workflows
• Implement canary, blue-green, and rolling deployment strategies
• Improve release quality and reduce deployment risks

Software Development & Automation

• Develop tools, scripts, and microservices to automate operations
• Write clean, efficient code in Python, Go, Java, or .NET
• Build reusable frameworks for deployment, monitoring, and scaling
• Integrate APIs and backend services

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Architect and manage infrastructure on Azure (preferred), AWS, or Google Cloud Platform
• Use Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation)
• Design secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud architectures

Kubernetes & Containers

• Deploy and manage applications using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS preferred)
• Maintain cluster health, scaling, and upgrades
• Develop Helm charts or Kubernetes manifests
• Optimize resource utilization and performance

Observability & Monitoring

• Implement monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor
• Build dashboards, alerts, and automated incident detection systems
• Enable distributed tracing and log aggregation

Security & DevSecOps

• Integrate security practices into CI/CD pipelines
• Manage secrets using Azure Key Vault or Vault solutions
• Ensure compliance with security standards and policies

Collaboration & Engineering Excellence

• Work closely with developers, QA, and product teams
• Promote DevOps culture and automation-first mindset
• Contribute to architecture discussions and design reviews
• Mentor junior engineers

Required Skills & Qualifications

Core Technical Skills

• 5–10 years of experience in DevOps / SRE / Software Engineering
• Strong experience in CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps preferred)
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker
• Expertise in Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure preferred)

Programming & Development

• Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, .NET, or similar languages
• Strong coding skills with focus on automation and backend services
• Experience in API development and system integration

Systems & Networking

• Strong understanding of Linux systems
• Networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls)

Observability

• Experience with monitoring, logging, and tracing tools
• Understanding of metrics, logs, and distributed tracing

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset
• Ability to handle production issues under pressure
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ownership-driven approach

Nice to Have

• Experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux)
• Knowledge of service mesh (Istio, Linkerd)
• Exposure to event-driven architecture (Kafka, Service Bus)
• Experience with chaos engineering
• Certifications:
• Azure DevOps Engineer (AZ-400)
• Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD)