Lead Site Reliability Engineer (Kubernetes Required) - Hybrid

Job summary

The Lead Site Reliability Engineer ensures the reliability, scalability, and performance of systems and services. Responsibilities include monitoring production systems, defining Service Level Objectives (SLOs), collaborating with development teams, and implementing automation to enhance operational efficiency, with a strong focus on Kubernetes and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting workloads in Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of core Kubernetes concepts including Pods, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, and Ingress
• Experience with Kubernetes cluster management and administration
• Familiarity with Helm for application packaging and deployment
• Understanding of Kubernetes networking, storage, and security best practices
• Willing to work a hybrid model
• Must be fluent in English both verbal and written

Responsibilities

• Monitor, maintain, and improve the reliability and availability of production systems
• Respond to and resolve incidents, conducting thorough post-mortems to prevent recurrence
• Define and track Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs)
• Collaborate with development teams to build reliability into services from the ground up
• Design and implement automation to reduce toil and improve operational efficiency
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support critical systems
• Contribute to capacity planning and performance optimization efforts
• Document systems, processes, and runbooks to support the wider team

Skills

Degrees

Relocation