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Senior Site Reliability Engineer
SS&C · Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sydney, NSW, AustraliaFull timeExp: 5+ yrsHybrid
Remuneration
Income protection insurance and salary continuance; private health insurance discount; paid parental leave; death and total and permanent disability insurance; fitness and travel discounts.
Location
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
The Senior Site Reliability Engineer ensures the reliability, scalability, and performance of critical systems by applying software engineering practices to infrastructure and operations. The role includes automating deployment and incident response, improving monitoring and reliability metrics, supporting production systems through on-call rotations, and partnering with development teams. The technology environment includes AWS, Azure, or GCP; Docker and Kubernetes; CI/CD tools; Terraform; PostgreSQL; and monitoring platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog.
Benefits
Income protection insurance and salary continuanceBereavement and compassionate leavePrivate health insurance discountPaid parental leaveDeath and total and permanent disability insuranceHands-on, team-customized trainingFitness and travel discounts
Qualifications
- At least five years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or a similar role.
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language, such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Octopus, or Azure DevOps.
- Experience with monitoring and alerting tools such as Site24x7, Grafana, Prometheus, or Datadog.
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
- Experience with SQL, PostgreSQL, and managed file transfer using GoAnywhere or an SFTP server.
- Understanding of Windows Server, Linux, networking, and distributed systems.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code principles.
- Automate deployment, monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
- Identify and resolve system issues, performance bottlenecks, and potential failures.
- Provide 24/7 production support through on-call rotations.
- Collaborate with development teams to design reliable services.
- Implement and manage monitoring and logging solutions.
- Define, track, and report SLOs, SLAs, and SLIs.
- Conduct post-incident reviews and implement preventative measures.
- Mentor junior SREs and contribute to SRE practices and knowledge resources.
- Evaluate and introduce tools and technologies to improve SRE capabilities.
Skills
AnsibleAWSAzureAzure DevOpsBashChefDatadogDockerGCPGitHubGitLabGitLab CIGoGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPostgreSQLPowerShellPrometheusPuppetPythonTerraformWindowsWindows ServerOctopus Deploy
Degrees
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equiv
Work schedule
On-call rotations providing 24/7 production support
Industry
Financial servicesHealthcareAlternative investmentsAsset and wealth managementBanking and lendingInsuranceReal estate
Relocation
No