Senior SRE / DevOps Engineer

Job summary

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / DevOps Engineer is tasked with enhancing the reliability, scalability, and performance of production infrastructure. Responsibilities include managing Kubernetes clusters, automating infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, and ensuring cloud security across platforms like AWS and Google Cloud, while also overseeing production databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, infrastructure, or systems operations.
• 3+ years of hands-on production Kubernetes experience.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm.
• Hands-on experience with at least two cloud platforms, such as AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or Alibaba Cloud.
• Strong Linux administration skills.
• Production experience with Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL high availability, backup/recovery, and performance optimization.
• Experience managing Redis, Nginx, Elasticsearch, message queues, and similar infrastructure components.
• Experience with database sharding solutions such as ShardingSphere or MyCat.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot complex production issues.
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation and work on-site in Dubai.
• Good English reading and writing skills, with the ability to handle daily technical communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, upgrade, maintain, and optimize Kubernetes clusters and multi-cloud infrastructure.
• Manage cloud environments across AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and/or Alibaba Cloud.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform and Ansible.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support application deployment and environment provisioning.
• Manage production databases and middleware, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Nginx, Elasticsearch, and message queues.
• Implement database high availability, backup, recovery, performance optimization, and sharding solutions.
• Design and maintain multi-region and multi-cloud disaster recovery solutions and conduct recovery testing.
• Configure and optimize Cloudflare, network connectivity, traffic routing, and related infrastructure.
• Implement cloud security hardening, access controls, and infrastructure protection measures.
• Maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability systems.
• Participate in on-call support, troubleshoot production incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive improvements.
• Maintain operational procedures and technical documentation.

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