Site Reliability Engineer Staff - San Juan, PR

Job summary

The Site Reliability Engineer improves the reliability, security, scalability, and cost-effectiveness of cloud infrastructure while supporting platform operations. The role enhances Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD workflows with FluxCD and Jenkins, monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, and production systems including Apache Kafka and Cassandra. It also builds Amazon Machine Images to CIS and STIG benchmarks and troubleshoots complex production issues.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of hands-on experience in infrastructure operations, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering.
• Proficiency with Linux, especially Debian-based distributions.
• Experience with AWS and GCP.
• Expertise in Terraform, Packer, and Ansible.
• Programming skills in Python and/or Golang.
• Experience with Docker and orchestration platforms such as AWS EKS or GCP GKE.
• Experience with GitOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong security background and familiarity with security programs.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
• Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience managing Apache Kafka, Cassandra, or similar distributed systems.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, with a sense of ownership.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Preferred: open-source contribution experience.
• Preferred: background in security engineering or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Enhance Infrastructure as Code and enforce best practices.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure for scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness.
• Develop internal tools for cloud platform operations.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows using FluxCD and Jenkins.
• Address container image vulnerabilities and standardize remediation.
• Build Amazon Machine Images aligned with CIS and STIG benchmarks.
• Strengthen monitoring, alerting, and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and logging tools.
• Troubleshoot production issues to maintain system reliability.
• Fine-tune Apache Kafka, Cassandra, and other distributed systems.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to align infrastructure with application needs.

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Relocation