Site Reliability Engineer

1 week ago

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Canonical Full time
Roles and responsibilities

  • ASite Reliability Engineer (SRE) isresponsible for ensuring that a company's systems,services, and infrastructure are reliable, scalable, and efficient.The role is a hybrid between software engineering and operations,with an emphasis on improving the reliability and performance ofservices through automation, monitoring, and proactive issueresolution.

    SREs work to ensure that applicationsand systems are available and performant, typically using acombination of software engineering practices, systemadministration, and deep monitoring of system health. They alsocreate systems to reduce manual intervention and automate processesto increase efficiency and uptime.

    KeyResponsibilities

    1. SystemReliability andPerformance

  • Monitoringand Incident Management: Set up and maintainmonitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) to tracksystem performance, uptime, and error rates. Quickly identifyissues and mitigate service outages by responding toincidents.
  • Service-LevelObjectives (SLOs): Define and manage Service-LevelObjectives (SLOs) and Service-Level Indicators (SLIs) to measureand maintain system reliability, ensuring that services meetbusiness and customerexpectations.
  • IncidentResponse: Respond to production incidents,troubleshoot issues, and minimize downtime. After incidents,perform post-mortem analyses to identify root causes and preventrecurrence.
  • CapacityPlanning: Ensure the systems are capable of scalingwith the growing load, handling spikes in demand, and maintainingperformance during high traffic periods. Plan for scaling resourcesbased on traffic projections and historical usagepatterns.

  • 2. Automationand Infrastructure as Code(IaC)

  • Automationof Repetitive Tasks: Write scripts and createautomation tools to replace manual processes, such as deployments,monitoring, and scaling. This may involve using tools like Ansible,Terraform, orKubernetes.
  • InfrastructureManagement: Implement and manage infrastructure ascode (IaC) practices to provision, configure, and manage cloudinfrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and on-premises resources,using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, orKubernetes.
  • ContinuousIntegration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD): Buildand maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate software deployments,ensuring that changes are automatically tested, validated, andpushed to production.

  • 3.Reliability and SystemOptimization

  • RootCause Analysis: After an incident, conduct athorough post-mortem and root cause analysis to understand whyfailures occurred and how to prevent them in the future. Sharefindings with stakeholders and implement correctiveactions.
  • PerformanceTuning: Continuously optimize the performance ofservices by tuning servers, databases, networking, and applicationcode to reduce latency and increasethroughput.
  • Disaster RecoveryPlanning: Design, implement, and test disasterrecovery strategies to ensure that systems can quickly recover frommajor failures or outages.

  • 4.Collaboration andCommunication

  • Cross-FunctionalCollaboration: Work closely with development teamsto integrate reliability and performance into the developmentlifecycle. Provide feedback to developers on how to improve thereliability and operability of theirservices.
  • Documentation:Write and maintain clear documentation of SRE practices, incidentresponse procedures, system configurations, and infrastructure ascode (IaC) guidelines to ensure the reliability processes arewell-understood by the broaderteam.
  • ChangeManagement: Participate in change managementprocesses, ensuring that changes to production environments arewell-planned and minimize risk to systemavailability.

  • 5.Security andCompliance

  • SecurityBest Practices: Implement security practices insystem design and operations, ensuring that the systems areprotected against vulnerabilities and threats. Monitor forpotential security incidents and address themproactively.
  • Compliance:Ensure that the systems comply with relevant regulatoryrequirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) by incorporating compliancecontrols and audits intooperations.

  • 6. CostManagement

  • CostOptimization: Monitor cloud and infrastructurecosts, recommending cost-effective solutions while balancingperformance and scalability. Implement best practices to reduceunnecessary costs related to resources andservices.
Desired candidate profile

1.TechnicalSkills

  • Programmingand Scripting: Proficiency in programming languages(e.g., Python, Go, Ruby, Java, or Bash) to automate tasks, buildtools, and analyze systems.
  • CloudPlatforms: Expertise with cloud computing platforms(e.g., AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure) and relatedservices such as load balancing, storage, and virtualmachines.
  • InfrastructureAutomation: Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code(IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef to manageinfrastructureresources.
  • Containers andOrchestration: Experience with containerization(e.g., Docker) and container orchestration systems (e.g.,Kubernetes) to manage deployments and scaleservices.
  • MonitoringTools: Experience using monitoring and alertingtools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or New Relic to ensuresystem reliability andperformance.
  • CI/CDPipelines: Knowledge of building and maintainingcontinuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines using toolssuch as Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or TravisCI.

2. Problem-SolvingandTroubleshooting

  • IncidentManagement: Expertise in diagnosing andtroubleshooting complex issues in production systems, fromapplications to infrastructure, often under timepressure.
  • Root CauseAnalysis: Strong problem-solving skills to conductroot cause analysis and determine long-term solutions to systemicproblems.
  • PerformanceTuning: Ability to analyze system performance,identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements to increaseefficiency.

3.CommunicationSkills

  • Cross-FunctionalCollaboration: Strong communication skills tocollaborate effectively with software development, product, andoperations teams to build reliablesystems.
  • Documentation:Ability to write detailed and clear documentation for bothtechnical and non-technicalstakeholders.

4. SoftSkills

  • Attentionto Detail: Precision in tracking and managingvarious system components, ensuring that no detail isoverlooked.
  • TimeManagement: Ability to manage multiple priorities,incidents, and projects, ensuring timely responses and taskcompletion.
  • Resilience and CalmUnder Pressure: Ability to remain calm and focusedduring high-stress situations, especially during incidents oroutages.

Experience andQualifications

1.Experience

  • RelevantExperience: Typically 3-5years of experience in system administration,DevOps, software engineering, or infrastructure management, with afocus on reliability andperformance.
  • IncidentManagement: Experience in handling high-impactincidents, including troubleshooting, mitigating, and conductingpost-mortem analyses.
Key Skills
Engineering,Reliability,SystemsEngineering
Employment Type :Full-time
Department / Functional Area: Engineering
Experience: years
Gender: Male
Vacancy: 1

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