Remote Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Summary

Join SimSpace as a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to design and implement reliable, scalable, and highly available systems and infrastructure for our cloud-based applications.

Requirements

• In depth experience in software development and/or infrastructure engineering, with a focus on site reliability and/or system administration
• Strong experience in cloud computing, particularly with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Must have extensive experience in containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong experience in one of the scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Ruby
• Proficiency in Terraform or Cloud Formation for managing infrastructure using IAC principles
• Proficiency in one of the configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, or Ansible
• Deep understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, and firewalls

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategies for the monitoring and alerting of systems health, performance, and security
• Develop and implement strategies for incident management, problem management, and change management
• Create and maintain automation tools and scripts for configuration management, deployment, and maintenance of cloud-based infrastructure
• Conduct performance and capacity planning to ensure the systems are operating at optimal levels
• Implement and manage the disaster recovery plan, ensuring that the systems are backed up and can be recovered in case of an outage
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure that application and infrastructure changes are properly tested, deployed, and maintained
• Evaluate new technologies and tools, and make recommendations for their adoption based on their impact on system performance, reliability, and scalability
• Develop and maintain documentation of system configurations, processes, and procedures
• Providing technical leadership and mentoring to other engineers on the team