Site Reliability Engineer

Summary

Join Blackpoint Cyber, a leading cybersecurity firm, as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). You will design, build, and scale robust infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and build systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance system reliability, performance, and automation. Champion a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. This role requires expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, and various technologies like Terraform, Kubernetes, and Kafka. The ideal candidate possesses strong problem-solving and communication skills and experience in agile environments. Blackpoint Cyber offers competitive benefits for eligible US employees.

Requirements

• 4+ years proven experience as a SRE Engineer or in a similar role with a strong focus on cloud infrastructure and automation
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex systems in production
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in agile environments
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Terragrunt
• Deep knowledge of AWS cloud services and best practices for designing secure and scalable architectures
• Hands-on experience with Confluent Cloud and Kafka for distributed data streaming
• Strong experience with REDIS for caching and RDS data storage
• Strong Experience with OpenSearch/Elasticsearch/ Chaos Search
• Proficiency in monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager
• Extensive experience managing Kubernetes clusters, including package management with Helm, deployment with ArgoCD, and service mesh configurations using Istio
• Familiarity with Kustomize for Kubernetes resource configuration
• Development experience in NodeJS/Python/GoLang

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain highly scalable infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt to automate cloud resource provisioning
• Manage and optimize AWS cloud environments for cost-efficiency, security, and high availability
• Continuously improve infrastructure automation tools and methodologies to support scalability and maintainability
• Manage and scale Kafka and Confluent Cloud platforms for real-time data streaming
• Deploy and maintain Redis instances to support caching and real-time data processing workloads
• Implement and maintain robust monitoring and alerting systems using Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, and OpsGenie to ensure system reliability and visibility
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues, ensuring optimal performance and uptime
• Manage Kubernetes clusters using tools like Helm, ArgoCD, Istio, and Kustomize to support modern infrastructure-as-code and continuous delivery practices
• Enable feature flag management and safe, controlled rollouts using LaunchDarkly
• Work closely with development teams to seamlessly integrate new features and services into the infrastructure
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by regularly evaluating and adopting emerging SRE tools, technologies, and best practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-cloud environments (e.g., GCP, Azure)
• Familiarity with security, compliance best practices in cloud and containerized environments
• Knowledge of serverless architectures and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions

Benefits

• Competitive Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance plans
• A robust 401k plan
• Discretionary Time Off