Cision is hiring a
Site Reliability Engineer

Summary

The job description is for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join Brandwatch's dynamic team. The role involves ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, implementing automation processes, driving security initiatives, monitoring system performance, contributing to IaC scripts, participating in on-call rotation and incident response activities, and more. The ideal candidate should have relevant experience, knowledge of Kubernetes, containerization technologies, cloud environments, programming ability, expertise in security best practices, familiarity with various tools and technologies related to the role, and commitment to standardization and documentation.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of experience as an SRE, DevOps or Software Engineer
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes at scale and containerization technologies in general
• Strong programming ability in an object-oriented programming (OOP) language with proficiency in script writing
• Expertise in a cloud environment, particularly AWS and/or GCP
• Expert and up-to-date knowledge of security best practices
• Familiarity with SRE principles, including SLI (Service Level Indicators), SLO (Service Level Objectives), SLA (Service Level Agreements), Toil, Uptime, and Observability
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals
• Commitment to standardization and documentation
• Experience with Linux
• Proficiency in software delivery automation, CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment), and SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)
• Experience with metrics, monitoring, and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or similar
• Familiarity with IaC tools, including Ansible and Terraform
• Experience with Elasticsearch, Kafka, MySQL, Postgres, Windows, and Redis

Responsibilities

• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of systems
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance system reliability, performance, and scalability
• Implement and maintain automation processes to streamline operations
• Drive security initiatives and adhere to best practices in cybersecurity
• Monitor and analyze system performance, identifying areas for improvement
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of IaC scripts
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response activities

Benefits

• 25 vacation days
• Health insurance + dental care
• Sodexo vouchers
• Option for an annual public transport card for the whole transport network
• Option for a Multisport card (employee covers only half the price)
• A variety of flexible benefits through Re:benefit platform using a monthly budget
• Excellent hardware bundle
• Full Calm subscription, 24/7 Employment Assistance Program
• Informal, friendly, welcoming environment focused on people, learning & development