Site Reliability Engineer III

Summary

Join Fearless Digital as a Site Reliability Engineer III and lead the design and implementation of reliable infrastructure solutions. You will collaborate with a talented team, mentor others, and drive all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. This 100% remote position requires 8+ years of Software Engineering/DevOps experience, including at least 4 years as a DevOps Engineer/SRE, and strong expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC tools. The ideal candidate will possess leadership skills, a deep understanding of cloud security, and experience with continuous delivery pipelines. Fearless offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible work environment.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain security clearance required by the project: Public Trust
• A minimum of 8 years of Software Engineering/DevOps experience total with at least 4 (most recent) years as a DevOps Engineer/SRE. Programming language experience with Java, Python, and Bash
• Prior experience leading a small team of SRE/DevOps Engineers (served as a Tech Lead or Project Lead)
• Strong source code management experience with Git/Github
• Strong hands-on experience with: AWS Cloud infrastructure (AWS cert being a plus)
• Cloud monitoring and observability tools: CloudWatch, Splunk, New Relic, Grafana
• Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools: Terraform for managing AWS infrastructure
• Advanced Kubernetes experience, including: Managing clusters using Amazon EKS
• Deployment tools such as ARGO CD
• Container orchestration and management with Helm
• Database knowledge, particularly SQL
• Familiarity with Kafka for event streaming
• Experience with Matomo for analytics
• Proven ability to: Implement cloud security best practices to safeguard resource
• Proven ability to: Develop resilient infrastructure to handle outages effectively
• Proven ability to: Optimize system uptime and troubleshoot/debug issues efficiently
• Proven ability to: Build monitoring dashboards to detect and resolve infrastructure problems proactively
• Expertise in networking protocols, TLS, and SSL certificate management
• Experience implementing strategies for key rotation and debugging certificate-related issues
• Capable of leading a team of DevOps engineers and fostering collaboration
• Facilitates cross-pollination of knowledge across DevOps teams
• Guides the team with: Curating and prioritizing technical tickets
• Guides the team with: Answering technical queries and providing mentorship
• Guides the team with: Implementing minimal Agile structure to maintain team organization and efficiency
• Guides the team with: Implementing best practices for maximizing uptime and debugging issues quickly
• Guides the team with: Developing resiliency in infrastructure to handle outages
• Guides the team with: Cloud Security best practices to prevent unauthorized access to resources
• Understanding of all layers of software engineering and system architecture
• Proficiency in securing systems on the application, network, and infrastructure layers
• Shall have experience in designing and implementing end-to-end continuous delivery pipelines
• Shall have deep AWS cloud experience in a production environment (e.g. network, security, deployment, automation, server-less technologies)
• Shall have experience and understanding in SRE principles for highly scalable and reliable systems
• Shall have strong experience with Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with core infrastructure capabilities: operating systems, networking, identity, and access
• Understanding of CI/CD and related concepts
• Expert ability to execute advanced git actions like rebasing and squashing
• Ability to assist other engineers with source code management in git
• Basic understanding of software development and web application development concepts
• Ability to discuss technical tasks and team process topics with team members
• Ability to operate and manage work, strategically reason, and build relationships and influence others

Responsibilities

• Synthesize business requirements and objectives and drive the development of infrastructure solutions
• Collaborate with talented designers, product managers, and fellow engineers to plan and build new features
• Coach and mentor others to develop their professional skills
• Drive all phases of the infrastructure and operations lifecycle from task creation to production deployment of new system components
• Design and implement effective, secure infrastructures solutions that meet the business and technology requirements of the project
• Articulate business needs and translate them into technology solutions
• Develop pipelines and automate workflows and processes through code and tooling to reduce technical debt and improve the efficiency of the team
• Troubleshoot technical issues in infrastructure like software-defined networks, databases, and compute resources
• Develop and implement plans for the continuous improvement and vulnerability management of the system
• Identify opportunities and articulate suggestions to improve the technology strategies beyond the scope of a team or project
• Make decisions that are consistent with the organization’s business strategy
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of products/workflows within the businesses they support
• Review other developers' code and provide specific, constructive feedback

Preferred Qualifications

• Current or prior local, state, or federal government project experience
• BS/MS/MEng in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar technology-related degree
• Experience working with government or large industry clients
• Proficient in at least one programming language and web applications framework such as Node.js/Express, Python/Django, Go, Java 8+/Spring, Ruby/Rails, etc
• Holds a current AWS Certified Developer Associate, Solutions Architecture Associate, or Solutions Architect Professional or similar certification in another cloud platform
• Holds a current Certified Scrum Master certification
• Holds a current CompTIA Security+ certification

Benefits

• We cover 100% of your premium for our medical HSA plan + the deductible portion of HSA contributions, 80% of your premium for our HMO or PPO plans, and offer competitive dependent coverage
• We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents and offer medical and dependent care FSA options
• We also offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and legal planning and support insurance
• Tech, education / training, and wellness allowances
• Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with employer contributions (current match = 4%) and immediate vesting
• Referral bonus: Bring your friends! If someone you refer is hired, you’ll get a bonus of $6–12k!
• Total Pet Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Up 12 weeks of FMLA paid at 100%
• PTO is provided to team members as a lump sum allowance, not an accrual. PTO is prorated based on your start date ( see table below ) on a quarterly basis (with tenure-based increases), 8.75 days of sick leave, 11 federal holidays, their birthday (8 hours), up to 15 days for jury duty, and up to 3 days (24 hours) of bereavement leave per eligible instance
• Life-friendly schedules
• Family-friendly workplace