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Sr Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineering

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💎 Seniority level: Senior, 5+ years

📍 Location: United States

💸 Salary: 186000.0 - 251000.0 USD per year

🔍 Industry: Network observability

🏢 Company: Kentik👥 101-250💰 $40,000,000 Series C over 3 years agoCloud Data ServicesInformation TechnologyNetwork SecuritySoftware

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 5+ years

🪄 Skills: DockerPythonBashCloud ComputingKafka*NixGoGrafanagRPCPostgresPrometheusRedisTerraformMicroservices

Requirements:
  • 5+ years of experience in Systems Administration, Datacenter/IT and/or SRE related projects.
  • Experience with *nix system command line (e.g., ssh, grep, awk).
  • Detailed understanding of major internet protocols such as tcp/ip, dns, http, TLS.
  • Experience with or desire to learn about microservices, containers, and orchestration.
  • Networking administration experience with concepts like routing and firewalls.
  • Passion for documenting code, processes, and infrastructure in runbooks and wikis.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills for a fully remote environment.
  • Experience with configuration management (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
  • Familiarity with metrics monitoring solutions (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus).
  • Automation skills in coding languages like Bash, Python, Ruby, or Go.
  • Experience with public cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Terraform.
Responsibilities:
  • Ensure our real-time, scalable, microservices-based infrastructure is set up for growth and working efficiently.
  • Work on tools and processes to better monitor our platform and ensure its stability through rapid growth.
  • Deep dive into diverse topics including NetFlow, IP routing, database replication strategies, or HTTP optimization.
  • Collaborate with engineering and infrastructure teams on operational solutions.
  • Contribute code, engage in code reviews, and write design documents for new features or changes.
  • Provide valuable feedback on team goals, projects, and processes for continuous improvement.
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