Site Reliability Engineer

A NASDAQ-listed company that offers a self-service platform to let marketers and ad agencies search and buy digital ad inventory programmatically, is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer. The selected candidate will be focusing on the platform's infrastructure while helping the team to get away from the configuration management focus. The company is developing an online demand-side platform that gives digital media buyers innovative purchasing options. The company has managed to secure $255mn+ in funding so far. This will be a long-term, full-time position requiring 4+ hours of overlap with the AEST time zone. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide large-scale solutions for the hardware needed to run a distributed system
• Give all teams access to automation, tools, and processes to make product teams ship more quickly and safely
• Ensure supportability by developing, installing, running, and adding features to self-service tooling and automation to provide innovative solutions for our infrastructure
• To effectively advance toward a shared objective, actively communicate both with your team and with the rest of the company
• Operate with a clear understanding of expenses and the return on investment in terms of time, implementation, and customer effect to decrease complexity and operational hazards
• To fully comprehend the "why" behind a purpose, think beyond the immediate task at hand
• Be open to new ideas, understand other people's perspectives, and show an interest in looking for and building on common ground
• Take part in root-cause analysis and post-mortem conversations to successfully promote changes in operational health over the long run
• Analyze for process inefficiencies and put appropriate fixes in place to quicken execution and lessen manual labor
• Take care of key performance indicator definitions, tracking, monitoring, data gathering and analysis, capacity modeling, and configuration management
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation
• Solve DevOps issues but with a stronger emphasis on proactive maintenance, monitoring, and problem-solving

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 3+ years of relevant experience as a Site Reliability Engineer
• 3+ years of experience working with Linux
• 2+ years of experience working with Ansible/Chef/Puppet/Salt, etc. 
• Prolific experience with Linux/Scripting fundamentals and the ability to work with other tools
• Prior experience writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code in Golang, TypeScript, Ruby, and C#
• Extensive experience designing, developing, deploying, and supporting service-oriented applications
• In-depth domain knowledge in either Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, Backstage, Kafka, Service Discovery (i.e. Consul), AWS, Azure, or Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun)
• Prolific experience working with Linux operating system internals, filesystems, storage technologies, protocols, and networking stack
• Strong knowledge of GitOps tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation
• Solid knowledge of system design and the benefits and limitations of various strategies
• Extensive knowledge of developing always-on systems, working with a range of technologies and service layers
• Experience utilizing a data-driven strategy for both short-term wagers and long-term investments
• Solid understanding of Physical (on-prem) server internals, their management, and operation
• Prior experience making substantial, self-driven contributions to important, large-scale undertakings
• Logical problem-solving, outstanding communication, and writing abilities
• Familiarity with Python and Go is nice to have
• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills