SRE Lead

We are seeking a highly skilled Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Lead Engineer to drive transformational initiatives within IT operations and development. This position involves spearheading innovative SRE solutions and fostering an engineering-centric approach to IT operations. The ideal candidate will be a technical leader passionate about designing and implementing reliable, scalable, and high-performing systems with a focus on operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Skills

o Docker Products

o Amazon Web Services (AWS)

System Design and Architecture:

· Design and architect reliable, scalable systems and services emphasizing operational excellence, availability, and performance.

Observability and Monitoring:

· Expertise in telemetry and observability tools, including Dynatrace APM, SolarWinds, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, and other AIOPS tools.

· Develop and maintain correlation mechanisms and dashboards for comprehensive visibility across internal and external application requests.

Authentication Mechanisms:

· Deep understanding of login authentication technologies such as Ping, ForgeRock, and SiteMinder, including session and cookie management.

SRE Practices and Evangelism:

· Promote SRE principles, including incident management, monitoring, alerting, and automation.

· Collaborate with development teams to ensure operational reliability and resilience.

· Define and implement best practices for SRE within the organization.

Automation and Operational Excellence:

· Automate operational tasks to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.

· Lead efforts to optimize resource utilization and capacity planning.

Incident and Problem Management:

· Drive incident response processes, perform root cause analyses, and implement preventive measures to improve system reliability.

Security and Compliance:

· Ensure alignment of SRE practices with security and compliance requirements.

· Implement measures to safeguard systems and data integrity.

Team Leadership and Collaboration:

· Provide mentorship to SRE teams and foster skill development.

· Build strong relationships with operational teams to drive improvements across the enterprise.

Continuous Learning:

· Stay updated with industry trends, technologies, and SRE advancements to continuously enhance organizational capabilities.

Qualifications:

· 10–12 years of hands-on SRE experience with cloud technologies, development, observability tools, and automation.

Technical Expertise:

· Observability tools: Dynatrace, SolarWinds, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, and AIOPS tools.

· Authentication technologies: Ping, ForgeRock, and SiteMinder.

· Cloud platforms: AWS (Control Tower, Project Setup, Creating Accounts, RDS, SSO).

· Containerization: Docker and Kubernetes.

· Automation: GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent scripting tools.

· Monitoring and alerting: Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, etc.

· Programming languages: Groovy-DSL, Java, Python, YAML, and microservices architecture.

· Messaging systems: MQ, Kafka.

· Databases: Oracle, MySQL.

Additional Skills:

· Observability framework implementation with programmatic SLI/SLO blueprints.

· Strong knowledge of Linux commands and systems.

· Hands-on experience with APM tools like Datadog, AppDynamics, or Dynatrace.

· Certifications (Preferred):

· Certified Site Reliability Engineer (CSRE).

· Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

· AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.

· Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer.