Site Reliability Engineering Manager

 

The platform reliability engineering team at Lifion is central to the reputation and trustworthiness of our product. We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Manager to work with teams across the organization to help build and maintain our distributed platform.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive quarterly SRE objectives to completion
• Design and implement tools to improve the reliability and efficiency of Lifion services and data stores
• Automate infrastructure and configuration management
• Assist with all aspects of operational security and compliance
• Draft design documents and present solutions to stakeholders
• Meet reliability and capacity requirements while managing costs
• Plan disaster recovery drills
• Participate in rotating on-call duties
• Conduct timely post-mortems of production incidents

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience developing and monitoring distributed systems
• Know when and how to apply SRE and DevOps principles
• Understand the operational complexity of a microservice architecture
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment tools
• Fluency in one or more languages, such as Python, Go, Perl, Ruby, Bash, and Java
• Working knowledge of Ansible, Terraform, or other configuration management tools
• Systematic approach to problem solving
• Strong communication skills
• Strong sense of ownership, and an ability to drive tasks to completion

• Experience using Docker and container orchestration technologies, such as Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, or Mesos.

COMPETENCIES

 

• Execution: Ability to identify critical paths and drive the plans to support one or more complex product and platform deliverables with a commitment to quality and time
• Management: A true “roll up the sleeves and get it done” working approach; demonstrated success as a problem solver, operating as a result-oriented, self-starter
• Communication: Superior communication skills with the ability to present technical topics to non-technical audiences and build partnerships with business area leaders and external solution providers
• Leadership: Ability to maintain high morale, both within SRE group, and externally as well by inspiring trust and sense of achievement.
• Judgement: Be able to manage risk identification and risk mitigation strategies associated with the architecture and make sound decisions with limited and incomplete data