Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Google Cloud Platform

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Google Cloud Platform

About Us: 

We are a forward-thinking organization looking to enhance our infrastructure and operational efficiency. As we grow, we are seeking a talented Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to optimize, automate, and manage the deployment of our cloud-based infrastructure.

Role Overview: 

As an SRE on our team, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of our systems. You will monitor, optimize, and automate the deployment of our infrastructure using GCP services, including Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Virtual Machines, Kubernetes, and Dataflow. You will also take ownership of our logging and monitoring tools, streamline our deployment pipelines, and work to enhance database performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure Management:
• Design, build, and maintain highly available and scalable infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Work with GCP services like Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Engine, App Engine, and Dataflow.
• Automate and optimize deployment processes using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) preferably Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitoring and Optimization:
• Enhance system observability by setting up and maintaining logging and monitoring solutions, including Sentry.
• Proactively monitor the health and performance of our systems, troubleshoot incidents, and implement resolutions.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve system efficiency and reduce latency.
• Deployment Pipeline Management:
• Oversee the deployment pipeline using Bitbucket to ensure smooth, reliable, and repeatable deployment processes.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure the integration of scalable and maintainable deployment practices.
• Database Optimization:
• Monitor and maintain MySQL databases, focusing on performance and reliability.
• Analyze and optimize database indexes and address poorly performing queries.
• Collaboration and Best Practices:
• Work closely with software developers, QA engineers, and product managers to deliver high-quality, reliable solutions.
• Advocate for best practices in SRE, including monitoring, alerting, and incident management.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or similar role.
• Hands-on expertise with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Pub/Sub, Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Engine, App Engine, and Dataflow.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using tools like Terraform, Python, bash, or equivalent.
• Proficiency in setting up and managing alerting, monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Sentry, Stackdriver, or similar) as well as dashboarding (e.g. Grafana).
• Experience managing CI/CD pipelines with Bitbucket or similar tools.
• Solid understanding of MySQL database performance tuning and query optimization.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools, such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or similar tools.
• Knowledge of incident response and on-call best practices.
• Familiarity with modern software delivery practices like DevOps and Agile.