Senior Site Reliability Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with substantial expertise in enhancing the reliability, availability, performance and scalability of production environments. The right candidate will bring a strong software engineering mindset paired with deep operational know-how, cloud expertise, automation capabilities and practical incident management experience.

This position centers on constructing dependable systems, cutting down operational toil, strengthening observability and supporting engineering teams in delivering services that meet established reliability targets.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy solutions that enhance system reliability, availability and performance
• Establish and track SLIs, SLOs and error budgets
• Develop automation that minimizes manual operational effort and repetitive activities
• Enhance monitoring, logging, tracing and alerting capabilities
• Take part in incident response, root cause analysis and postmortems
• Partner with development teams to strengthen service resilience and operability
• Maintain production systems and assist in resolving complex technical problems
• Contribute toward capacity planning, performance tuning and disaster recovery strategies
• Advocate for reliability engineering practices throughout teams

Requirements

• Substantial experience in SRE, DevOps, Platform Engineering or Production Engineering positions
• Practical experience maintaining production systems at scale
• Familiarity with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure or GCP
• Deep knowledge of observability tools used for monitoring, logging, tracing and alerting
• Background in incident management, postmortems and root cause analysis
• Solid scripting or programming abilities in Python, Go, Bash or similar languages
• Familiarity with Linux systems, networking and distributed systems fundamentals
• Working knowledge of containers and orchestration platforms like Docker and Kubernetes
• Sound understanding of CI/CD, automation and Infrastructure as Code
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and capacity to perform under pressure

Nice to have

• Background defining SLIs, SLOs and error budgets
• Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, Splunk, ELK or comparable tools
• Hands-on use of Terraform or other IaC tools
• Exposure to chaos engineering or resilience testing
• Background with high-availability systems and disaster recovery planning
• Certifications in cloud technologies or Kubernetes

We offer

• Learning Culture - We want you to be the best version of yourself, that is why we offer unlimited access to learning platforms, a wide range of internal courses, and all the knowledge you need to grow professionally
• Health Coverage - Health and wellness are important, that is why we have you and up to four family members in a premiere health plan. We have a couple of options, so you can choose what is best for you and your family
• Visual Benefit - Seeing your work for us would be a sight for sore eyes. We want your vision to always be at 100% which is why we offer up to $200.000 COP for any visual health expenses
• Life Insurance Plan - We have partnered with MetLife to offer a full-coverage Ife insurance plan. So, your family is covered, even if you are gone.
• Medical Leave Coverage - We are one of the few companies that cover 100% of your medical leave, for up to 90 days. Your health is the most important thing to us
• Professional Growth Opportunities - We have designed a highly competitive and complete development process, where you will have all the tools to get where you have always wanted to be, personally and professionally
• Stock Option Purchase Plan - As an EPAMer you can be more than just an employee, you will also have the opportunity to purchase stock at a reduced price and become a part owner of our organization
• Additional Income - Besides your regular salary, you will also have the chance to earn extra income by referring talent, being a technical interviewer, and many more ways
• Community Benefit - You will be part of a worldwide community of over 50,000 employees, where you can learn, challenge yourself, stand out, and share your knowledge and experience with multicultural teams!

EPAM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We accept CVs in English only.

Please note that even though you are applying for this position, you may be offered other projects to join within EPAM.

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.