Remote Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Description:

• Cribl is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to enhance the value of observability data.
• The role is remote and part of the engineering organization, focusing on envisioning, creating, deploying, testing, and shipping Cribl products.
• The team consists of software engineers and SREs dedicated to delivering high-quality software.
• Responsibilities include charting the future of Cribl’s observability and reliability systems, directing the evolution of reliability metrics, and engaging with Product and Engineering teams to improve service delivery.
• The engineer will measure and monitor production systems for availability, latency, and overall health, uncover risks, and advocate for engineering-wide improvements.
• The role involves identifying and reducing toil through innovation and automation, as well as participating in on-call duties.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have extensive experience with enterprise-scale continuous delivery environments.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a DevOps or SRE role is required.
• Proficiency in development with JavaScript/Node.js/TypeScript in a Linux/Mac environment is necessary.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform is preferred.
• Candidates should have experience with sustainable incident response in a blameless environment.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and container orchestration technologies is essential.
• Familiarity with APM and observability tools such as New Relic, Splunk, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana/Kibana, and Sentry is required.
• A deep understanding of SRE practices, including SLOs, Error Budgets, PRRs, and Problem Management is necessary.
• Candidates should be comfortable with a high level of autonomy and working within a distributed team.
• Knowledge of cloud and application security, as well as cloud design patterns for scale and resiliency, is important.
• A passion for software quality and craft is essential.

Benefits:

• The salary range for this role is between $240,000 and $400,000, depending on geographic location and individual qualifications.
• Cribl offers a generous benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Additional benefits include short-term disability and life insurance, paid holidays, and paid time off.
• The company provides a fertility treatment benefit, a 401(k) plan, equity options, and eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus.