Remote Site Reliability Engineer

Description:

• Daxko's Site Reliability Engineer is a role for motivated individuals who want to solve problems at the root cause in an elegant and sustainable way.
• This position is part of the TechOps team, which builds and supports foundational tools for product teams to create products that customers love and trust.
• The role emphasizes the importance of a simple, reliable, consistent, and fast delivery pipeline.
• Responsibilities include applying cloud computing skills (AWS, VMWare) to deploy upgrades and fixes, designing and implementing software integrations based on user feedback, and troubleshooting production issues.
• The engineer will implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines) and collaborate with team members to improve engineering tools, systems, procedures, and data security.
• The role involves working with core components such as load balancers and firewalls, conducting systems tests for security and performance, and developing troubleshooting documentation.
• The engineer will monitor system activity 24/7 as part of an on-call rotation and execute the disaster recovery plan, ensuring it is up-to-date and thoroughly tested.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience is required.
• Candidates should have two to three years of experience in a DevOps/SRE role.
• Expertise in software development methodologies is necessary.
• Working knowledge of DevOps tools like Git and GitLab is required.
• Extensive experience with automation tools such as Terraform, Chef, or Ansible is essential.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills are necessary.
• Candidates must possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines are required.
• The ability to prioritize tasks and delegate them when appropriate is necessary.
• Candidates should be able to function well in a high-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• A strong command of software-automation production systems (Jenkins and Selenium) is required.

Benefits:

• The salary range for this role is $82,000 - $148,800 per year, based on demonstrated attributes and competencies.
• Daxko offers a comprehensive benefits package, performance-based incentives, and opportunities for growth.
• Benefits include flexible paid time off, affordable health, dental, and vision insurance options, and a monthly fitness reimbursement.
• The company provides 401(k) matching and new-parent paid leave.
• Employees enjoy a casual work environment and the option for remote work.