Remote Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Description:

• The Site Reliability Engineering/DevOps team at Tapcheck is expanding and is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong expertise in Azure.
• The role involves planning, implementing, and managing Azure cloud infrastructure while aligning applications with Microsoft’s Well Architected Framework.
• Responsibilities include monitoring the production environment to ensure optimal performance, designing and enhancing cloud-based infrastructure solutions on Azure, and architecting robust disaster recovery strategies.
• The engineer will measure and optimize system performance, provide operational support for large-scale distributed software applications, and balance feature development speed with reliability.
• Collaboration with engineering teams to design and build scalable products is essential, along with establishing effective monitoring and alerting systems.
• Security and compliance of cloud-based infrastructure solutions must be ensured, and documentation of design decisions and processes is required.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 7+ years of experience in SRE/DevOps with a strong focus on Azure.
• A minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation is required.
• Proficiency in high-level programming languages, including Python, Java, C/C++, Ruby, and JavaScript, for at least 5 years is necessary.
• Experience with container platforms like Docker and LXC, as well as resource management frameworks such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Docker Swarm, for 4+ years is expected.
• Candidates should be proactive in identifying problems and performance bottlenecks.
• A strong understanding of networking and security principles is essential.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is required.
• Experience in fintech (payroll, payments, ecommerce, etc.) is preferred.
• Experience in building secure and reliable environments for high volume traffic applications is also preferred.
• AZ-400 Certification or SC-100 Certification is preferred.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive base salary ranging from $160,000 to $170,000, depending on various factors such as location and experience.
• A remote work environment is provided, allowing flexibility in work location.
• Employees receive paid time off to promote work-life balance.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance are included as part of the benefits package.
• A 401K match is offered to support employees' retirement savings.