Remote Site Reliability Engineer

Description:

• The Site Reliability Engineer will be part of the Everbridge Kubernetes Platform team, focusing on ensuring the overall service quality and availability of Everbridge's solutions.
• The role involves designing, deploying, and managing Kubernetes at scale, while promoting Kubernetes and SRE best practices.
• Responsibilities include maintaining the Kubernetes infrastructure within AWS, including services such as VPCs, EC2, Transit Gateways, IAM roles and policies, Route53, S3, Security Groups, and NACLs.
• The engineer will enhance operational availability, security, scalability, efficiency, monitoring, instrumentation, and overall service reliability of Everbridge's Kubernetes solutions.
• Collaboration with Agile teams, including Architects, Developers, Quality, Data, Security, and other engineers, is essential for designing and implementing highly reliable solutions.
• The role requires researching and implementing SRE and Kubernetes best practices, creating automation, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and making data-driven decisions to ensure system integrity and reliability.
• The engineer will manage Windows workstations and servers and participate in a rotating on-call rotation to resolve production escalations.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 2+ years of technical AWS experience, managing and owning systems in a production environment.
• A minimum of 1+ years of Kubernetes experience (EKS, AKS, GKE, or self-managed) is required.
• Candidates should have 2+ years of experience with Terraform or similar Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• A minimum of 3+ years of Microsoft Windows System Administration experience is necessary.
• Experience with tooling such as GitLab CICD, Packer, Docker, EKS, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, Helm, Argo, and Jenkins is required.
• Familiarity with telemetry tools like Datadog, SumoLogic, Grafana, and Prometheus is essential.
• Candidates should have experience writing automation in languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or Java.
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Salt, Ansible, or AWS user_data is required.
• A background in a DevOps/SRE production environment and Agile practices is necessary.
• UNIX/Linux experience is required.
• Experience working on DoD programs is preferred.
• Candidates must currently hold a Secret Clearance or be a US citizen with the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.
• Candidates must have or be able to obtain and maintain DoD 8140 “Intermediate” level or higher certification (formerly DoD 8170 IAM Level II).

Benefits:

• The estimated salary for this role ranges from $90,000 to $130,000, with potential variable compensation based on skills, qualifications, and experience.
• Everbridge offers a comprehensive and inclusive range of employee benefits, including healthcare and dental coverage.
• Benefits also include parental planning and mental health support, disability income benefits, life and AD&D insurance, and a 401(k) plan with matching contributions.
• Employees receive paid time off and fitness reimbursements as part of the benefits package.