Remote Site Reliability Engineer (Full Remote within Spain)

Description:

• Leadtech is seeking an ambitious and innovative Senior Site Reliability Engineer to lead and execute strategies during a critical growth phase.
• The role combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution and requires a deep understanding of B2B fintech marketing.
• Responsibilities include defining and driving the end-to-end Agile DevOps software development lifecycle with automation at its core.
• The engineer will establish and enforce software architecture patterns focusing on high availability, scalability, security, monitoring, and configuration of Amazon AWS services.
• The role involves providing architecture guidance and design patterns for PaaS and distributed systems development following the Twelve-Factor App methodology.
• Collaboration with development teams is essential, offering coaching and training to enhance automation, service modularity, code reusability, and implement best practices in testing, deployment, and change management processes.
• The engineer will optimize non-production environments to improve agility, efficiency, and team productivity.
• Contributing to product definition by sharing technical vision and enabling progress towards Continuous Delivery is also a key responsibility.
• Troubleshooting and resolving complex issues across development, testing, and production environments is expected.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 6 years of experience in systems engineering, preferably in web systems with a leadership focus on operational matters is required.
• Experience in the payments, banking, or FinTech industry, with a solid understanding of industry-specific challenges and requirements is essential.
• Knowledge of PCI DSS compliance and best practices for securing payment systems is necessary.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform, is required.
• Advanced expertise in Jenkins for pipeline creation and maintenance is needed.
• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services such as Lambda, CloudFront, API Gateway, and S3 is mandatory.
• Proficiency in scripting languages including Shell, Groovy, Python, and PowerShell is required.
• A strong background in administering UNIX/Linux/BSD systems is essential.
• A solid understanding of Cloud Computing Services like EC2, Docker, and ECS is necessary.
• A solid understanding of networking concepts such as VPC, subnets, security groups, routing, load balancing, and firewalls in cloud environments is required.
• Proven experience implementing and managing network security in AWS, including WAF, NACLs, and VPN configurations is essential.
• Strong knowledge of IAM roles and policies, as well as security best practices in cloud-native architectures is required.
• Familiarity with security monitoring tools and processes, such as vulnerability scanning, intrusion detection systems, and threat mitigation strategies is necessary.
• Hands-on experience in designing systems with a zero-trust architecture mindset is required.
• Fluency in English is mandatory, and Spanish is a plus.

Benefits:

• Leadtech prioritizes employee growth with a flexible career path, personalized internal training, and an annual budget for external learning opportunities.
• Employees benefit from a flexible schedule with flextime options and the choice of working fully remote or from the Barcelona office.
• A 7-hour workday on Fridays and a 35-hour workweek in July and August are offered to enhance work-life balance.
• The position includes a competitive salary, full-time permanent contract, and top-tier private health insurance, including dental and psychological services.
• Employees receive 25 days of vacation plus their birthday off, with flexible vacation options and no blackout days.
• Unique office perks include free coffee, fresh fruit, snacks, a game room, and a rooftop terrace with stunning Mediterranean views.
• Additional benefits include ticket restaurant and nursery vouchers, paid directly from the gross salary.