Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Aetion

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Systems Engineering/DevOps/Distributed Systems: Minimum 5–7+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, DevOps, or developing distributed systems with strong knowledge of cloud architecture, particularly AWS and Kubernetes
• Programming Languages: 3–5+ years developing in Python or Java. Proficiency in unix based shell scripting is required. JavaScript and TypeScript are a plus
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & CI/CD Tools: 3–5+ years with tools and languages such as Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, or GitHub Actions (GHA)
• Cloud Providers: 3–5+ years with cloud platforms (AWS required, GCP nice to have)
• Containerized Workloads: 2–5+ years with Docker and Kubernetes. Experience with orchestration tools such as Concord and Karpenter is a plus
• Security Engineering: Experience with proactive threat prevention, incident response, and implementing compliance programs
• Databases: Experience working with SQL databases, big data platforms, and supporting big data pipelines
• Linux Systems: In-depth experience solving complex issues on Linux systems and/or within the JVM
• Empathy for end-users and a strong service mindset when supporting day-to-day operations, ensuring a positive experience for stakeholders
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure design with a focus on security, reliability, and scalability
• Detailed knowledge of configuration, implementation, and maintenance of CI/CD tooling
• Exposure to distributed systems and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions or Jenkins)
• Strong English language skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate effectively across teams (e.g., commercial and science/analytics teams)
• Ability to prioritize, communicate effectively, design for repeatability and scalability, exude ownership, and dig beneath the hood with technology
• Flexibility to improve existing systems and innovate on new capabilities
• Collaborative, open-minded, and able to quickly grasp complex concepts to contribute to the team’s overall effectiveness

Desirable

• You’ll collaborate with other engineering leaders on all matters that impact the Engineering team, including resourcing and building technology/product vision
• You’ll have the opportunity to coach and mentor colleagues, including code reviews, higher-level software design, and direct management
• The team works on a technical stack which includes both cloud and on-premise deployments, big-data ingestion and analytics, distributed systems, and algorithmic complexity
• As Senior/ Staff Site Reliability Engineer, you will be a critical and senior member of Aetion’s engineering organization
• As Aetion’s products continue to scale, we are writing the next chapter in our ability to innovate and operate with efficiency and maturity. You will be an instrumental part of us continuing down this path
• As a member of the Site Reliability Engineering team, you will own Aetion’s infrastructure which is cloud-based, containerized, and managed through Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• You will be supporting day to day operations (such as provisioning infrastructure and providing production support) and contributing engineering projects (maturing our infrastructure and automation)
• The team has great things in place but also has strong ambitions about what else we want to achieve
• Perform delivery and production support tasks, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving infrastructure and application issues to ensure system reliability and uptime
• Continually streamline automation and processes to improve operational maturity and efficiency
• Provision, configure, and maintain Aetion’s infrastructure with a focus on simplicity, innovation, automation, reliability, scalability, security, cost-effectiveness, and ease of support
• Build and maintain Aetion’s development and deployment pipelines, supporting CI/CD and long-term-stable testing and release cycles
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide timely and effective production support, ensuring a seamless experience for end-users and internal stakeholders
• Develop automation frameworks to support other development teams and reduce manual intervention in operational tasks
• Effectively contribute to complex engineering projects while balancing operational responsibilities