Site Reliability Engineer, Arista

Salary not provided

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Elasticsearch

Bash

Linux

Postgres

Tensorflow

Terraform

Hadoop

HBase

Prometheus

Grafana

Spinnaker

Unix

loki

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Ireland

Data-driven cloud networking

Be an early applicant

Data-driven cloud networking

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceBig dataCloud Computing

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Elasticsearch

Bash

Linux

Postgres

Tensorflow

Terraform

Hadoop

HBase

Prometheus

Grafana

Spinnaker

Unix

loki

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Ireland

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceBig dataCloud Computing

Company mission

To design, manufacture and deliver leading data-driven cloud networking solutions in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelors in Computer Science or Engineering + 5 years’ experience, MS Computer Science or Engineering + 5 years’ experience, or equivalent work experience
Knowledge of one or more of Go, Python, bash shell scripting to be able to implement medium complexity automation workflows
Knowledge of Linux (or UNIX) from administration and debugging perspective
Hands-on experience in operating software systems (infrastructure, complex applications etc) at scale
Experience in server provisioning (esp from storage and networking perspective)
Strong problem solving and software troubleshooting skills
Experience with infrastructure-as-code
Desirable to have one/more of the following skills
Experience managing databases - eg: PostgreSQL or equivalent RDBMS etc
Experience with docker and virtualization technologies
Experience managing monitoring stack - Prometheus, Grafana etc
Experience managing Artifactory, docker registry etc
Experience managing CI/CD systems like GitLab tools, Spinnaker etc
Experience with infrastructure-as-code frameworks like Terraform
Experience with container orchestration via Kubernetes

What the job involves

SRE's at Arista combine strong software and systems engineering with a passion for operating production systems at scale
As an SRE you’ll be part of the team responsible for our global service fleet
CloudVision is deployed on Kubernetes across global regions using Spinnaker for our CI/CD pipeline
Our tech stack runs on GKE, using HBase/Hadoop as main distributed database and storage layer, ElasticSearch for powering search data, ClickHouse for fast real time queries of flow data, our own Kafka-based distributed real time stream processing layer for analytics, and TensorFlow for ML analysis
Our monitoring system is built on top of Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and other OSS tools
As a Senior SRE, you’ll be responsible for our global CloudVision service fleet
Build, deploy safely and incrementally and operate critical production systems with focus on scalability, reliability, observability, performance and security
Monitor, support and enhance product deployment experience across services
Build automation to remove toil and efficiently operate production systems
Proactively monitor, respond to, and enhance alerts and set up automated alert handling
Create and maintain the incident response runbooks
Build and deploy new systems with scalability, reliability, and observability as primary requirements
Triage platform/infrastructural issues and help Arista software engineers in their triages. Engage with 3rd party vendor support
Deploy new systems in a staged manner
Write postmortem documents and build solutions to avoid incidents from repeating
Plan and communicate maintenance windows on production systems
Work with Arista’s product development teams to identify infrastructural issues that are causing bottlenecks and limitations in their workflows. Design and implement solutions to resolve them
Survey and adopt best practices around infrastructure/platform to maintain secure, scalable and fault-tolerant systems
Implement solutions to scale the systems
Implement fault-tolerance and performance to improve availability of the systems
Study the design and sufficient implementation details of OSS systems for better triage and fix resolution

Our take

Arista is a supplier of cloud networking solutions, addressing the needs of internet companies, cloud service providers, and enterprises. While the business is not tied to a crowd of large customers, companies are nonetheless attracted to its CloudVision Software - which has the potential to save them a significant amount of money.

The company's growth so far has led to it being seen as a rising star in the computer networking industry. It competes directly with digital giant Cisco, but despite this boasts impressive revenue growth. In fact, Arista has been vocal with its confidence that it can continue to grow at a rapid pace, as it further develops its offering for the networking market.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

10% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Apr 2020

$36m

SERIES C

Jul 2017

$30m

LATE VC

Total funding: $66m

Company HQ

Santa Clara, CA

Leadership

Jayshree Ullal

(CEO)

Jayshree joined the Arista team in 2008 as the Founding CEO and has held the position since.

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