Lead DevOps (Site Reliability Engineer)

Anza Mortgage Insurance Corporation

$120K — $145K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS/BA in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Preferred MA in Computer Science
  • Proficiency in Argo CD and Argo Workflows
  • Expertise in IaC: Terraform and Terragrunt
  • Experience in Kubernetes and related plugins
  • Familiarity with AWS services (EKS, Fargate, Aurora)
  • Knowledge in Security and Compliance best practices
  • Solid understanding of containerization (Docker)
  • Competence in using logging and monitoring tools
  • Scripting and programming with relevant languages
  • Experience with database management
  • Proficiency with version control using Git
  • Strong skills in incident management

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a team of SREs, including FTEs and contractors
  • Define tasks and provide feedback on pull requests to SREs
  • Design and implement scalable, secure cloud infrastructure in AWS
  • Develop monitoring, alerting, and dashboarding solutions
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines for streamlined deployments
  • Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, and enforce permanent fixes
  • Optimize system performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness
  • Drive infrastructure improvements, advocating for best practices
  • Establish disaster recovery plans ensuring system availability

Benefits

  • Collaborative team environment with software engineers and operations teams
  • Opportunities to work with advanced cloud technologies like AWS
  • Focus on enhancing developer productivity through automation and best practices
  • Access to continued education and preferred certifications
  • Responsibility in shaping the operational and architectural direction of the company
Full Job Description
About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team. The Lead SRE will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining the reliability, scalability, and performance of our cloud-based systems hosted in AWS. You will collaborate closely with software engineers, operations teams, and other stakeholders to enhance system reliability and developer productivity through automation, monitoring, and incident response

What you'll do

  • Lead a team of SREs consisting of FTEs and contractors
  • Define and assign the tasks to SREs, review the PRs and provide the feedback
  • Design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure in AWS.
  • Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, and dashboarding solutions to ensure system health and uptime.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using tools like Terraform and Terragrunt
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and improve development workflows.
  • Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement permanent fixes to prevent recurring issues.
  • Optimize system performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness in collaboration with engineering teams.
  • Drive infrastructure improvements and advocate for best practices in system design and operations.
  • Establish and manage disaster recovery plans, ensuring system availability during unexpected events.

Qualifications

Minimum Education

  • BS/BA in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Preferred Education

  • MA in Computer Science

Minimum Skills

  • Argo CD and Argo Workflows
  • IaC: Terraform and Terragrunt
  • Kubernetes and and related plugins
  • GitHub Actions
  • AWS (EKS, Fargate, Aurora)
  • Security and Compliance
  • Containerization (Docker)
  • Logging and Monitoring Tools
  • Programming Scripting Language
  • DB Management
  • Version Control (Git)
  • Incident Management

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with Datadog
  • Experience with Cloudflare
  • Mortgage Domain Knowledge
  • Advanced Security Practices (GuardDuty, Security Hub)
  • Disaster Recovery Planning
  • Experience with workflow automation tools such as Camunda

Preferred Certification(s)

  • AWS Associate, AWS DevOps Professional

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