Cox Communications

Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Cox Communications$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field plus 6 years of SRE experience or equivalent higher degree with less experience.
  • 6 years of experience with observability platforms like NewRelic, Cloudwatch, Grafana, or DataDog.
  • 6 years of experience with AWS and CI/CD tooling.
  • 6 years of experience using Infrastructure as Code, preferably with Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
  • 6 years of programming experience in C#, Java, or Python.
  • 6 years of experience with Application Security tools such as Veracode or CloudSploit.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation practices.
  • Develop and maintain observability practices including SLI, SLO, SLA, and error budgets.
  • Create and manage operational documentation such as runbooks and postmortems.
  • Facilitate incident response workflows and gamedays to improve system reliability.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance cloud-based solutions.
  • Establish and promote SRE/DevOps best practices within engineering teams.

Benefits

  • Telecommuting allowed per company policy, with a requirement of proximity to the Austin office.
  • Opportunities to engage with cross-functional teams.
  • Support for professional development and communities of practice.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC

LEAD SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER

Job Description:

Lead Site Reliability Engineer positions offered by Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC (Austin, Texas). Lead the implementation of IaC and automation with unit testing, quality gates, AppSec tooling, automated functional testing, and performance testing. Develop and maintain observability practices, including SLI, SLO, SLA, error budgets, dashboards, alerting, and notification systems. Create and manage runbooks, gamedays, postmortems, and incident response workflows. Engage with cross-functional teams that design, develop and implement enterprise scalable cloud-based solutions to drive improvement in SRE/DevOps best practices and tooling. Play a role in establishing best practices, supporting communities of practice, and promoting adoption within the engineering teams.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Requires a bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field and 6 years of experience implementing quality frameworks with quality gates within a CI/CD framework.
  • Must have 6 years of experience in each of the following:
    • Working with observability platforms, including NewRelic, Cloudwatch, Grafana, or DataDog;
    • Working in AWS and CI/CD tooling and capabilities;
    • Using Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or AWS CloudFormation;
    • Working in one of the following programming languages: C#, Java, or Python; and
    • Working in AppSec tools, including Veracode, CloudSploit, or Data Theorem.
  • In lieu of a bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree in the aforementioned fields and 6 years of experience as stated, employer will accept a master's or foreign equivalent degree in the aforementioned fields and 4 years of experience as stated, or a Ph.D. or foreign equivalent degree in the aforementioned fields and 1 year of experience as stated.
  • Position reports to Austin, TX office. Telecommuting permitted in accordance with company policy, but must live within commuting distance of stated office.
  • Experience may be, but need not be, acquired concurrently.

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About Cox Communications

Cox Communications is a telecommunications company that provides cable television, internet, and phone services to residential and business customers. The company operates in 18 states and has over 6 million customers. Cox Communications is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, a privately held company that also owns newspapers, television stations, and radio stations. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
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Size
20,000 employees
Industry
Net Income
$2 billion
5 Year Trend
+10%
Revenue
$12 billion
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