Job Summary:

Job Description:

PayPal, Inc. seeks Site Reliability Engineer in Scottsdale, AZ

Job Duties: Monitor and analyze system metrics to ensure optimal availability, performance, and reliability of digital platforms and applications, including continuous assessment of system health indicators, performance benchmarks, and service-level objectives. Diagnose and resolve complex system issues through systematic troubleshooting methodologies, performing comprehensive root cause analysis of system failures, and implementing sustainable long-term solutions to prevent issue recurrence. Create and maintain automation scripts, tools, and operational processes designed to streamline operations, reduce manual intervention requirements, and enhance system reliability, while configuring, maintaining, and continuously improving monitoring and alerting systems to provide actionable insights into system health and performance metrics. Analyze system usage patterns and trends to accurately forecast future resource requirements, ensuring adequate system scalability, and implementing preventive measures to avoid capacity-related performance degradation or service interruptions. Design and implement highly reliable, fault-tolerant systems that incorporate industry best practices for high availability and disaster recovery, ensure reliable software releases, and perform systematic failure simulations, to proactively identify system weaknesses and improve overall system robustness. Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for system configurations, operational procedures, and incident handling workflows, while partnering with development, operations, and product teams to enhance system architecture for improved performance, reliability, and scalability to ensure alignment between business objectives and technical implementation strategies. Partial telecommuting permitted from within a commutable distance.

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or closely related field plus five years of experience in site reliability engineering, systems administration, or a related technical field.

Special Skill Requirements:

1. Production Support - 5 years

2. Incident Management - 5 years

3. System and Application Monitoring (DataDog, Splunk)- 5 years

4. Batch Systems and Tools (Control-M) - 5 years

5. System Administration - 5 years

6. Configuration Management - 5 years

7. Infrastructure Management - 5 years

8. UNIX/Linux Administration - 5 years

9. Technical Documentation (Confluence) - 3 years

10. Programming/Scripting (Shell, Perl, Python) - 3 years

11. Database Technologies (Oracle, PostgreSQL) - 3 years

12. Cloud Technologies (AWS, GoogleCloud) - 2 years

13. Containerization Tools and Technologies (Kubernetes, Docker) - 2 years

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:

The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is:

Primary Location | Pay Range:

Scottsdale, AZ | Salary: $125,029-151,000.00 per annum. 40 hours per week; M-F, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Subsidiary:
PayPal

Travel Percent:
0

PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us.

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can't do this without our most important asset-you. That's why we offer comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing-physical, emotional, and financial-delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.

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