Thales Group

Site Reliability Engineer

Thales Group$110K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering.
  • Proficient in Java programming.
  • Familiar with public cloud environments (GCP, AWS) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Experience with CI/CD automation tools (Jenkins, GitLab) and NoSQL databases.
  • GCP Cloud Architect certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes.
  • Define and monitor SLOs and SLIs, and manage 'Error Budgets'.
  • Participate in 24/7 on-call rotations for emergency response and troubleshooting.
  • Conduct system performance analysis and capacity planning for growth.
  • Implement monitoring strategies using platforms like Datadog for system health visibility.
  • Lead blameless postmortems to identify root causes of incidents and prevent recurrence.
  • Collaborate with Cloud Security teams on best practices and security responses.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance options.
  • Retirement savings plan with company contributions and no vesting period.
  • Generous paid time off and company holidays.
  • Company-provided life and disability insurance policies.
  • Access to employee assistance and well-being programs.
Full Job Description
Location: Austin, United States of America

Austin, TX - Hybrid (3 days a week)

Position Summary

We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the high level of service and operation excellence for the development of the innovative and ambitious Telecommunication solution (high availability, strong performance constraints) deployed in the public cloud. This product requires the establishment of a product specific SRE team.

Essential Functions

  • Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes. Develop automated CI/CD pipelines via GitLab to reduce manual toil.
  • Availability & Reliability Engineering: Define and monitor Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs). Manage "Error Budgets" to balance the velocity of new features with the stability of the platform.
  • Incident Management & On-Call Support: Participate in 24/7 on-call rotations to provide emergency response and perform deep-dive troubleshooting for production issues.
  • Performance & Capacity Planning: Conduct system performance analysis, identify bottlenecks, and perform capacity planning to ensure the infrastructure can handle growth and peak loads.
  • Observability & Monitoring: Implement and refine symptom-based alerting and comprehensive monitoring strategies using platforms like Datadog to ensure high visibility into system health.
  • Continuous Improvement & Postmortems: Lead blameless postmortems after incidents to identify root causes and implement long-term technical fixes to prevent recurrence.
  • Security & Compliance Collaboration: Partner with Cloud Security teams to implement security best practices, manage access controls, and respond to security breaches or vulnerabilities.
  • Support customer relationship
  • Interface with other stakeholders to define solution improvement plan
  • You will have the ownership of solution service availability.


Minimum Requirements

Education:
  • Engineer or equivalent


Experience:
  • at least 5 years of experience


Skills and Abilities:
  • Java development skill is required.
  • You are familiar with Public Cloud (GCP, AWS), containers and microservices (Docker, Kubernetes, Java), CI/CD and automation (Jenkins, Gitlab, Helm), NoSQL database.

Certification
  • GCP cloud architect certification is a plus


Preferred Qualifications

  • You have already set up product monitoring and the underlying infrastructure
  • You have development experience in a distributed systems and/or high availability context
  • You are familiar with microservices development
  • You participated in the definition of architectures, data structures, algorithms with performance, security, reliability constraints, etc.
  • Public cloud architect certification
  • You are interested in aspects of Site Reliability Engineer: CI/CD, automation, monitoring and observability, and continuous improvement.
  • You are an accomplished, versatile and multi-tasking developer engineer.


Must have U.S. or Dual Citizenship and be able to obtain post-hire clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. (CFIUS) and Department of Treasury

If you're excited about working with Thales, but not meeting the requirements for this position, we encourage you to join our Talent Community! https://careers.thalesgroup.com/global/en/jointalentcommunity. You can upload your CV and our recruiters can get in touch with any new opportunities that may be of interest to you.

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This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

The reference Total Target Compensation (TTC) market range for this position, inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target, is between

This reflects how companies in a similar industry and geographic region generally pay for similar jobs. This range helps the Company make pay decisions as one data point among many. Where a position falls within this range is also dependent on other factors including - but not limited to - the employee's career path history, competencies, skills and performance, as well as the company's annual salary budget, the customer's program requirements, and the company's internal equity. Thales may offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's status protected by local, state, or federal law.

(For Internal candidate, if you need more information, please raise HR request through MyThales)

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:
• Elective Health, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Whole Group Life w/LTC, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Plan, Identity Theft, and Pet Insurance
• Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match, and with no vesting period
• Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off
• Company provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Disability, Employee Assistance Plan, and Well-being Program

About Thales Group

Thales Group is a multinational company that specializes in providing advanced technology solutions for the aerospace, defense, and security industries. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Courbevoie, France. Thales Group operates in over 50 countries and has a strong focus on innovation and research and development. The company's products and services include avionics, cybersecurity, transportation systems, and more. Thales Group is committed to sustainability and has been recognized for its efforts to reduce its environmental impact.
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1976

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