AWS SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER (SRE)

QUALIFICATIONS Advanced English Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 10 years of experience as an SRE or in a similar operational role with a focus on AWS cloud services.
Strong background in Linux/Unix and system administration.
Proficiency with AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, DynamoDB, IAM, VPC, Lambda, and CloudWatch.
Expertise in scripting languages like Python, Bash, or similar for automation.
Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools (CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, etc.).
Knowledge of networking principles and protocols, including DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, and TCP/IP.
Understanding of security practices in AWS and experience implementing security controls.
Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.
AWS certifications are a plus, such as AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES  Work at the US Central Time Zone Collaborate with development and operations teams to enhance, design, and manage scalable and reliable cloud infrastructure on AWS.
Develop automation tools for health-checks, deployments, patching, and security configurations.
Employ Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using tools like AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform for repeatable and consistent environment setup.
Design and implement solutions for monitoring and alerting that allow proactive incident management and increase the visibility into operational efficiency using Datadog.
Diligently work to reduce the occurrence of errors and improve customer experience by implementing modern software deployment techniques, such as canary releases and blue/green deployments.
Participate in on-call rotations, proactively respond to system outages, and be an incident commander as needed.
Drive root cause analysis (RCA) and post-mortem culture to ascertain the contributing factors behind incidents and to devise preventative measures.
Work closely with the security team to enforce best practices, security policies, and compliance with regulations as applicable.
Contribute to capacity planning and demand forecasting, software performance analysis, and system tuning.
Develop and maintain Runbooks, Playbooks, and documentation about system configurations, operating procedures, and service records.