Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) (Remote) - Datafin IT Recruitment
Cape Town – Western Cape ~ Johannesburg – Gauteng ~ Durban – KwaZulu Natal ~ Remote 10 days ago Permanent Salary - Market Related Remote Job
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) (Remote)
Datafin IT Recruitment
Cape Town – Western Cape ~ Johannesburg – Gauteng ~ Durban – KwaZulu Natal ~ Remote
Date Created : 10 days ago
Job Type : Permanent
Salary : Market Related
Remote Job
- Design, build, and maintain highly available and scalable infrastructure using cloud platforms (OCI, AWS, GCP, Azure) and on-premises environments.
- Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to detect and respond to system issues promptly.
- Lead incident response efforts and perform root cause analysis.
- Develop and deploy automation tools to streamline operations, reduce manual intervention, and improve system reliability.
- Analyse system performance metrics and make recommendations to improve application and infrastructure performance.
- Ensure systems meet security, compliance, and regulatory requirements by implementing best practices and conducting regular audits.
- Work closely with Development teams to ensure new features and services are scalable, reliable, and maintainable.
- Develop and maintain Disaster Recovery plans, including data backups and system redundancy strategies.
- Identify areas for improvement in the existing infrastructure, propose, and implement solutions to enhance system reliability and performance.
- Create and maintain detailed documentation for system configurations, procedures, and processes.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or a related field.
- Extensive experience with cloud services such as OCI, AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
- Proficiency in Scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.) and Configuration Management tools (Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
- Experience with monitoring tools (Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana, Wazuh) and logging systems (ELK stack, Splunk, Elastic).
- Strong understanding of networking concepts, including DNS, load balancing, firewalls, and VPNs.
- Experience with Containerization (Docker) and Orchestration tools (Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
- Strong background in Linux/Unix system administration.
- Experience with IT Service Management platforms, optimizing and supporting tools like JIRA, Freshdesk.
- Proven ability to handle high-pressure incidents and provide clear communication to stakeholders.
- Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Certifications: Relevant certifications such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer.
- Programming: Experience with software development in languages such as Python, Go, Java, or Ruby.
- Database Management: Experience managing and optimizing databases (OracleDB, SQL).
- Experience in High-Traffic Environments: Prior experience working in environments with large-scale, high-traffic systems.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- Someone who is an analytic thinker, who can work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.
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