Job Description

Principal Site Reliability Engineer (CPT Hybrid) IT - Software Development ~ IT - Infrastructure
Cape Town - Western Cape - South Africa
ENVIRONMENT:
YOUR zest for Automation as an experienced Principal Site Reliability Engineer is sought by a cutting-edge Cloud & Security Solutions provider to deliver Software and DevSecOps projects. You will be expected to fill the role of Technical Lead on multiple projects simultaneously while innovating and delivering high value solutions to clients across various industries on all public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.). Applicants will require a minimum of 7 years work experience in a DevOps/SRE team, advanced knowledge of Data Encryption and Cybersecurity, Observability Practices and Incident Management and proficiency with GCP, Azure and AWS, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, Linux, Prometheus, Grafana, the Elastic Stack and all versions of Beats, especially within Kubernetes.
DUTIES:

• Design and build advanced cloud-native infrastructure.
• Guide technical discussions with clients and build technical roadmaps.
• Collaborate with the Engineering Director(s) to (re)design architecture.
• Assist the Site Reliability Manager with resource planning.
• Assist Engineering Managers with building career paths for individuals wishing to be promoted to Principal Engineers.
• Teach, mentor, grow, and provide advice to other domain experts, individual contributors, and across several teams.
• Document processes and monitor performance metrics.
• Guide conversations to remove blockers and encourage collaboration across teams.
• Constantly improve stability, scalability, security, cost-effectiveness, and operational excellence of clients' systems.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency and security.
• Conduct infrastructure planning, testing, and development.
• Provide technical leadership on multiple projects.

REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 7 or more years experience working in a DevOps/SRE team.
• Extensive experience in DevOps/SRE, team management and collaboration.
• Advanced knowledge of best practices related to Data Encryption and Cybersecurity.
• Advanced knowledge of the general DevOps/SRE landscape, architectures, and emerging technologies.
• Cloud experience, preferably GCP, Azure and AWS.
• Experience in Observability Practices and Incident Management.
• Extensive experience with Prometheus, Grafana, the Elastic Stack and all versions of Beats, especially within Kubernetes.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform.
• Experience with general automation and config management, preferably Ansible.
• Extensive experience building and maintaining Kubernetes clusters and workloads.
• Strong foundation of basic network and security concepts.
• Ability to build robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases.
• Solid understanding of Linux operating systems.

ATTRIBUTES:

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Comfortable working as a remote team member and leader.
• Ability to keep up to date with DevOps/SRE best practices, trends and innovation.
• Passionate about mentoring and growing technical skills within the team.

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