Sr. Site Reliability Engineer
Blackpoint Cyber2 days ago
Remote, AustraliaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt for automated cloud provisioning.
- Own and optimize the AWS cloud environment for cost efficiency, security, resilience, and high availability.
- Manage production Kubernetes environments and related delivery tooling, including Helm, ArgoCD, Istio, and Kustomize.
- Administer and scale Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka data-streaming infrastructure.
- Deploy and maintain Redis and Amazon RDS for caching, real-time processing, and relational database management.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident-response frameworks using Prometheus, Grafana, Grafana Cloud, OpsGenie, and PagerDuty.
- Facilitate controlled feature deployments and progressive rollouts through LaunchDarkly and PostHog.
- Partner with software development teams to integrate services and resolve complex production system issues.
- Drive improvements in automation, operational processes, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in a Senior Site Reliability Engineer role or equivalent, with substantial cloud infrastructure and automation experience.
- Expertise with Terraform and Terragrunt for enterprise-scale infrastructure deployments.
- Comprehensive experience designing and maintaining secure, scalable, and resilient AWS architectures.
- Hands-on experience with Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka distributed data streaming.
- Experience with Redis, Amazon RDS, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, and ChaosSearch.
- Proficiency designing monitoring and alerting infrastructure with Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, Grafana Cloud, OpsGenie, or PagerDuty.
- Experience with LaunchDarkly or PostHog for feature flagging and controlled releases.
- Extensive production Kubernetes administration experience with Helm, ArgoCD, and Istio, plus working knowledge of Kustomize.
- Strong production troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Experience working in Agile environments.
- Preferred experience with Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, serverless computing, and Node.js, Python, or Go.
- Preferred understanding of security frameworks and compliance standards for cloud-native and containerized environments.
Benefits
- Eligible US employees receive Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance plans, a 401(k) plan, Discretionary Time Off, and other perks.
- International employees receive benefits according to local market standards and applicable country requirements.
- Equity participation is available globally, with details varying by location and employment structure.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSAzureElasticsearchGitHub ActionsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaHelmIstioJenkinsKubernetesNode.jsPrometheusPythonRedisTerraform
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About Blackpoint Cyber
Blackpoint Cyber provides managed detection, response, and remediation services and a security platform used by managed service providers and mid-market organizations. Founded in 2014 by former U.S. defense and intelligence operators, it offers 24/7 SOC-backed threat hunting and incident response delivered via the Blackpoint Suite. The privately held, remote-first company sells primarily through MSP partners and raised a Series C in 2023.