Site Reliability Engineer
Ziff Davis2 months ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level
Base Salary
$90k - $100k/yr
Responsibilities
- Maintain a globally distributed ecosystem of cloud instances, containerized workflows, serverless applications, Linux servers, and supporting infrastructure.
- Maintain transactional database infrastructure using MySQL, PostgreSQL, RDS, and Aurora, and support NoSQL systems including DynamoDB and MongoDB.
- Build and support data stream processing with Kinesis and Kafka and support data engineering and big-data toolchains such as Spark.
- Support production systems in a 24x7x365 environment, including on-call responsibilities.
- Provide architectural and operational support, tooling, troubleshooting, and best-practice guidance to software and data engineering teams.
- Implement and oversee security programs including vulnerability remediation, patch management, IDS/IPS, penetration testing, and coordination with corporate InfoSec.
- Support production code deployment pipelines and monitoring and observability practices.
Requirements
- 4+ years of systems or platform engineering experience.
- Experience building globally distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of security best practices.
- Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Experience with Git and GitHub for branching and merge-based source code configuration management.
- Experience with configuration management systems such as Chef or Ansible.
- Experience with container-based architectures including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Proficiency in one or more high-level programming languages such as TypeScript, Go, Python, PHP, Ruby, or Java.
- Experience with AWS and other cloud infrastructure platforms.
- Ability to write SQL queries and analyze query performance.
- Strong verbal and written communication, time management, and self-directed work skills.
Benefits
- Flexible work environment.
- Base pay range of $90,000–$100,000.
Tech Stack
Amazon DynamoDBAnsibleApache KafkaApache SparkAWSChefDockerGitGoJavaKubernetesLinuxMongoDBMySQLPHPPostgreSQLPythonRubySQLTerraformTypeScript
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About Ziff Davis
Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) is a New York–based public digital media and internet company spanning technology, gaming, shopping, health, and cybersecurity. Its portfolio includes PCMag, IGN, Mashable, and Ookla/Speedtest, plus enterprise tools like Ekahau, monetized through advertising, subscriptions, affiliate commerce, and data services. Founded in 1927, it serves consumers and businesses globally with content, software, and network performance intelligence.