Sr. Site Reliability Engineer
Blackpoint Cyber1 month ago
Base Salary
$150k - $187k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt for automated cloud resource provisioning.
- Own and optimize the AWS cloud environment for cost efficiency, security, resilience, and high availability.
- Administer and optimize Kubernetes clusters using Helm, ArgoCD, Istio, and Kustomize.
- Deploy and scale Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka data-streaming infrastructure.
- Deploy, configure, and maintain Redis for caching and real-time data processing.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident-response frameworks using Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, Grafana Cloud, OpsGenie, and PagerDuty.
- Manage controlled feature deployments and progressive rollouts through LaunchDarkly and PostHog.
- Partner with software development teams to integrate new services, applications, and features into existing infrastructure.
- Diagnose and resolve complex production system issues while maximizing performance and uptime.
- Drive continuous improvement of automation tooling, operational processes, and engineering practices.
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 as Code deployments.
- Comprehensive experience designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and resilient AWS architectures.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka for distributed data streaming.
- Experience with Redis and Amazon RDS for caching and relational database management.
- Experience with OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or ChaosSearch for enterprise search and analytics.
- Experience designing and implementing monitoring and alerting infrastructure using Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, Grafana Cloud, OpsGenie, or PagerDuty.
- Practical experience with LaunchDarkly or PostHog for feature-flag and controlled-release management.
- Extensive production Kubernetes administration experience with Helm and ArgoCD, plus Istio and working knowledge of Kustomize.
- Strong production troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Experience working in Agile environments is required.
- Preferred experience includes multi-cloud work with Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure; security and compliance frameworks; serverless computing; Jenkins or GitHub Actions; and software development with Node.js, Python, or Go.
Benefits
- Eligible US employees receive Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance plans.
- Eligible US employees receive a 401(k) plan and Discretionary Time Off.
- 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.