Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer 10467

A leading professional networking and development company is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer. The ideal candidate has experience with troubleshooting in Unix/Linux. The company offers a great work environment!

Site Reliability Engineer Pay and Benefits:

• Hourly pay: $120-$130/hr
• Worksite: Leading professional networking and development company (Remote - Must work PST hours - Candidates local to the Bay area are highly preferred)
• W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401k
• 40 hours/week, 12 Month Assignment

Site Reliability Engineer Responsibilities:

• Serve as a primary point responsible for the overall health, performance, and capacity of one or more of our Internet-facing services.
• Gain deep knowledge of our complex applications.
• Assist in the roll-out and deployment of new product features and installations to facilitate our rapid iteration and constant growth.
• Develop tools to improve our ability to rapidly deploy and effectively monitor custom applications in a large-scale UNIX environment.
• Work closely with development teams to ensure that platforms are designed with "operability" in mind.
• Function well in a fast-paced, rapidly-changing environment.

Site Reliability Engineer Qualifications:

• 5+ years in a UNIX-based large-scale web operations role is preferred.
• 2+ years experience with troubleshooting in Unix/Linux.
• B.S. or higher in Computer Science or another technical discipline, or related practical experience.
• UNIX/Linux systems administration background.
• Programming skills (Python, Perl, Ruby, Java/Scala, or C)
• Experience with web-based Java/J2EE architectures and JVM configuration.
• Python experience, specifically for systems automation.
• Must have strong coding experience.
• Previous experience working with geographically-distributed coworkers.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills (including listening, speaking, and writing) and ability to work well in a diverse, team-focused environment with other SREs, Engineers, Product Managers, etc.
• Knowledge of data structures, relational and non-relational databases, networking, Linux internals, filesystems, web architecture, and related topics
• MySQL or any other RDBMS experience is good to have.

Shift:

• Participate in a 24x7 rotation for second-tier escalations.