Site Reliability Engineer

FIS; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Professional development

Health insurance

ESPP

Job summary

FIS is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to act as SME for APAC-hosted applications. The role emphasizes scalability, high availability, and reliability, with automation to streamline operations across global teams and client-facing APIs.

You will support a newly onboarded client and work with cross-functional teams to ensure optimal end-user experiences. Applicants should have 2–5 years in SRE, cloud experience (Azure/AWS/GCP), and strong scripting, IaC, and Kubernetes skills, with exposure

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) experience
• Experience with cloud-based infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Strong knowledge of Azure Metrics, Log Analytics, CloudWatch, and Cloud Guard with dashboard/alerting skills
• Proficient in Linux commands
• Kubernetes management and deployment best practices
• Automation of repetitive tasks via scripting/automation tools
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
• DevOps (CI/CD) and tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps)
• Shell script development experience
• Cluster upgrades, patching, DR exercises across services
• Knowledge of KQL for log analytics
• Helm usage and development
• Banking sector experience

Responsibilities

• Focus on scalability, high availability, performance, stability and reliability of software applications
• Build automations to simplify operations and collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Apply engineering principles and mature automation to the operating environment and codebase

Skills

SRE experience

Cloud platforms

Linux commands

Kubernetes management

Automation scripting

Infrastructure as code

DevOps CI/CD

Shell scripting

Cluster upgrades

KQL queries

Helm usage

Banking sector

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Jira

Bitbucket

Confluence

Helm

Job description

As the world works and lives faster, FIS is leading the way. Our fintech solutions touch nearly every market, company and person on the planet. Our teams are inclusive and diverse. Our colleagues work together and celebrate together. If you want to advance the world of fintech, we’d like to ask you: Are you FIS?

About the Role:

As a Site Reliability Engineer you will serve as the SME for our application hosted in the APAC region. This role will require a professional who excels in both independent work and collaborative efforts across our global team and companion teams. You will be supporting a newly onboarded client and will be responsible for several high availability leveraged applications used by both internal applications and external facing APIs. This technology is used by major banking clients in Australia. In this role you will be:

• Focusing on scalability, high availability, performance, stability and reliability of software applications
• You will build automations to simplify operations and processes, collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure positive end user experiences
• You will apply sound engineering principles, operational discipline and mature automation to our operating environment and codebase

What You Bring:

To excel in this role you will have:

• At least 2 to 5 years’ experience in a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) role
• Experience working on cloud-based infrastructure e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP.
• Strong Knowledge in Tools like Azure Metrics, log Analytics, Cloud Watch, Cloud Guard and ability to create Dashboards and Alerts.
• Good experience in Linux commands.
• Good experience in Kubernetes Management, Deployment strategies and best practices.
• Ability to Automate repetitive tasks (using Scripting / automation tools)
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Knowledge in DevOPS (CI/CD) and relevant tools (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOPS)
• Strong knowledge in shell script development
• Experience in Cluster upgrade, Patching, DR exercise (Cluster, Storage Account, and other services)
• Ability to create KQL queries for different use cases to extract data from log analytics.
• Strong knowledge in Helm and helm development
• Knowledge in tools like Jira, Bitbucket and confluence
• Banking sector experience

What we offer you:

At FIS, you can learn, grow and make an impact in your career. Our benefits include:

• Flexible, hybrid environment
• Professional and personal development resources
• Competitive salary and benefits including personal and health insurance and ESPP
• #LI-TC2

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Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.