Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Orion Innovation; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm in British Columbia is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to design and maintain resilient systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Kubernetes, expertise in observability and compliance in secure environments. This full-time role requires a strong capability for troubleshooting complex infrastructures and a background in air-gapped settings.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Site Reliability Experience.
• Strong background in Site Reliability Engineering and implementing observability strategies.
• Experience in air-gapped environments and protecting classified data.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain reliable, multi-tenant systems using Kubernetes.
• Implement and manage observability solutions for system health.
• Ensure deployments meet compliance standards and optimize performance.

Skills

Kubernetes

Rancher

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Elastic

Sonar

Troubleshooting

Tools

RKE2

Ingress

Artifactory

Job description

Overview

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with Kubernetes and Rancher. Full-time role focused on building and maintaining highly resilient, secure systems, including in air-gapped environments.

Responsibilities

• System Architecture & Management: Design, architect, and maintain highly reliable, multi-tenant systems using Kubernetes and related tools (RKE2). Includes components such as Ingress, Kong, Artifactory, and Sonar.
• Observability & Monitoring: Implement and manage observability solutions with Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, and Elastic to ensure deep visibility into system health and performance, including in air-gapped settings.
• Compliance & Optimization: Ensure deployments meet stringent compliance standards and are optimized for performance and security.
• Code Quality & Security: Perform regular code quality analysis and security assessments using Sonar to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Incident Response: Collaborate with leads and specialized teams to resolve incidents quickly and improve resilience and recovery procedures.
• Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for system configurations, runbooks, and disaster recovery plans for managing systems in sensitive environments.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 8+ years of Site Reliability Experience.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Rancher.
• Technical Expertise: Proficiency with RKE2, Kubernetes, Ingress, Kong, Artifactory, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Elastic, and Sonar.
• SRE & Observability: Strong background in Site Reliability Engineering and implementing comprehensive observability strategies.
• Secure Environments: Experience in air-gapped or zero-connectivity environments and protecting classified data.
• Troubleshooting: Ability to troubleshoot and optimize complex, multi-tenant infrastructures under pressure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant SRE or DevOps certifications (e.g., CKAD, CKA).
• Experience in government or defense-related SRE roles.
• Experience with Rancher and its ecosystem.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting