Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

twentysix; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

twentysix is seeking an SRE/Platform Operations professional in Vancouver to monitor health, respond to incidents, and improve observability. You will maintain dashboards, runbooks, and postmortems while supporting the Service Desk and collaborating with the EMEA team.

The role requires 2–3 years in SRE or a similar function, strong English, and experience with Grafana/Prometheus, Docker, and Kubernetes. On-call weekends and Agile work culture are part of the job.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in English
• 2–3 years of experience in SRE, platform operations, or a technical Service Desk role
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or equivalent
• Solid understanding of incident management processes (triaging, escalation, postmortems)
• Experience supporting ecommerce platforms
• Scripting skills in shell and/or Python for automation and operational tasks
• Familiarity with containerization concepts (Docker, Kubernetes) at an operational level
• Experience working in Agile environments and using ticketing tools (e.g. Jira)
• Comfort working independently during early-morning shifts with minimal supervision
• Strong documentation habits and attention to detail
• Experience with Agile processes, testing, and code review
• Strong experience with scripting - shell, Python, etc.
• Excellent customer service attitude, communication skills (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working in fast-paced, Agile environments, balancing priorities across multiple projects
• Nice to have: Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other major cloud providers (AWS, Azure)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Basic experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform
• Basic knowledge of AIOps concepts and their application in operational workflows
• SRE or cloud certifications (Google Cloud, AWS, Kubernetes)

Responsibilities

• Monitor platform health across multiple client environments using Grafana and Prometheus, or other monitoring tools
• Respond to and triage incidents, following established runbooks and escalation paths
• Participate in post-incident reviews and contribute to postmortem documentation
• Support the Service Desk team with technical triaging, incident classification, and resolution
• Maintain and improve observability dashboards, alerts, and SLI, and SLO tracking
• Write and maintain runbooks, operational documentation, and knowledge base articles
• Identify recurring issues and propose automation or process improvements to reduce toil
• Participate in on-call rotation covering weekends (alternating schedule — one weekend on, one weekend off)
• Collaborate with the EMEA team during shift overlap to ensure smooth handoffs and continuity
• Support root cause analysis and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

Skills

Grafana

Prometheus

SRE

Incident management

Python

Shell scripting

Docker

Kubernetes

Agile

Jira

On-call

Documentation

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Jira

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Terraform

GCP

Job description

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Monitor platform health across multiple client environments using tools like Grafana and Prometheus, or other monitoring tools

Respond to and triage incidents, following established runbooks and escalation paths

Participate in post-incident reviews and contribute to postmortem documentation

Support the Service Desk team with technical triaging, incident classification, and resolution

Maintain and improve observability dashboards, alerts, and SLI, and SLO tracking

Write and maintain runbooks, operational documentation, and knowledge base articles

Identify recurring issues and propose automation or process improvements to reduce toil

Participate in on-call rotation covering weekends (alternating schedule — one weekend on, one weekend off)

Collaborate with the EMEA team during shift overlap to ensure smooth handoffs and continuity

Support root cause analysis and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

Strong proficiency in English (written and verbal communication) is required

2–3 years of experience in SRE, platform operations, or a technical Service Desk role

Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or equivalent

Solid understanding of incident management processes (triaging, escalation, postmortems)

Experience supporting e-commerce platforms

Scripting skills in shell and/or Python for automation and operational tasks

Familiarity with containerization concepts (Docker, Kubernetes) at an operational level

Experience working in Agile environments and using ticketing tools (e.g. Jira)

Comfort working independently during early-morning shifts with minimal supervision

Strong documentation habits and attention to detail

Experience with Agile processes, testing, and code review

Strong experience with scripting - shell, Python, etc.

Excellent customer service attitude, communication skills (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. You should feel comfortable explaining technical concepts in simple terms

Experience working in fast-paced, Agile environments, balancing priorities across multiple projects

**NICE TO HAVE:**

Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other major cloud providers (AWS, Azure)

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)

Basic experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform

Basic knowledge of AIOps concepts and their application in operational workflows

SRE or cloud certifications (Google Cloud, AWS, Kubernetes)