Senior Site Reliability Engineer

OpenText; Cork; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in information management is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer in Cork, Ireland. The role focuses on ensuring the reliability and performance of cloud infrastructure, with responsibilities in AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of experience in SRE or infrastructure engineering. Join a company committed to diversity and innovation in a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering roles.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration at scale.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain AWS-based infrastructure focusing on security and cost optimization.
• Collaborate with development teams for CI/CD integration and deployment.
• Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response for critical systems.

Skills

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Terragrunt)

CI/CD Pipelines (Octopus Deploy, Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions)

Windows and Linux Systems Monitoring

Collaboration and Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

Octopus Deploy

Jenkins

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Job description

OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our cloud infrastructure. You will work closely with development and operations teams to design, implement, and maintain systems that are resilient and efficient.

What The Role Offers

• Design and maintain AWS-based infrastructure with a focus on security, performance, and cost optimization.
• Use Terraform and Terragrunt to provision and manage infrastructure as code across multiple environments.
• Monitor and optimize Windows and Linux-based systems, ensuring performance, reliability, and compliance with operational standards.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless CI/CD integration and deployment of microservices.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Octopus Deploy, Jenkins, GitLab CI, and GitHub Actions.
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution of infrastructure and application performance issues.
• Participate in on‑call rotations and lead incident response for critical systems, ensuring rapid recovery and postmortem analysis.
• Explore and contribute to AI-driven observability, alerting, and self‑healing strategies for cloud infrastructure and applications, including anomaly detection and automated remediation.

What You Need To Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering roles supporting production‑grade systems.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration at scale.
• Proven experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines using Octopus Deploy, Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of working across engineering, product, and operations teams.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and influence architectural decisions.
• Experience presenting reliability strategies to leadership and driving cross‑functional initiatives.
• Exposure to AI/ML-based monitoring, anomaly detection, or automated remediation systems.
• Interest in contributing to internal AI adoption strategies for cloud operations.

OpenText Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

OpenText is more than just a corporation, it's a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact us at [e-mail].

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industry

Software Development