SRE (Application Support + Dev-Ops + Automation)

Fulcrum Digital; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

FulcrumDigital is seeking an SRE focused on Application Support, DevOps, and Automation in Ireland. The role emphasizes building observability, automation, and reliable operations across Linux/Unix systems and cloud platforms.

You will collaborate with development teams to ensure system health, performance, and scalable solutions while contributing to incident response and continuous improvement in a fast-paced digital acceleration environment.

Qualifications

• Experience applying observability across systems using metrics, logs, and traces.
• Ability to write and maintain automation scripts in Python, Go, or Bash.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration and networking knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Independently execute key elements of projects within Site Reliability Engineering to resolve problems and roadblocks.
• Assist in evaluating operational requirements and developing technical solutions within existing frameworks.
• Support automation to improve workflows and incident response processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve routine to moderately complex system issues and escalate when needed.
• Contribute to documentation, knowledge sharing, and best practices for reliability.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure reliability aligns with business needs.
• Participate in reviews and QA activities to uphold stability standards.
• May contribute to solution development for new products/services and manage smaller initiatives.

Skills

Observability

Programming & Scripting

System Administration

Cloud Computing

Reliability & Scalability

DevOps Practices

Troubleshooting

Capacity Planning

IT Service Management

Proactive Monitoring

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

SRE (Application Support + Dev-Ops + Automation)

Who are we FulcrumDigital is an agile and next-generation digital accelerating company providingdigital transformation and technology services right from ideation toimplementation. These services have applicability across a variety ofindustries, including banking & financial services, insurance, retail,higher education, food, healthcare, and manufacturing.

Requirements

As part of the Business Operations team, you will:

• Independently execute key elements of projects/processes within the Site Reliability Engineering area by applying in-depth knowledge of their discipline and area best practices to effectively resolve problems and roadblocks as they occur.
  
• Assist in evaluating operational requirements and developing technical solutions within existing frameworks.
  
• Support automation and scripting efforts to improve operational workflows and incident response processes.
  
• Troubleshoot and resolve routine and some complex system issues, escalating when necessary to maintain system health.
  
• Contribute to documentation, knowledge sharing, and best practices to enhance team operational procedures.
  
• Collaborate with development teams and stakeholders to ensure reliability solutions align with technical and business needs.
  
• Participate in reviews and quality assurance activities to uphold system stability standards.
  
• May contribute to solution development for new products/services and/or manage smaller project/initiatives as an experienced individual contributor with specialized knowledge within the Site Reliability Engineering area.
  

The ideal candidate will apply the following skills independently in routine and moderately complex situations, requiring occasional guidance typically only in unfamiliar or highly complex scenarios. They will demonstrate growing consistency and reliability in applying the skills.

• Observability-Ability to use scripting and tooling to implement observability solutions, enabling the collection, analysis, and visualization of metrics, logs, and traces to support incident detection, diagnosis, and continuous service improvement.
  
• Programming and Scripting-Ability to write and maintain code and scripts to automate tasks, build operational tools, and support monitoring, deployment, and incident response using languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or similar.
  
• Systems and Network Administration-Ability to configure, operate, and troubleshoot Linux/Unix systems and network components, applying knowledge of networking concepts, protocols, security, and system reliability.
  
• Cloud Computing and Infrastructure-Ability to design, deploy, and manage applications and infrastructure on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), ensuring scalability, security, availability, and operational efficiency.
  
• Reliability and Scalability-Ability to design and operate systems for high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery, while ensuring systems can scale to meet current and future demand
  
• DevOps Practices-Ability to apply DevOps principles and practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and orchestration, to enable faster, more reliable software delivery and operations.
  
• Troubleshooting-Capability to systematically identify, diagnose, and resolve technical issues across systems, applications, and networks, using analytical methods and tools to restore functionality, minimize disruption, and ensure stable operations.
  
• Capacity Planning and Performance Optimization-Ability to monitor resource utilization, forecast future capacity needs, and optimize system performance to support growth, scalability, and efficient infrastructure usage.
  
• IT Service Management-Ability to apply IT service management principles to incident, problem, and change management, ensuring reliable service delivery, effective incident response, and continuous service improvement aligned to business needs.
  
• Proactive Monitoring and Improvement (SRE Applications)-The ability to use application reliability signals to anticipate issues, identify risks, and drive preventative improvements that enhance application performance and availability.