Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Five9; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior DevOps/SRE specialist to modernize application deployments, tackle technical debt, and build observability into cloud-native transitions.

You will enhance Linux-based systems, create internal tools for management, design dashboards, establish SLOs/SLIs, and drive CI/CD, automation, and security compliance across distributed microservices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in DevOps/SRE roles.
• Proven experience managing Production Linux VM deployments of 50+ VMs.
• Fluency with at least two programming languages from the list.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, monitoring, SLOs/SLIs, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Focus on modernizing application deployments and tackling technical debt.
• Enhance legacy Linux-based systems and ensure stability during cloud-native transitions.
• Create internal tools to improve system management, automate tasks, and build observability stack.
• Establish meaningful SLIs and achieve reliability targets.
• Design and implement dashboards and monitoring.
• Maintain SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
• Build alerting systems and performance monitoring.
• Participate in incident response and on-call rotations.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate configuration management and ensure consistency.
• Ensure security compliance and participate in incident response efforts.
• Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage.

Skills

Python

Shell

Java

NodeJS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Ansible

Terraform

Helm

Git

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Job description

Responsibilities

• Focus on modernizing application deployments and tackling technical debt
• Enhance legacy Linux-based systems and ensure stability during cloud-native transitions
• Create internal tools to improve system management, automate tasks, and build observability stack
• Establish meaningful SLIs and achieve reliability targets
• Design and implement dashboards and monitoring
• Maintain SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets
• Build alerting systems and performance monitoring
• Participate in incident response and on-call rotations
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines
• Automate configuration management and ensure consistency
• Ensure security compliance and participate in incident response efforts
• Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage

Requirements

• Experience level: 7+ years
• Demonstrated experience managing Production Linux virtual machine deployments of 50+ virtual machines.
• Programming Languages: Proficiency in at least two of Python, Shell, Java, NodeJS, or similar.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Containerization: Hands‑on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration.
• Monitoring & Observability: Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or similar tools
• Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Ansible, Terraform, Helm, or similar
• Version Control: Expert‑level Git usage and collaborative development practices.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Hands‑on experience with GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or similar.
• Experience defining and maintaining SLOs and SLIs.
• Understanding and implementation of error budget policies.
• Proven track record in toil reduction and automation.
• Experience with capacity planning and performance testing.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with microservices and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with chaos engineering and reliability testing.
• Prior experience in an SRE or DevOps role at a tech company.
• Contributions to open‑source projects or technical communities.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in modernizing application deployments, managing Linux virtual machine environments, and implementing CI/CD pipelines. Proficient in cloud platforms and containerization, with a strong focus on reliability, observability, and security compliance.