Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Arcadia; Chennai; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/remote-first—India-based role

Flexible leave policy

Comprehensive medical insurance (self+

Annual performance cycle + quarterly

Employee stock options

Job summary

Arcadia is seeking an experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer (L3) to join our SRE/Platform Engineering team in India. The role focuses on building, scaling, and maintaining an AWS- and Kubernetes-based platform, ensuring high reliability, security, and cost efficiency across environments.

The ideal candidate will automate complex distributed systems, manage production-grade AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud security, collaborating with US-based teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8–10+ years of experience in SRE/DevOps/Cloud Engineering, with deep hands-on exposure to AWS and Kubernetes.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform & Infrastructure as Code.
• AWS core services (EKS, IAM, RDS, EC2, VPC, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, GuardDuty).
• Jenkins + Groovy, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, FluxCD.
• Kubernetes troubleshooting and operations.
• Prometheus/Grafana/Datadog observability stacks.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure (EKS, VPC, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Load Balancers, S3) using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Lead all aspects of Kubernetes operations including upgrades, performance tuning, CNI troubleshooting, workload scaling, Helm packaging, and GitOps deployments.
• Own and evolve CI/CD ecosystem across Jenkins, Groovy scripting, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, ArgoCD, and FluxCD.
• Improve platform reliability by reducing operational toil through automation, scripting (Python/Bash), and proactive system hardening.
• Implement and enhance observability across Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Datadog, and CloudWatch—alerting and dashboards aligned with SLO/SLI.
• Drive FinOps initiatives—cost optimization, tagging standards, budgeting, and right-sizing.
• Manage database operations across MySQL and PostgreSQL including backups, performance tuning, replication, and runbooks.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Jenkins

Groovy

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

FluxCD

Python/Bash

Prometheus/Grafana/Datadog

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

CloudFormation

Job description

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Who we are

Arcadia is the technology company empowering energy innovators and consumers to fight the climate crisis. Our software and APIs are revolutionizing an industry held back by outdated systems and institutions by creating unprecedented access to the data and clean energy needed to make a decarbonized energy grid possible.

In 2014, Arcadia set out on its mission to break the fossil fuel monopoly and since then we have been knocking down the institutional barriers to unlock decarbonization. To date, we have connected hundreds of thousands of consumers and small businesses with high-quality clean energy options. Fast forward to today, and now, we’re thinking even bigger. We have launched Arcadia Platform, an industry-defining SaaS platform that empowers developers and energy innovators to deliver their own custom, personalized energy experiences, accelerating the transformation of the industry from an analog energy system into a digitized information network.

Tackling one of the world’s biggest challenges requires out-of-the-box thinking & diverse perspectives. We’re building a team of individuals from different backgrounds, industries, & educational experiences. If you share our passion for ushering in the era of the clean electron, we look forward to learning what you would uniquely bring to Arcadia! Visit www.arcadia.com.

HQ: Greenwood Village, Colorado

What we're looking for:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer (L3) to join our SRE/Platform Engineering team in India. This role will focus on building, scaling, and maintaining our AWS- and Kubernetes-based platform, ensuring high reliability, cost efficiency, and secure operations across multiple environments. The successful candidate will work closely with Engineering, Security, DevOps, and Product teams to drive automation, improve infrastructure resilience, and elevate observability across mission-critical systems.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter and hands-on engineer who can dive deep into complex distributed systems, automate away manual processes, and proactively identify reliability gaps. They should have a proven track record of managing production-grade AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud security. They will collaborate daily with US-based engineering teams and cross-functional partners to ensure our platform remains scalable, secure, and cost-optimized as we continue to grow.

What you'll do:

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure (EKS, VPC, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Load Balancers, S3, CloudFront) using Terraform and CloudFormation
• Lead all aspects of Kubernetes operations including cluster upgrades, performance tuning, CNI troubleshooting, workload scaling, Helm chart packaging, and GitOps deployments
• Own and evolve our CI/CD ecosystem across Jenkins (Groovy scripting), GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, ArgoCD, and FluxCD
• Improve platform reliability by reducing operational toil through automation, scripting (Python/Bash), and proactive system hardening
• Implement and enhance observability across Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Datadog, and CloudWatch—ensuring actionable alerting, dashboards, and metrics alignment with SLO/SLIs
• Drive FinOps initiatives, identifying cost inefficiencies and working with engineering teams to implement best practices, tagging standards, budgeting, and resource right-sizing
• Manage database operations across MySQL and PostgreSQL including backups, performance tuning, replication, and operational runbooks
• Maintain and improve secret management using Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, and Parameter Store
• Strengthen cloud security posture with IAM least privilege, CSPM reviews, audit readiness, GuardDuty/CloudTrail monitoring, and environment hardening
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across networking, Kubernetes, compute, databases, and CI/CD systems
• Collaborate daily with US-based teams for incident reviews, migrations, roadmap work, and platform enhancements
• Contribute to development and adoption of AI-enabled tooling (e.g., automation, debugging assistants, MCP, RAG pipelines—good to have, not mandatory)
• Document runbooks, architecture diagrams, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and operational best practices
• Participate in on-call rotations (if required) and drive post-incident analysis and long-term fixes

What will help you succeed:

Must-haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 8–10+ years of experience in SRE/DevOps/Cloud Engineering, with deep hands-on exposure to AWS and Kubernetes
• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • Terraform & Infrastructure as Code
  • AWS core services (EKS, IAM, RDS, EC2, VPC, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, GuardDuty)
  • Jenkins + Groovy, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, FluxCD
  • Kubernetes troubleshooting and operations
  • Prometheus/Grafana/Datadog observability stacks
• Proven ability to operate in high-scale, high-uptime, multi-environment production systems
• Experience building automation via Python/Bash and reducing operational toil
• Strong understanding of incident management, root cause analysis, and reliability engineering principles
• Experience working with globally distributed teams across multiple time zones
• Excellent communication skills (must interact with US teams daily)
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, take ownership, and drive initiatives end-to-end
• A growth mindset, strong troubleshooting ability, and comfort with complex cloud-native environments

Nice to have (Good-to-haves):

• Experience with n8n self-hosted, workflow automation platforms
• Exposure to LLMs, RAG, vector DBs, MCP concepts
• Experience with cloud security/DevSecOps tools (Trivy, Inspector, OPA, Kyverno)
• Hands-on experience with FinOps platforms and cloud cost governance
• Certifications in related field ( AWS , Kubernetes , Terraform ..etc)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and employee stock options
• Hybrid/remote-first working model (India-based role, with global collaboration)
• Flexible leave policy
• Comprehensive medical insurance (self + family members)
• Annual performance cycle + quarterly recognition awards
• A supportive, diverse engineering culture grounded in empathy, teamwork, and innovation

Eliminating carbon footprints, eliminating carbon copies.

Here at Arcadia, we cultivate diversity, celebrate individuality, and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in creating a clean energy future. Arcadia is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. While we are currently unable to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates eligible to work in India