Site Reliability Engineer - II

Equifax; Thiruvananthapuram; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Equifax in India is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to help build and run large-scale, fault-tolerant systems in a DevSecOps environment. You will work with development and operations teams to ensure highly available, cost-effective services with very high uptime.

Candidates should have BS in CS or related field, 2–5 years in software engineering or SRE, and experience with cloud, automation, and IaC tools such as Terraform, Chef/Ansible, Docker or Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 2–5 years of experience in software engineering, systems administration, database administration, and networking.
• 1+ years of experience developing and/or administering software in public cloud.
• Experience in monitoring infrastructure and uptime and availability to ensure performance.
• Experience in programming languages such as Python, Bash, Java or JavaScript.
• Demonstrable cross-functional knowledge with systems, storage, networking, security and databases.
• Automation and orchestration of Linux/Windows using Terraform, Chef, Ansible and/or containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency with CI/CD tooling and practices.

Responsibilities

• Work in a DevSecOps environment responsible for building and running large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems.
• Work closely with development and operations teams to build highly available, cost effective systems with extremely high uptime metrics.
• Work with cloud operations team to resolve trouble tickets, develop and run scripts, and troubleshoot.
• Create new tools and scripts designed for auto-remediation of incidents and establishing end-to-end monitoring and alerting on all critical aspects.
• Build infrastructure as code (IAC) patterns that meet security and engineering standards using Terraform, scripting with cloud CLI, and programming with cloud SDK.
• Participate in a team of first responders 24/7, follow the sun operating model for incident and problem management.

Job description

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Equifax is a discipline that combines software and systems engineering for building and running large-scale, distributed, fault-tolerant systems. SRE ensures that internal and external services meet or exceed reliability and performance expectations while adhering to Equifax engineering principles.

Our SRE culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, problem solving and openness is key to its success. Equifax brings together people with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We encourage them to collaborate, think big, and take risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on meaningful projects, while we also strive to build an environment that provides the support and mentorship needed to learn, grow and take pride in our work.

What You Will Do

• Work in a DevSecOps environment responsible for the building and running of large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems.
• Work closely with development and operations teams to build highly available, cost effective systems with extremely high uptime metrics.
• Work with cloud operations team to resolve trouble tickets, develop and run scripts, and troubleshoot
• Create new tools and scripts designed for auto-remediation of incidents and establishing end-to-end monitoring and alerting on all critical aspects
• Build infrastructure as code (IAC) patterns that meet security and engineering standards using one or more technologies (Terraform, scripting with cloud CLI, and programming with cloud SDK).
• Participate in a team of first responders 24/7, follow the sun operating model for incident and problem management.

What Experience You Need

• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent job experience required
• 2-5 years of experience in software engineering, systems administration, database administration, and networking.
• 1+ years of experience developing and/or administering software in public cloud
• Experience in monitoring infrastructure and application uptime and availability to ensure functional and performance objectives.
• Experience in any one of the languages such as Python, Bash, Java or Javascript
• Demonstrable cross-functional knowledge with systems, storage, networking, security and databases
• System administration skills, including automation and orchestration of Linux/Windows using Terraform, Chef, Ansible and/or containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Proficiency with continuous integration and continuous delivery tooling and practices

What Could Set You Apart

• Cloud Certification Strongly Preferred