Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Core IT Infrastructure

TECEZE; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Chennai is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to enhance core IT infrastructure reliability. The successful candidate will design and maintain highly available systems while collaborating on automation and security efforts. A strong background in Linux/Unix administration, programming (Python, Go), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) is essential. This full-time role requires 6+ years of experience, addressing infrastructure reliability, operational automation, and performance monitoring.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or related field.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain high availability & fault-tolerant infrastructure.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis (RCA).
• Develop automation tools and scripts to reduce manual operations.
• Build self-healing systems and automate operational tasks.
• Design and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
• Implement infrastructure security best practices.

Skills

Linux/Unix system administration

Programming or scripting (Python, Go, Bash, Shell)

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Containerization and orchestration

Networking concepts (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls)

Monitoring, logging, and alerting tools

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Datadog

Job description

Overview

Role: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Core IT Infrastructure

Work mode: On-site (full Time)

Experience: 6+ year's

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Reliability & Operations
  • Design, implement, and maintain highly available and fault-tolerant infrastructure
  • Ensure reliability, performance, scalability, and security of core IT systems
  • Monitor system health, capacity, and performance using proactive observability practices
  • Lead incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-incident reviews
• Automation & SRE Development
  • Develop and maintain automation tools, scripts, and frameworks to reduce manual operations
  • Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation
  • Build self-healing systems and automate repetitive operational tasks
  • Improve deployment pipelines and operational workflows through engineering solutions
  • Collaborate with DevOps, development, and security teams to support CI/CD pipelines
  • Enable seamless application deployments with minimal downtime
  • Support containerized and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
  • Implement best practices for configuration management and environment consistency
• Monitoring, Observability & Performance
  • Design and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems
  • Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs
  • Optimize system performance, capacity planning, and cost efficiency
  • Enhance observability using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, or similar
• Security & Compliance
  • Implement infrastructure security best practices
  • Collaborate with security teams on vulnerability management and compliance requirements
  • Ensure secure access, identity management, and audit readiness

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

• Strong experience in Linux/Unix system administration
• Proficiency in programming/scripting (Python, Go, Bash, Shell, or similar)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration
• Knowledge of networking concepts (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls)
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools