Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Hammerjack Pty Ltd; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Hammerjack Pty Ltd in the Philippines seeks a senior SRE/Platform Engineer to lead fault-tolerant, self-healing infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments.

You will drive IaC and CI/CD automation, own reliability programs across multiple teams, and manage budgets with cost optimization accountability, while aligning with CIS/PCI-DSS and BSP compliance. Establish cloud governance across AWS/Azure/GCP and build an internal developer platform with self-service workflows.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years experience focused on SRE, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure
• Expert-level proficiency in Kubernetes (CRDs, Operators, multi-tenancy, advanced scheduling)
• Advanced Terraform expertise (custom providers, module design, automated testing)
• Deep Service Mesh knowledge (Istio traffic management, circuit breaking, rate limiting, mTLS)
• Proven experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) with self-service workflows
• Advanced GitLab CI/CD and GitOps implementation (ArgoCD/FluxCD, multi-project pipelines)
• Expert-level WAF, API Gateway (Kong, Apigee, AWS APIGW), and network security implementation
• Strong software development skills in Go, Python, or Java with ability to review code for reliability impact
• Experience leading technical programs and cross-functional reliability initiatives
• Deep understanding of observability platforms (Dynatrace, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry) with custom integration experience
• Proven track record architecting microservices with high-availability and resiliency patterns
• Experience implementing AWS Organizations, Control Tower, Service Control Policies, and multi-account governance frameworks
• Proficiency in cloud policy-as-code tools (AWS Config, OPA, Sentinel) and compliance automation
• Knowledge of cloud security standards (CIS Benchmarks, AWS Well-Architected Framework, Azure/GCP best practices)
• Advanced expertise in Dynatrace, Datadog, or Grafana for building enterprise observability solutions
• Experience implementing SLO-based alerting, error budgets, and burn rate monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, or commercial APM tools
• Proficiency in distributed tracing (Jaeger, Zipkin, OpenTelemetry) and log aggregation (ELK, Loki)
• Ability to design custom metrics, synthetic monitoring, and real user monitoring (RUM) strategies

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design and implementation of fault-tolerant, self-healing infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments
• Drive organization-wide automation initiatives with IaC and CI/CD frameworks
• Own technical program leadership for reliability initiatives spanning multiple teams and services
• Strategic management of OPEX and CAPEX budgets with cost optimization accountability
• Establish and enforce cloud governance policies, account structures, and organizational standards across AWS/Azure/GCP environments

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Istio

GitLab CI/CD

Go/Python/Java

Observability

SRE/Platform Engineering

Cloud Governance

Tools

ArgoCD/FluxCD

Dynatrace/Grafana/Datadog

Prometheus

Jaeger/Zipkin/OpenTelemetry

Kong/Apigee/AWS API Gateway

Job description

NATURE OF WORK

• Lead architectural design and implementation of fault-tolerant, self-healing infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments
• Drive organization-wide automation initiatives, eliminating manual operations through advanced IaC and CI/CD frameworks
• Own technical program leadership for reliability initiatives spanning multiple teams and services
• Strategic management of OPEX and CAPEX budgets with cost optimization accountability
• Deep expertise in compliance frameworks (CIS, PCI-DSS, BSP) with ability to architect compliant solutions
• Establish and enforce cloud governance policies, account structures, and organizational standards across AWS/Azure/GCP environments

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 7-10+ years experience focused on SRE, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure
• Expert-level proficiency in Kubernetes (CRDs, Operators, multi-tenancy, advanced scheduling)
• Advanced Terraform expertise (custom providers, module design, automated testing)
• Deep Service Mesh knowledge (Istio traffic management, circuit breaking, rate limiting, mTLS)
• Proven experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) with self-service workflows
• Advanced GitLab CI/CD and GitOps implementation (ArgoCD/FluxCD, multi-project pipelines)
• Expert-level WAF, API Gateway (Kong, Apigee, AWS APIGW), and network security implementation
• Strong software development skills in Go, Python, or Java with ability to review code for reliability impact
• Experience leading technical programs and cross-functional reliability initiatives
• Deep understanding of observability platforms (Dynatrace, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry) with custom integration experience
• Proven track record architecting microservices with high-availability and resiliency patterns
• Experience implementing AWS Organizations, Control Tower, Service Control Policies, and multi-account governance frameworks
• Proficiency in cloud policy-as-code tools (AWS Config, OPA, Sentinel) and compliance automation
• Knowledge of cloud security standards (CIS Benchmarks, AWS Well-Architected Framework, Azure/GCP best practices)
• Advanced expertise in Dynatrace, Datadog, or Grafana for building enterprise observability solutions
• Experience implementing SLO-based alerting, error budgets, and burn rate monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, or commercial APM tools
• Proficiency in distributed tracing (Jaeger, Zipkin, OpenTelemetry) and log aggregation (ELK, Loki)
• Ability to design custom metrics, synthetic monitoring, and real user monitoring (RUM) strategies