Site Reliability Engineer

Cognizant; Taguig; On-site; PHP 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Taguig is seeking a DevOps/SRE engineer to automate software processes and support deployments. The role emphasizes scripting, automation opportunities, incident response, and cloud-based web deployments, with a strong emphasis on independent issue resolution.

You will review guidance, update runbooks, and work with cross-functional teams to improve reliability and performance across services. A 4-year degree or equivalent DevOps experience is required.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent work experience in software development or DevOps engineering.
• 2-4 years of hands-on Python and Java experience.
• 2-4 years of hands-on orchestration and deployment experience.
• Strong familiarity with web deployment technologies including hosted and cloud based.
• Proven track record of resolving issues independently.

Responsibilities

• Run common scripts without assistance.
• Identifies gaps and areas for improvement within the system.
• Identifies areas for automation as a solution for processes in both the organization and application.
• Ability to leverage software development tools & principles to provide the team with capabilities to better understand, manage and triage issues impacting the business.
• Writes and reviews custom DML statements.
• Provides assistance to other team members by answering questions and writing/updating documentation.
• Proficient understanding of Single Sign-On related functionality.
• Proficient with writing advanced SQL queries to pull complex datasets.
• General understanding of the applications & services they primarily support.
• Clearly articulates problems on both technical and non-technical levels.
• Additional responsibilities, as required.

Skills

Python

Java

Orchestration

Deployment

Web deployment

Cloud

Issue resolution

Education

4-year degree or equivalent

Job description

• Utilize software engineering skills to automate software processes
• Review L1 technical guidance and support while developing and troubleshooting software systems based on alerts/escalations
• Use incident command methodologies to lead Subject Matter Experts as needed to provide advanced diagnostics and resolutions for a shorter mean time for restoration of each engineering issue
• Update runbooks, scripts, tools, & documentation for standard IT tasks and procedures
• Execute site reliability engineering (SRE) methodologies for continuous improvement of basic abilities to automate and develop application-specific software
• Provide support for product deployments while developing system engineering, software engineering, system integration, or distributed system architectures.

Responsibilities:

• Run common scripts without assistance.
• Determines gaps and areas for improvement within the system.
• Identifies areas for automation as a solution for processes in both the organization and application.
• Ability to leverage software development tools & principles to provide the team with capabilities to better understand, manage and triage issues impacting the business.
• Writes and reviews custom DML statements.
• Provides assistance to other team members by answering questions and writing/updating documentation.
• Proficient understanding of Single Sign-On related functionality.
• Proficient with writing advanced SQL queries to pull complex datasets.
• General understanding of the applications & services they primarily support.
• Clearly articulates problems on both technical and non-technical levels.
• Additional responsibilities, as required.

Experience and Skills:

• 4-year degree or equivalent work experience in software development or DevOps engineering.
• 2-4 years of hands-on experience in code (Python & Java preferred).
• 2-4 years of hands-on experience in orchestration and deployment technologies.
• Strong familiarity at working with web deployment technologies including hosted and cloud based.
• Proven track record of applying/recommending the appropriate solutions for issues.
• Proven track record of being able to resolve issues independently