Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

team.it; Porto; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Career development support

Flexible benefits package

Job summary

team.it is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to own reliability across cloud-native platforms and customer-facing services. You will drive end-to-end observability, design for resilience, and partner with product, architecture, security, and data teams.

You will champion SRE best practices, lead incident response, and contribute to capacity planning while working in a fast-paced, Agile environment. This role emphasizes automation, scalability, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in SRE/Operations/DevOps/Production support roles.
• Production experience with on-call responsibilities.
• Strong incident response and troubleshooting in high-availability systems.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams (Dev, Infra, Security).
• Experience with structured incident/problem/change management processes.
• Solid understanding of SRE principles and production operations.
• Experience with Linux-based systems and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Experience with observability tools and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).

Responsibilities

• Ensure availability, performance, reliability, and resilience of cloud-native platforms.
• Work at intersection of software engineering and operations with automation and observability.
• Set up end-to-end observability with metrics, logs, traces across distributed systems.
• Implement and manage SLOs/SLIs/SLAs with product teams.
• Analyze bottlenecks and identify instability proactively.
• Embed reliability early into the SDLC with development teams.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Security, and Data teams on standards.
• Improve design, deployments, operability, scalability, and performance.
• Support capacity planning, performance tuning, and growth strategies.

Skills

Linux

On-call experience

Incident response

CI/CD

Agile

Kanban

Collaboration

Security practices

Networking fundamentals

Distributed systems

Automation mindset

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Splunk

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

We want to do things differently, focusing on what truly matters. We return to our roots with a sustainable corporate strategy at our core. Work-life balance, beginner’s mind, and community involvement are our identity and our starting point for this journey.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Is that you?

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the availability, performance, reliability, and resilience of cloud-native platforms and customer-facing services.
• Work at the intersection of software engineering and operations, applying automation, observability, and modern reliability practices.
• Set up end-to-end observability, including metrics, logs, and traces across distributed systems.
• Implement and manage Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in collaboration with product teams.
• Analyze system bottlenecks and proactively identify sources of instability.
• Work closely with development teams to embed reliability early into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Security, and Data teams to align reliability frameworks and operational standards.
• Improve system design, deployments, operability, scalability, and performance through continuous optimization initiatives.
• Support capacity planning, performance tuning, and platform growth strategies.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Systems Engineering, Operations, DevOps, or Production Support roles.
• Experience working in production and operational environments, including on-call support.
• Strong incident response and troubleshooting skills in high-availability systems.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Development, Infrastructure, and Security.
• Experience following structured incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Strong understanding of Site Reliability Engineering principles and production operations.
• Experience with Linux-based systems and system troubleshooting.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools including OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and Splunk.
• Senior-level experience with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Knowledge of security scanning tools and DevOps best practices.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and distributed systems.
• Experience working in Agile and Kanban environments.

Nice to Have

• AWS Professional Certifications.
• Google Cloud Professional Certifications.
• Kubernetes Certifications (CKA, CKAD or equivalent).
• DevOps Certifications.
• Experience supporting large-scale cloud-native platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Proactive, curious, and committed to continuous learning.
• Structured, autonomous, and adaptable approach to work.Ability to thrive in fast-paced Agile environments.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) — Is that us?

• Horizontal structure. Everyone has a voice and is heard. We are looking for ambitious people who want to help us achieve what has not yet been done.
• Personalized support. We value close and regular follow-up. We are a team from day one.
• Comprehensive and flexible benefits package. Health insurance, life insurance, discounts and perks, telecommunications plan, and much more.
• Investment in learning and career development. Certified training, online learning platforms, Pearson VUE exam center… we invest in you!
• Sustainability and community involvement. We want meaningful work and to invest in an inclusive consulting project—and we need your help to make it happen.

Ready?

team.it, back to basics!

At Team IT, we stand for equality and value diversity. We create a safe and inclusive environment where opportunities are equal for everyone. We do not discriminate based on age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, disability, or any factor other than merit. All applications from candidates with the right skills for the role are welcome.