DevOps/SRE Engineer (Data Services Focus)

Fortinet; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k)

Paid Holidays

Vacation & Sick Time

Equity program

Job summary

Fortinet in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking an experienced systems engineer to deploy, configure, upgrade, and maintain platform components, including capacity planning, and to collaborate with development, security and infra teams on releases, backup and recovery, and DR exercises.

Candidates should have 3+ years of experience with Linux, scripting, and hands-on work with Kubernetes/Rancher, Ceph, PostgreSQL/Elasticsearch, and monitoring.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience developing or operating production systems and able to troubleshoot independently.
• Strong Linux fundamentals including networking, permissions, processes, storage, and service operation.
• Programming or automation experience in Python, Bash, Go, or Java.
• Ability to clearly explain personal technical contributions and incident investigations.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, upgrade, and maintain platform components including capacity planning.
• Troubleshoot production incidents, identify root causes, and improve reliability and performance.
• Develop automation tools and improve monitoring, runbooks, and recovery procedures.
• Collaborate with development, security, and infrastructure teams on releases, backup/recovery, and DR exercises.

Skills

Linux basics

Programming/Automation

Incident troubleshooting

Clear communication of technical work

Tools

QEMU/KVM

Ceph

PostgreSQL/Elasticsearch

Kubernetes/Rancher

Job description

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, upgrade, and maintain platform components, including capacity planning.
• Troubleshoot production incidents, identify root causes, and improve reliability and performance.
• Develop automation tools and improve monitoring, runbooks, change validation, and recovery procedures.
• Collaborate with development, security, and infrastructure teams on releases, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery exercises.

Qualifications

• Experience developing or operating production systems, with the ability to independently deliver work and troubleshoot problems. Three or more years of relevant experience preferred.
• Strong Linux fundamentals, including networking, permissions, processes, storage, and service operation.
• Practical programming or automation experience with at least one language, such as Python, Bash, Go, or Java.
• Ability to clearly explain personal technical contributions, incident investigations, and how results were validated.
• Solid hands-on experience in at least one of these areas:
  • Infrastructure / Bare Metal: Linux administration, server provisioning, OS hardening, patching, hardware troubleshooting, and capacity planning
  • Virtualization: QEMU/KVM, hypervisor administration, VM lifecycle management, virtual networking, and resource planning
  • Network: Network planning, routing, DNS, firewalls, service connectivity, and network troubleshooting
  • Kubernetes / Rancher: Cluster provisioning, upgrades, networking, service exposure, access control, and production troubleshooting
  • Ceph Platform: Rook-Ceph, object storage/S3, storage lifecycle management, performance, recovery, and multisite replication
  • Data Service Platform: PostgreSQL, Valkey/Redis, Elasticsearch, high availability, replication, backup, and recovery
  • Monitoring & Alerting: Metrics, logs, dashboards, alerting, observability platforms, and performance analysis
  • CI/CD and Automation: Build and deployment pipelines, configuration management, infrastructure as code, release engineering, and operational automation
  • Security Operations: Certificate and secrets management, vulnerability remediation, security controls, incident response, and audit evidence
  • Development / Platform Engineering: Platform software, infrastructure tooling, system integrations, bug fixes, and automated testing

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $170,000-$200,000. Fortinet offers employees a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), 11 paid holidays, vacation time, and sick time as well as a comprehensive leave program.

Wage ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

All roles are eligible to participate in the Fortinet equity program, Bonus eligibility is reviewed at time of hire and annually at the Company's discretion.

Why Join Us:

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and identities to apply. We offer a supportive work environment and a competitive Total Rewards package to support you with your overall health and financial well-being. Embark on a challenging, enjoyable, and rewarding career journey with Fortinet. Join us in bringing solutions that make a meaningful and lasting impact to our 660,000+ customers around the globe.