Platform Reliability Engineer — Kubernetes & Infra Ops

Alibaba Cloud; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Alibaba Cloud is seeking an Infrastructure Operations SRE in Sunnyvale, CA to own infra operations and the stability platform engineering. You will manage Kubernetes clusters, databases, middleware, and application releases to keep critical platforms running in a dedicated cloud environment.

You will monitor, troubleshoot, and scale systems; perform backups, DR drills, and security hardening; and drive incident response and postmortems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or a related field and 3+ years in infra operations or SRE.
• Solid Linux administration and scripting skills with Kubernetes and cloud-native monitoring.
• Experience with MySQL/Redis/Kafka/RocketMQ/Nacos and database reliability.
• Strong development skills in Python, Go, or Java and automation tooling.
• Familiar with release, gateway config, and change/rollback practices.
• Security awareness, incident coordination, and ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Monitor Kubernetes clusters, databases, and middleware; manage capacity and scaling.
• Troubleshoot failures, perform fault isolation, and ensure rapid recovery.
• Maintain databases and middleware with backups, DR drills, and DR plans.
• Handle application initialization, versions, and configuration changes.
• Manage permissions, platform consoles, and account synchronization.
• Drive security and incident response, postmortems, and disaster recovery readiness.
• Oversee data onboarding for infra stability platforms and ensure data accuracy.

Skills

Linux administration

Shell scripting

Python

Kubernetes

Cloud-native monitoring

Database/Middleware

Go/Java development

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

RocketMQ

Nacos

MongoDB

Job description

Alibaba Cloud is seeking an Infrastructure Operations SRE in Sunnyvale, CA to own infra operations and the stability platform engineering. You will manage Kubernetes clusters, databases, middleware, and application releases to keep critical platforms running in a dedicated cloud environment.

You will monitor, troubleshoot, and scale systems; perform backups, DR drills, and security hardening; and drive incident response and postmortems.