Remote Senior Platform SRE: Cloud Reliability & IaC Lead

Zohorecruit; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit is seeking a Senior Platform / Site Reliability Engineer to own and improve a cloud-based SaaS environment. The role is remote with Australia/US scope and focuses on reliability, security, and scalable infrastructure on AWS.

You will lead Terraform-driven IaC implementations, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with software teams to deliver robust, performant systems. The ideal candidate combines hands-on expertise with proactive problem-solving and ownership.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience managing AWS production environments for SaaS applications.
• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Hands-on knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and rollback procedures.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability tools.
• Strong PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS experience, including performance tuning, backups, restores, and scalability.
• Experience developing and testing disaster recovery plans, including RTO and RPO.
• Good understanding of AWS security, networking, access management, and infrastructure management.
• Experience with capacity planning, performance optimization, and production incident resolution.
• Ability to independently manage production infrastructure and take full technical ownership.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage AWS production environments across Australia and the United States using Terraform.
• Improve monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability to identify and resolve issues early.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines and improve deployment processes, including automated health checks and rollbacks.
• Ensure PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS databases remain reliable, secure, and optimized for performance.
• Manage database backups, restoration procedures, query optimization, and scaling.
• Develop, document, and regularly test disaster recovery procedures.
• Monitor infrastructure capacity and prepare systems for increasing customer demand.
• Collaborate with software development teams to improve application reliability and performance.
• Manage infrastructure maintenance, server updates, security patches, and vulnerability fixes.
• Investigate production incidents, identify root causes, and implement long‑term solutions.
• Improve infrastructure automation and operational processes without disrupting ongoing development.

Skills

Platform Engineering

Site Reliability

AWS Expertise

Terraform

IaC

CI/CD Pipelines

Monitoring & Observability

PostgreSQL / RDS

Disaster Recovery

Security & Networking

Incident Response

Ownership

Communication

Job description

Zohorecruit is seeking a Senior Platform / Site Reliability Engineer to own and improve a cloud-based SaaS environment. The role is remote with Australia/US scope and focuses on reliability, security, and scalable infrastructure on AWS.

You will lead Terraform-driven IaC implementations, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with software teams to deliver robust, performant systems. The ideal candidate combines hands-on expertise with proactive problem-solving and ownership.