Remote Site Reliability Engineer: Build Reliable, Scalable Systems

RELX INC; United States; Remote; USD 56,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

RELX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to build reliable, scalable systems from home-based Ireland. You will automate operations, monitor performance, and collaborate across teams to improve service availability and resilience.

The role emphasizes scripting, cloud platforms, monitoring tools, and CI/CD practices to reduce incident response times and support continuous delivery across critical platforms.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, or Bash.
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix operating systems.
• Knowledge of networking concepts including TCP/IP.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation practices.
• Knowledge of configuration management and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop software and scripts to automate operational tasks and incident response.
• Monitor system performance and establish alerting for rapid incident detection and resolution.
• Reduce MTTR through effective monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational improvements.
• Scale infrastructure and support capacity planning for high availability.
• Analyze logs, traces, and metrics to identify bottlenecks and optimize performance.
• Define and monitor SLIs/SLOs and manage error budgets with product teams.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve service performance and release processes.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Bash

Linux/Unix

TCP/IP

AWS

GCP

Azure

Prometheus

Grafana

CI/CD

Ansible

Terraform

Problem-solving

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Ansible

Terraform

Jenkins

Job description

RELX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to build reliable, scalable systems from home-based Ireland. You will automate operations, monitor performance, and collaborate across teams to improve service availability and resilience.

The role emphasizes scripting, cloud platforms, monitoring tools, and CI/CD practices to reduce incident response times and support continuous delivery across critical platforms.