Senior Site Reliability Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Bodega Bay (CA); Remote; USD 137,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in genetic testing is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join their Platform group. The role involves designing robust infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes, ensuring high performance and security for bioinformatics workflows. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience and a passion for impactful work.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life plans

Free testing for employees and dependents

401k benefits

Generous employee referral program

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience with AWS services.
• Expert-level Terraform skills, including module development.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AWS and Kubernetes platform.
• Architect and automate scalable, secure infrastructure.
• Contribute to cutting-edge R&D and bioinformatics initiatives.

Skills

Terraform

AWS services

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Education

BS degree in computer science

Tools

AWS CDK

Docker

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

Position Summary:

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer within the Platform group will join a tight-knit, cross-functional team of scientists and engineers. This team is dedicated to developing a scalable and robust platform that will underpin Natera's next of clinical assays. You will be instrumental in the design, development, and architecture of software products relevant to the clinical laboratory, while also contributing to cutting-edge R&D, bioinformatics, and high-performance computing initiatives. We're seeking an experienced candidate who is proficient across various tech stacks, passionate about building robust and scalable software, and excited about their work directly impacting the care of millions of patients.

The Senior DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer will design and implement our AWS and Kubernetes platform. You'll architect and automate scalable, secure infrastructure that supports our bioinformatics workflows while maintaining operational excellence and cost optimization.

Required Skills:

• BS degree in computer science or equivalent program

• 7+ years of software development experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM)

• Expert-level Terraform skills, including module development and state management

• Experience with EKS, Karpenter, and Kubernetes operators

• Expertise in AWS security best practices and compliance frameworks

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools

• Knowledge of cost allocation tags and AWS Cost Explorer

• Experience with infrastructure validation and testing

• Strong scripting skills in Python or Bash

Experience with:

• Terraform, AWS CDK

• EKS, Karpenter, Helm

• AWS Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail

• Vault or AWS Secrets Manager

• Prometheus, Grafana, Loki

• AWS Organizations and IAM

• Docker, Kubernetes

• Terratest for infrastructure validation

#LI-TH1 #LI-Remote

The pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.Remote USA$137,200—$171,500 USD

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Natera is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women's health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you'll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you'll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!

For more information, visit www.natera.com.

Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to , , , , or expression, , , genetics, , veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California .

Link: https://www.natera.com/notice-of-data-collection-california-/

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