Site Reliability Engineer (FULLY REMOTE)

Cisco; Pennsylvania; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join their TechOps team. The role involves testing features, managing incidents, and working with cloud technologies like AWS. Candidates should have operational experience, particularly in Linux, and a passion for technology. The position requires strong collaboration skills and the ability to work on complex systems.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of Linux experience required.
• Basic to intermediate programming skills in Python or Go.
• Operational experience at scale with cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to test features in SplunkCloud.
• Develop and update documentation for infrastructure changes.
• Lead customer-related incidents in troubleshooting.

Skills

Linux

Cloud technologies

Programming in Python

Networking

Incident management

Education

SplunkCloud Architect Certification

Tools

Puppet

Jenkins

AWS

GCP

PowerShell

Microsoft Azure

Job description

**SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER**

JOB DESCRIPTION

Join us as we pursue our disruptive vision to make machine data accessible, usable, and valuable to everyone. We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our product and seek to deliver the best experience for our customers. At Splunk, we’re committed to our work, customers, having fun, and most significantly to each other’s success. Learn more about Splunk careers and how you can become a part of our journey!

**WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR**

The TechOps team is looking for leaders to help maintain, contribute to, improve, and document our next-generation large-scale Cloud offering. You should have an insatiable appetite for technology, a deep passion for learning, and a love for collaboration in an open and fun environment.

**WHAT YOU WILL DO:**

Individuals on the TechOps team will collaborate with multiple teams to:

1. Test features in our SplunkCloud offering.
2. Develop and update documentation for configuration and infrastructure changes.
3. Execute configuration and infrastructure changes on customer cloud environments.
4. Lead customer-related incidents in troubleshooting the SplunkCloud platform.
5. Develop and update automation tools.

**YOU SHOULD APPLY IF:**

+ You have operational experience at scale, including hands-on roles involving operating systems (particularly Linux) and networking.

+ You have worked with cloud technologies, especially AWS.

+ Your previous roles might include systems administrator, network engineer, or DevOps engineer.

+ You are passionate about your work, responsible, and excited about your projects.

+ You have experience in incident management and participation.

+ You love working with large, complex, distributed systems and enjoy scaling solutions across thousands of machines.

**REQUIREMENTS:**

+ Must acquire the SplunkCloud Architect Certification within the first 2 years.

+ 2-3 years of Linux experience.

+ Basic to intermediate programming skills in Python or Go.

+ Ability to work nights and weekends.

+ Ability to work on-call.

+ Eligibility to support a FedRAMP High environment (US only).

**PREFERRED SKILLS:**

+ Splunk administration.

+ Experience with Puppet, Jenkins, GCP, AWS, PowerShell, and Microsoft Azure (plus).

Splunk, a Cisco company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected categories.