Sr. Site Reliability Engineer: Splunk Cloud Services

Splunk Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 139,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join their Cloud Services team. This role is pivotal in shaping the future of cloud offerings, focusing on enhancing the reliability and performance of large-scale systems. You will collaborate with talented engineers to innovate and optimize cloud-based solutions, ensuring exceptional service delivery. If you are passionate about building robust systems and enjoy mentoring others, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment. Join a forward-thinking company that values creativity and teamwork, and help drive the next generation of cloud technology.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Arrangements

Incentive Compensation

Equity Awards

Long-term Cash Awards

Qualifications

• Experience with regulated environments like FISMA and FedRAMP.
• Strong knowledge of cloud computing and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and build of large-scale cloud offerings.
• Engage with service owners to implement modern SRE practices.

Skills

Kubernetes

GoLang

Python

Linux Systems

Distributed Systems

Security Best Practices

Performance Optimization

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Splunk

Job description

Sr. Site Reliability Engineer: Splunk Cloud Services

Join us as we pursue our exciting 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!

Role:

Splunk's Cloud Services group is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to help lead, design and build the next generation of our large scale cloud offering. You will be working on core services and applications that form the primitives for our current and future cloud service offerings. Site Reliability Engineers in this role will be engaging with multiple service owners across the platform to instruct and implement modern interpretations of SRE, observability, Chaos Engineering and DevOps. This role is highly visible and impactful to the organization and will help shape Splunk's Engineering culture for years to come. Your job, in a nutshell, is to make every team around you better... including your own!

You will:

• Own Splunk Cloud in FedRAMP environments.
• Work across the organization to deliver quality products that delight Splunk's passionate users.
• Work with teams of tight-knit engineers who are building a state-of-the-art, cloud-based environment for massive-scale data processing.

Qualifications:

• Experience working with regulated computing environments such as FISMA and/or FedRAMP and are enthusiastic about doing it better.
• This is a fully remote, US-based/work-from-home position so you must be a US Citizen working on US soil to be considered.
• Worked with Kubernetes, EKS, GKE or AKS and the associated ecosystems. Kubernetes' certifications or interest in acquiring these certifications are a plus, such as those from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation; Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS).
• Enjoy building and running distributed systems at scale in production. You understand the challenges and trade-offs to be made when building and deploying systems to production.
• Have a good understanding of linux systems (network stack, file system, OS services) and networking (L2 vs. L3, network architecture, VLANs, etc).
• Experience with at least one programming language, preferably GoLang (go) or python. Knowledge of working with and automating linux systems tasks using this language is required, including working with configuration files and system services. Knowledge of common data structures and algorithms, as well as their performance characteristics is required.
• Knowledge of standard methodologies related to security, performance, and disaster recovery.
• Skilled in identifying performance bottlenecks, identifying anomalous system behavior, and resolving root cause of service issues.
• Assembled Open Source components into cohesive services.
• Designed and developed systems and/or software features.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.

Preferred skills:

• Experience monitoring cloud environments with Splunk.
• Experience with development and deployment in a hosted cloud environment, preferably AWS, Azure or GCP. Cloud certifications are a plus or an interest in obtaining these certifications, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or Google Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE).
• Experience with large scale distributed cloud service development, infrastructure, traffic management and architecture.
• Experience with distributed architectures/systems with optimized and scalable software that operates on a large number of nodes.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Note:

Base Pay Range

SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area

Base Pay Range: $174,800.00 - 240,350.00 per year

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts

Base Pay Range: $157,320.00 - 216,315.00 per year

All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.

Base Pay Range: $139,840.00 - 192,280.00 per year

Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.

Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off and much more! Learn more about our next-level benefits at https://splunkbenefits.com.