Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Kevala; United States; Remote; USD 136,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Fully remote (US only)

Job summary

Kevala is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to own and lead a Google Cloud-based cloud platform powering CI/CD for grid and energy analytics. You will mentor engineers, shape DevOps direction, and drive reliability and security across the stack.

This is a fully remote role within the United States, with a base salary of $136,000 to $180,000 plus equity. Visa sponsorship is not available; US work authorization is required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in an SRE/DevOps or infrastructure role with staff-level leadership.
• Extensive hands-on experience designing and operating production Google Cloud Platform environments.
• Advanced Kubernetes expertise including GKE, Helm, and cluster administration.
• Production Terraform experience managing complex cloud environments.
• Strong automation and scripting in Bash, Python, or Go.
• Experience managing and scaling PostgreSQL or other data stores and security auditing.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform per best practices.
• Lead Infrastructure as Code strategy by writing/reviewing production-grade Terraform.
• Operate and scale Google Kubernetes Engine clusters, incl. ingress and monitoring.
• Champion security and compliance across IAM, GKE policies, and network layers; lead incident response.
• Manage provisioning, scaling, and reliability of Postgres databases and other data stores.
• Build observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Cloud operations) and mentor on scalable architecture.

Skills

Leadership in SRE/DevOps

Automation scripting

Security/compliance

Observability design

Tools

Terraform

GKE

Helm

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

PostgreSQL

Google Cloud Platform

IAM

Go

Job description

Role overview

A clean-energy technology organization is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to serve as a hands-on technical leader for its cloud platform. The role owns the architecture, reliability, and security of a Google Cloud-based infrastructure that powers a continuous deployment pipeline for grid and energy analytics products. It also includes mentoring engineers and shaping the broader DevOps direction.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform following established best practices.
• Lead the Infrastructure as Code strategy by writing and reviewing production-grade Terraform for all cloud resources.
• Operate and scale Google Kubernetes Engine clusters, including ingress, configuration, and monitoring components.
• Champion security and compliance across IAM, GKE policies, and network layers, including leading incident response.
• Manage provisioning, scaling, and reliability of Postgres databases and other data stores.
• Build and refine observability tooling such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and Google Cloud operations tooling, and mentor engineers on scalable architecture.

Requirements

• 8+ years in an SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering role, with prior Staff-level or equivalent technical leadership experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience designing and operating production Google Cloud Platform environments.
• Advanced Kubernetes expertise, ideally including GKE, Helm, and cluster administration.
• Production-level Terraform experience managing complex cloud environments.
• Strong automation and scripting skills in languages such as Bash, Python, or Go.
• Experience managing and scaling relational databases like Postgres, plus practical security implementation and auditing skills.

Benefits and work setup

• Fully remote role within the United States.
• Base salary range of $136,000 to $180,000 plus equity in the form of stock options.
• Visa sponsorship is not available; candidates must have current U.S. work authorization.