Site Reliability Engineer/ System Administrator at ENGIE

Job Purpose/Mission   

• We are seeking a talented and experienced System Administrator/Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our dynamic team. As an SRE, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems and services. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement and maintain robust infrastructure solutions, focusing on automation, monitoring, and incident response. The ideal candidate is passionate about optimizing and enhancing system reliability, possesses strong problem-solving skills, and is committed to driving excellence in operational practices. 

Responsibilities  

• Infrastructure Automation: 
• Develop and maintain automation tools and scripts for provisioning, configuration, and deployment. 
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) practices to ensure consistency and reproducibility. 
• Monitoring and Incident Response: 
• Set up and maintain monitoring systems to detect and respond to performance issues and outages. 
• Participate in on-call rotations and respond promptly to incidents, troubleshoot, and implement solutions to prevent recurrence. 
• Performance Optimization: 
• Optimize system performance through continuous analysis and tuning. 
• Reliability Engineering: 
• Implement best practices for reliability, such as error budgeting, SLIs/SLOs, and blameless post-mortems. 
•  Work towards minimizing manual intervention through automation. 
• System Administration: 
•  Manage and maintain server infrastructure, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of operating systems. 
• Implement and maintain security measures, such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems. 
• Perform regular system backups and recovery procedures. 
• Collaboration and Communication: 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure and operational requirements. 
• Provide technical guidance and support to colleagues in areas related to reliability. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. 
• Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or System Administrator. 
• Strong Linux and Bash scripting skills. 
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, Linode, DigitalOcean). 
• Experience with container orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, LXD). 
• In-depth knowledge of networking, security, and system administration. 
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible). 
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. 
• Strong communication and collaboration skills. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and related tools. 
• Knowledge of distributed systems and microservices architecture. 
• Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack). 
• Familiarity with programming languages (e.g., Python, Ruby).