Position: Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Company: Valtech
Experience required: 3y
Category: DevOps
English level: upper
Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00+02:00

We are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with a background in Reliability, covering Observability and Reliability, to join our network of more than 5000 consultants in 20 countries.

The client is a large global company with several digital retailers. It is the number one destination for shoppers who value flexible payment options. It receives over **2.2 million** visits every day. The client is focused on modernizing its existing systems and platforms, utilizing a wider variety of modern, cloud-based technologies.

**Valtech** is a founding member of **MACH Alliance**, a group that educates enterprises on best-of-breed Microservices, APIs, Cloud, and Headless (MACH) technology. Among the projects delivered are works for Levi's, BMW Online Store, Aerolíneas Argentinas.


**The ideal candidate's skills include:**
/ A background in **Reliability, covering Observability and Reliability**; with **Performance** as a nice to have
/ Experience of observability, from data ingestion to alerting and issue resolution using any Observability tools
/ Able to work with logging frameworks, log manipulation and shipping
/ Capable of testing and implementing resilience on new and existing **AWS** solutions
/ Performance testing a bonus but not a must have
/ Comfortable coding in one or more languages such as Python, Go, Java, NodeJS etc.
/ Experience of using Cloud based services preferred, AWS a bonus
/ You’ll know the basics of networking, such as IP addressing, firewalls, load balancers, HTTP etc.
/ Comfortable with Linux operating systems and able to create and maintain basic shell scripts
/ Technical knowledge/experience in building cloud solutions that have security, reliability, scalability, high availability and concurrency built-in from the outset
/ Some knowledge of IaaS deployment tools such as Terraform is a bonus
/ Competent in using source control, preferably Git based
/ Background and relevant current experience in a hands-on Observability/SRE/Platform Engineering role is preferred
/ Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies and working in cross-functional teams
/ Upper-Intermediate English level
/ Accountability, strong communication, collaboration, and time-management skills
/ Strong desire to learn more about business every day 


**The Role**
As a **Senior Site Reliability Engineer** you’ll be expected to:

/ Develop and maintain Observability solutions using Elastic Observability and OpenTelemetry
/ Test and implement resilience on new and existing AWS solutions
/ Assist tribes with performance testing (nice to have)
/ Build and maintain solutions developed on AWS
/ Help the tribes enable observability features. Also document the process for future reference
/ Assist on the creation and maintenance of pipelines to manage the observability components
/ Monitor and reporting usage of our cloud solutions
/ Help with developing the Observability pipelines
/ Develop quality controls to complete assigned tasks, including; code driven deployment; infrastructure deployment; automated testing; and effective operational monitoring, alerting and incident responses
/ Supply appropriate information and analysis to support resolution of issues and incidents with the tribes Observability

As a consultant you are expected to develop expertise both in technology and in communicating complex concepts and rationale to non-techies. We’ll encourage and support this with frequent opportunities to share ideas internally. We also have consultants frequently deliver at regional, national and global conferences.


**Recruitment process**
/ **HR interview**: we could be getting to know the profile and getting a clear understanding of what you are looking for. We will offer you our opportunity and tell you more about projects and the company. Also, you could ask specific questions about your role and team (language: Ukrainian, English)
/ **Technical interview**: We would like to see how you think and solve problems. We evaluate your technical level and send an invitation to the final interview to candidates who suit the open position (language: Ukrainian, English)
/ **Final interview**: Hiring Manager and People Partner will tell you more about our values and project details. We could be getting a clear understanding of your experience, expectations, and important things (language: Ukrainian, English)
/ **Job offer**: If all above goes well you will get an e-mail with the job offer


**Benefits**

**Mental and physical health:**
/ Medical insurance
/ Sports reimbursement budget
/ Home office support
/ A number of free psychological and legal consultations
/ Maternity & paternity leave support

**Personal and professional development:**
/ Internal workshops & learning initiatives
/ English language classes compensation
/ Professional certifications reimbursement
/ Participation in professional local & global communities
/ Growth Framework to manage expectations and define the steps to move towards the selected career
/ Mentoring program with the ability to become a mentor or a mentee to grow to a higher position

**Valtech Ukraine** has a system of progressive benefits packages in place – the longer you stay with the company – the more benefits you get.

For us, at **Valtech** our main priority has always been people. Valtech has created **One Fund** to support Ukrainian colleagues who have found their lives turned upside down at these tough times.

You can not only become a part of constant evolution but can lead the change. The more we grow – the more opportunities there are to take responsibility, implement your creative ideas, be the innovator and driver rather than the task executor.

**Say hello to your future. Apply!**