Greystar · 17 hours ago
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Greystar is a leading global real estate platform specializing in property management and investment management. They are seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to lead the technical strategy and greenfield build of their Azure platform, focusing on system maintenance and automation to ensure reliability and observability at scale.
Responsibilities
Build & Deploy: Azure landing zones, AKS, networking, and CI/CD from scratch (Terraform/Bicep, GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps)
Operate & Scale: Patching, upgrades, backup/DR, inventory/tagging, drift detection, and config/state tracking (e.g., Azure Policy, Resource Graph)
Reliability & Observability: Define SLOs/error budgets; instrument metrics/logs/traces with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App Insights, and Prometheus/Grafana; create actionable alerts and runbooks
Influence the product architecture and roadmap to make sure the customer-experienced supportability is always a key consideration when evolving the product
Collaborate closely with engineering teams on building and enhancing tooling and automation solutions for faster resolution of issues impacting SLO’s and averting incidents altogether when possible
Collaborate with the customers to understand their pain points around Supportability and SLO attainment and formulate strategies for addressing recurring issues in a sustainable way
Qualification
Required
5+ years in software engineering, network engineering, DevOps, or systems administration
3+ years operating large-scale cloud services in Azure
Strong DevOps skills: Terraform/Bicep, GitOps/CI-CD, and scripting (Python/Go/Bash/PowerShell)
Deep AKS operations (Helm, upgrades, HPA/KEDA, backups) and Azure networking (VNets/peering, Private Link, App Gateway/WAF, Front Door/DNS)
Observability expertise (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics/KQL, App Insights, Prometheus/Grafana)
Proven incident management, change control, and documentation/runbook craft
Comfort building net-new systems in a fast-moving, startup-like environment
Preferred
Takes initiative and drives projects from conception to completion
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
Background in investment management or multifamily real estate
Benefits
Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability & Life insurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service.
Generous Paid Time off. All new hires start with 15 days of vacation, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 11 paid holidays. Plus your birthday off after 1 year of service! Additional vacation accrued with tenure.
For onsite team members, onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability.
6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter).
401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.
Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10,000 (includes adoption or surrogacy).
Employee Assistance Program.
Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Legal Plans.
Charitable giving program and benefits.
Benefits offered for full-time employees.
Company
Greystar
Greystar provides services in the multifamily real estate businesses.
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