Kentik · 9 hours ago
Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud New
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$165K/yr - $200K/yr
8+ years expKentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams, seeking a Staff level Site Reliability Engineer (Cloud) to join their Product Engineering team. The role involves building and maintaining Synthetics and Cloud product lines, managing cloud applications, and ensuring infrastructure stability and efficiency.
Cloud Data ServicesInformation TechnologyNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Make sure our real-time, scalable, infrastructure is set up for growth and working efficiently. Our infrastructure runs on our own hardware, across multiple locations as well as all major cloud vendors
Work on tools and processes to better monitor our platform as well as ensuring its stability through our rapid growth
Deep-diving into diverse topics, from firewalls and IP routing, to database replication strategies or automating build processes
Collaborate with engineering and infrastructure teams on finding solutions from an operational perspective
Assist with expanding our cloud deployments across the major cloud providers
Contribute code, code reviews and tools or patches to all kinds of existing code
Write design documents or collaborate on colleagues’ docs to introduce new features or changes into our infrastructure
Provide valuable feedback on team goals, projects, and processes. We believe in continuously improving our team
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in cloud-based Systems Administration, IT and/or SRE related projects
Expertise in public cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or OCI
Strong command of containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
Solid programming and automation skills using Bash, Python, or Go
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management platforms such as Terraform, Ansible, and Puppet
Proficiency in Linux administration and command-line tools (e.g., SSH, grep, awk)
Detailed understanding of major internet protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, TLS)
Networking administration experience: concepts such as routing, firewalls (iptables), peering sound familiar
A passion for documenting code, processes, and infrastructure in runbooks and wikis
Worked with metrics monitoring solutions such as grafana, prometheus, telegraf, and OpenTelemetry
Experience creating and managing tickets with third party vendors and owning cloud vendor partner relationships
Preferred
Familiarity with Kubernetes automation tools, specifically managing complex deployments with Helm and Helmfile
Knowledge of scaling Kubernetes workloads and compute infrastructure
Experience optimizing CI/CD build and deploy pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins
Exposure to PagerDuty Integrations
Knowledge of SRE, DevOps and GitOps practices and principles
Benefits
100% of premiums are paid by company for health, vision and dental coverage for you and your dependents
Additionally, an annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $3,000 for an individual or $4,500 for a family
Paid family & medical leave
Open PTO, a quarterly Wellness Day, and a minimum of 10 paid holidays
401(k) retirement account
Home office reimbursement
Stock options
Company
Kentik
Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$101.7MKey Investors
Third Point VenturesVistara GrowthAugust Capital
2021-10-07Series C· $40M
2020-05-27Series Unknown· $23.5M
2016-08-04Series B· $23M
Leadership Team
Avi Freedman
Co-Founder and CEO
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Ian Pye
Co-Founder
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