At least 4 years of prior demonstrated experience in Site Reliability Engineering, or an Infrastructure-focused role.
Proficient in at-least one programming or scripting languages like Java, Python, Golang, Perl, Ruby, , etc., for developing tools in Observability, ETL, etc.
First hand experience in debugging, performance tuning and root cause analysis of Applications.
Support of internet-facing production services and distributed systems via deployments, onCall and Incident Management.
Proficiency in implementing and coordinating telemetry using monitoring and observability tools like Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus, or similar.
Experience in solving and resolving issues in Kubernetes from both an operating system and application perspective.
Strong understanding of database principles and working knowledge in distributed storage and infrastructural solutions such as Oracle, Cassandra, SOLR, and Kafka
Good command on Linux, Networking concepts (TLS/SSL, DNS, Load Balancers, etc.,) and troubleshooting skills in large scale environments
Deep understanding of basic security concepts and protocols - authentication, authorization, signing, encryption, SSL/TLS, SSH/SFTP, PKI, X509 certificates and PGP.
Excellent knowledge of ITIL terminology for incident and problem management
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or other related discipline.
Preferred Qualifications
Building and operating container orchestrating systems like Kubernetes or EKS.
Experience with container management and micro-services architectures such as Docker in cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
Hands-on experience in Java programming.
Good experience in performance tuning databases.
Understanding of Git, CI/CD, Release Engineering and DevOps.
Strong Load Balancing (Nginx, Envoy, NetScaler) experience is a huge plus.
Familiarity with Modern web services architectures, cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure and distributed storage systems (ScaleIO, Amazon S3).
Understanding of security standards, policies, and cryptography.
Track record of excellent interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills.