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IBM Site Reliability Engineer SRE 
India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 
791702993

04.09.2024

Your Role and Responsibilities
  • Infrastructure Management:
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable, resilient infrastructure using cloud platforms (AWS and Azure).
  • Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters, containers, and microservices.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform (Must), Ansible (Good to have), or CloudFormation(Good to have).
  • Automation & CI/CD:
  • Maintain automated CI/CD pipelines to ensure rapid, safe, and reliable delivery of software.
  • Automate repetitive tasks, processes, and workflows to increase efficiency and reduce human error.
  • Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure visibility into system performance.
  • Cost Optimization:
  • Set up monitoring and reporting tools to track cloud spending in real-time.
  • Regularly review the architecture and operations to identify areas where costs can be reduced. This includes evaluating new tools, services, or practices that could lead to further cost savings.
  • Collaborate with development teams to ensure that cost-efficient practices are followed in software design and deployment.
  • Recommend and manage the purchase of reserved instances, savings plans, or other discounts offered by cloud providers to reduce costs for long-term workloads.
  • Incident Response & Troubleshooting:
  • Respond to and resolve incidents in a timely manner, ensuring minimal downtime and impact on customers.
  • Perform root cause analysis and post-mortem reviews to prevent recurrence of issues.
  • Collaborate with development teams to improve system reliability through proactive issue identification and resolution.
  • Performance Optimization:
  • Monitor system performance and capacity, and implement improvements to optimize efficiency and scalability.
  • Analyze and improve application performance, ensuring high availability and low latency.
  • Security & Compliance:
  • Ensure security best practices are followed across the infrastructure.
  • Implement security controls and monitoring to protect against vulnerabilities and threats.
  • Work with compliance teams to ensure systems adhere to regulatory requirements.
  • Collaboration & Communication:
  • Work closely with software engineers, product managers, platform team, Global Support and other stakeholders to ensure system reliability aligns with business goals.
  • Provide guidance and mentorship to junior SREs and other team members.
  • Document processes, procedures, and best practices for the broader team.”


Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or another relevant field.
  • Prior experience of 5-8 years with Enterprise Backup/Storage solutions.
  • Good understanding of IT infrastructure and ITSS security standards which integrates or are used by backup or storage solution.
  • Highly motivated with a desire to improve processes and procedures that support the backup and storage infrastructure.
  • Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the risks and security vulnerabilities for backup/storage applications.
  • Awareness of penetration testing methods preferred.


Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 3-5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or a similar role.
  • Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS and Azure) and cloud-native technologies.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and automation tools.
  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration.
  • Knowledge of networking, security, and infrastructure best practices.
  • Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack).
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.