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How to Become a Site Reliability Engineer: Roles and Salary Insights. #FiveNinesUnicorn #SRE #SiteReliabilityEngineering #DevOps #SysOps #CloudEngineering #CareerGoals #CareerChange #TechCareers #ITCareers #SREJobs #Kubernetes #CloudComputing #Automation #Monitoring #Upskilling #TechJobs #SalaryInsights #TechTalent

8 Pros and Cons of Being a Site Reliability Engineer https://buff.ly/4gbF0l5 #computernetworking #computerscience #databaseadministration #devops #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering #systemadministration #systemsengineering #webdevelopment

Roles and Responsibilities of a Site Reliability Engineer ========================================= A Site Reliability Engineer's responsibilities can be divided into two main categories.   1️⃣ Technical work - Technical work includes things like Writing code to automate tasks Provisioning new servers Trouble shooting outages when they do occur   2️⃣ Process work - Process work includes things like On-call rotations Incident response Reviewing post-incident reports #sre #devops

As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), I believe that system design is just as crucial for us as it is for Software Development Engineers (SDEs). SREs create internal systems and tools to improve the efficiency and reliability of cloud operations. Examples include Terraform management consoles, job schedulers, configuration management tools, key-value stores, product integration tools, and data migration tools. Even though these tools may not have a large user base, they still require robust architectural design. With this in mind, I’ve developed a high-level design for a Job Scheduler/Runner tool. This tool can execute daily or one-time tasks on remote hosts (e.g., cleanup jobs). In my current and previous roles, I often had to perform ad-hoc tasks on remote hosts without having the right tools, which inspired this idea. Here are the key requirements I considered: Functional Requirements: 1. Create, edit, and delete jobs. 2. Schedule and run jobs. 3. View job execution history. Non-Functional Requirements: 1. High availability. 2. Eventual consistency. I've also defined the APIs and database schema. You can find the details in my GitHub repo: https://lnkd.in/dw2hXN3g I’m open to discussing this design further. Any feedback or ideas are welcome in the comments or via DM. #SystemDesign #HLD #SRE #Engineering #LLD #SDE #tools #systems

Understanding the Impact of a Site Reliability Engineer Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) play a crucial role in maintaining the stability and efficiency of IT systems. But how do we measure their success and impact within an organisation? Here are some key indicators: - 📈 Uptime and Reliability: One of the primary metrics is system uptime. A successful SRE ensures minimal downtime, maintaining high availability and reliability of services. Tracking uptime percentages can provide a clear picture of their effectiveness. - ✅ Incident Response: The speed and efficiency with which an SRE responds to incidents is another critical measure. Reduced Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) indicates a proficient SRE who can quickly diagnose and resolve issues. - 🔍 Automation and Efficiency: SREs often focus on automating repetitive tasks. The extent to which they have automated processes can be measured by the reduction in manual interventions and the increase in operational efficiency. These metrics not only highlight the technical prowess of an SRE but also their ability to enhance overall system performance and reliability. If you're looking to hire a skilled SRE or seeking new opportunities in this field, comment below or connect with me directly. Visit charles-simon.co.uk for more information. #SRE #ITInfrastructure #TechJobs

DVA is not associated with this job post. Senior Site Reliability Engineer I https://lnkd.in/ekVb8vwc US - Remote What you'll do: Be an example of the best practices your team and adjacent teams should follow when building and maintaining our infrastructure. Run and orchestrate our infrastructure with Terraform, Github Actions, Kubernetes and more in AWS. Guide and mentor less-experienced team members (mid and junior-level). Deliver highly scalable, resilient, and cost-effective infrastructure solutions for our customers to use. Employ a proactive approach to problem-solving (driving for measurable results, leading by example, using log data to identify problem areas and propose solutions, etc). Collaborate on project milestones and help drive the team to break down large initiatives into iterative work items and drive ownership of task generation and ticket management... #jobshiring #jobsearch #jobs #jobsearching #jobseekers #job #hiring #jobseeker #nowhiring #jobinterview #jobopportunity #recruitment #hiringnow #jobvacancy #jobsite #career #jobhunting #jobseeking #jobopening #jobhunt #jobfair #jobposting #jobalert #employment #work #resume #jobsearchtips #recruiting #careers #jobstopper

#hiring Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, Austin, United States, fulltime #jobs #jobseekers #careers #Austinjobs #Texasjobs #Engineering Apply: https://lnkd.in/gd_Aav5N Job Description Cybersource Production Support is responsible for supporting the CyberSource applications for enterprise-level. This team responds to all reports of application problems in production and staging environments, and works as quickly as possible to mitigate impacts, provide RCAs and recommendations, and to generate reports and analytics on issue impacts. We are looking for someone with significant analytical capabilities as we need the person in this position to be comfortable in troubleshooting production issues.This role require significant on-call 24x7 support and responsibilities. In addition, the Senior Software Engineer will build and enhance key applications that form the core of CyberSource transaction platform. This highly visible and mission critical position will require in-depth knowledge of how the various applications that constitute the platform function, leveraging Java and open source technologies and include server-side and UI-based applications. The responsibilities include gathering and clarifying requirements, facilitating communication with other groups within the company with the objective of constantly improving CyberSource suite of applications. As a key member of the engineering team, you will need to communicate technical ideas clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences. This position also requires strong analytical skills. Responsibilities : - Gather and analyze requirements from Product Managers/Owners - Acquire deep knowledge on multiple applications in order to independently support them. - Work closely with Operations & Infrastructure groups to understand challenges in production environments. - Build tools to improve application reliability and quality, and programmer productivity - Partner with various teams to diagnose, troubleshoot and fix issues that cause impact to customers - Design and enhance highly scalable and fault-tolerant systems to meet increasing levels of reliability, availability,scalability - Provide architectural recommendations in the area of application serviceability to allow elimination or early detection of potential issues - Lead in issue postmortems and provide quality metrics that set direction for quality initiatives by identifying chronic problem areas - Understand and adhere to SOA and messaging principles - Author technical specifications and design documents - Be willing to work on both server-side and UI-side modules - Able to work with various cross functional

Challenges faced as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) can be quite unique and demanding. One of the most common issues is managing system reliability while scaling infrastructure. Balancing these two can be tricky. For instance, I worked with a client who was expanding rapidly. Their infrastructure needed to support a growing user base without compromising on performance. We tackled this by implementing automated monitoring tools and predictive analytics. This allowed us to foresee potential bottlenecks and address them proactively. Another significant challenge is incident response. SREs often deal with unexpected outages or performance issues. A memorable experience was during a major product launch. The system faced an unexpected surge in traffic, causing partial outages. Our team had to act swiftly. We used a combination of load balancing and real-time diagnostics to identify and resolve the issue. Post-incident, we conducted a thorough review and improved our incident response protocols to prevent future occurrences. Lastly, maintaining a balance between development and operations can be tough. SREs need to ensure that new features do not compromise system reliability. I recall a project where the development team was eager to roll out new features. We collaborated closely, using continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. This ensured that new code was thoroughly tested and did not disrupt existing services. What challenges have you faced as an SRE? Share your experiences in the comments or connect with me if you're looking to hire or find a new role. Visit charles-simon.co.uk for more insights. ✅ Automated monitoring ✅ Incident response ✅ CI/CD pipelines #SRE #Tech #ITInfrastructure

Hi, NEED CANDIDATE ON MY #W2 only  Title: Site reliability engineer Location: Dallas, Tampa or Jersey City Duration:6+ months  MOI: Skype **Candidates must have pure SRE experience and not be a SRE/DevOps candidate.  The impact you will have in this role: #EAS #RDS family is responsible for providing technical support for #GTR and #TIW applications that are beyond the development stage and are running in the daily operations of the firm. SRE team, part of #EAS #RDS, works closely with development teams, infrastructure partners, and internal / external clients to improve operational supportability, resiliency and mean time to restore service through non-functional requirements and improvements to support capabilities. Your Primary Responsibilities: •    Join all project stakeholders planning and design sessions, sprint zero and stand-ups for all new delivery fully understanding the changes and impact. •    Attend and present operational readiness with application support (#EAS #L2) at each project management meeting - raise any operational risks and concerns. •    Partner with IT Embedded Risk Managers to identify strategic solutions for risk incidents. •    Metrics and Reporting – demonstrate operational improvements through defined KPIs. •    Ensure #NFRs are raised, properly defined and prioritized as part of delivery.   •    Review all Controls and Alerting for new delivery and ensure it meets operational standards. •    #TestNFRs in #UAT environments to validate effectiveness and completeness of operational capabilities. •    Partner with #ETE to drive resiliency testing scenarios. •    Evaluate how the application behaves for hardware failures in the middle of processing.   •    Make design recommendations that will allow the application to recover without cleanup activities or create a recovery runbook for application support team to follow for improved application recovery times.     •    Ensure avoidance of creation of “control of controls” or “alert of alerts” instead of improving application controls and alerting. •    Participate in daily EAS RDS L2 activities to understand what can be improved to make support of #RDS applications more efficient and organized. •    Understanding of #SRE Principles/Practices and metrics as well as #Traceability #SRE