Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Microsoft
Job Summary
Microsoft's COSMIC team seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to maintain their Azure Kubernetes Service-based platform. Responsibilities include keeping platform components updated, debugging issues from upgrades, improving the platform through identifying patterns in service alerts and building auto-remediation solutions, creating dashboards/alerts for issue identification, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and ship new features. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration, experience with Agile methodologies, and strong problem-solving skills. Experience with Azure cloud and Kubernetes is preferred.
Must Have
- 6+ years experience in software engineering/systems administration or relevant degree and experience
- Experience with Agile development
- Maintain platform component updates and debug issues
- Build auto-remediation solutions
- Create dashboards/alerts for system health
Good to Have
- Azure cloud experience
- Kubernetes knowledge
Perks & Benefits
- Industry leading healthcare
- Educational resources
- Discounts on products and services
- Savings and investments
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Generous time away
- Giving programs
- Networking opportunities
Job Description
Overview
M365's COSMIC team designs, builds, and operates a global scale managed-runtime environment based on Azure Kubernetes Service for the benefit of Microsoft Substrate service and developers. COSMIC could be compared to a ‘Kubernetes PaaS’. Our charter builds and maintains solutions that enable substrate service teams onboarding to Cosmic Linux platform to focus on their own scenarios and business requirements rather than worrying about common infrastructure components like Deployment, Upgrades, Security, Observability, Debuggability etc.
We are looking for Senior Site Reliability Engineer to maintain the health of Cosmic platform by ensuring all the agents are updated, upgrades are happening as per schedule and debug any issues arising out of it. As an SRE, you would need to identify the patterns from the service alerts, add automations to enrich the incidents with metadata as well as build solutions for auto remediation wherever possible.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 6+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration.
- Experience with or exposure to Agile and iterative development processes.
Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Cloud and services experience, with Azure cloud experience.
- Working knowledge on Kubernetes.
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Responsibilities
- Keep the platform components updated incorporating the dependencies from other applications/tech stacks and debug any issues arising out of such upgrades/updates.
- Continuously improve our platform by identifying patterns in service alerts / incidents and building solutions for auto-remediation.
- Build dashboard/alerts for faster identification of issues and keeping the system health in check.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features to keep the platform health stable.