Site Reliability Engineer I - BKS Operate

Site Reliability Engineer I (aka SRE I) are specialists in treating operations as a software problem. They

focus on reliability of systems and services - addressing availability, performance, scalability, latency,

observability, efficiency.

The role of a SRE I is to produce quality technical solutions to problems outlined by the Engineering

Manager and Product Owner. They write good quality test and production code with little supervision.

They have the knowledge to use the right design pattern at the right time and follow best practices with

minimal support. A SRE I works on concrete topics as any other team members, but the delivery is

slower than more experienced SREs because of the lack of experience and expertise in some

technologies and the lack of commercial awareness. The primary differences between a SRE I and a SRE

II are both the expectations of velocity as well as the amount of effort required to produce a

stand-alone solution.

Because the required technical skills and commercial knowledge can vary from one area to another, SRE

I can wear several hats; part of a business service owner team, owner of a piece of infrastructure,

and/or consultant to product development teams regarding Site Reliability Engineering related scope.

Yeras of expereince - 1 -3 Years

Key Responsibilities

Building software applications

• Has sufficient knowledge to build software applications by using relevant development
  
  
  

languages and applying knowledge of systems, services and tools appropriate for the business

area

• Has sufficient knowledge to refactor and simplify code by introducing design patterns when
  
  
  

necessary

• Has sufficient knowledge to ensure the quality of the application by following standard testing
  
  
  

techniques and methods that adhere to the test strategy

• Has basic knowledge to write readable and reusable code by applying standard patterns and
  
  
  

using standard libraries

• Has basic knowledge to maintain data security, integrity and quality by effectively following
  
  
  

company standards and best practices

Software Systems Design

• Has basic knowledge to evaluate possible architecture solutions by taking into account cost,
  
  
  

business requirements, technology requirements and emerging technologies

• Has basic knowledge to describe the implications of changing an existing system or adding a
  
  
  

new system to a specific area, by having a broad, high-level understanding of the infrastructure

and architecture of our systems

• Has basic knowledge to help grow the business and/or accelerate software development by
  
  
  

applying engineering techniques (e.g. prototyping, spiking and vendor evaluation) and

standards

• Has basic knowledge to meet business needs by designing solutions that meet current
  
  
  

requirements and are adaptable for future enhancements

End to End System Ownership

• Has basic knowledge to own a service end to end by actively monitoring application health and
  
  
  

performance, setting and monitoring relevant metrics and act accordingly when violated

• Has basic knowledge to reduce business continuity risks and bus factor by applying
  
  
  

state-of-the-art practices and tools, and writing the appropriate documentation such as

runbooks and OpDocs

• Has basic knowledge to reduce risk and obtain customer feedback by using continuous delivery
  
  
  

and experimentation frameworks

• Has sufficient knowledge to independently manage an application or service by working
  
  
  

through deployment and operations in production

• Has basic knowledge to maintain data security, integrity and quality by effectively following
  
  
  

company standards and best practises

Technical Incident Management

• Has basic knowledge to address and resolve live production issues by mitigating the customer
  
  
  

impact within SLA

• Has basic knowledge to improve the overall reliability of systems by producing long term
  
  
  

solutions through root cause analysis

• Has basic knowledge to keep track of incidents by contributing to postmortem processes and
  
  
  

logging live issues.

Automation and toil reduction

• Has basic knowledge to ensure that infrastructure stays current by reducing technical debt,
  
  
  

searching for bottlenecks and preparing for scaling

• Has basic knowledge to reduce cost of operations and maintenance by leveraging new
  
  
  

technologies, automation, and partner with vendors to ensure we stay current

• Has basic knowledge to reduce human labour by writing small software features that address
  
  
  

availability, scalability, latency and efficiency

Monitoring and Alerting improvements

• Has sufficient knowledge to review and verify performance of production systems and network
  
  
  

infrastructure by continuously monitoring appropriate observability metrics, business KPIs and

capacity planning

• Has basic knowledge to improve application reliability by partnering with development teams to
  
  
  

advise on setting appropriate observability metrics

Critical Thinking

• Has sufficient knowledge to systematically identify patterns and underlying issues in complex
  
  
  

situations, and to find solutions by applying logical and analytical thinking.

• Has sufficient knowledge to constructively evaluate and develop ideas, plans and solutions by
  
  
  

reviewing them, objectively taking into account external knowledge, initiating 'SMART'

improvements and articulating their rationale.

Continuous Quality and Process Improvement

• Has basic knowledge to identify opportunities for process, system and structural improvements
  
  
  

(i.e performance gains) by examining and evaluating current process flows, methods and

standards.

• Has basic knowledge to design and implement relevant improvements by defining adapted/new
  
  
  

process flows, standards, and practices that enable business performance.

Effective Communication

• Has sufficient knowledge to deliver clear, well-structured, and meaningful information to a
  
  
  

target audience by using suitable communication mediums and language tailored to the

audience

• Has sufficient knowledge to achieve mutually agreeable solutions by staying adaptable,
  
  
  

communicating ideas in clear coherent language and practising active listening

• Has sufficient knowledge to ask relevant (follow-up) questions to properly engage with the
  
  
  

speaker and really understand what they are saying, by applying listening and reflection

techniques

Architectural Guidance

• Has basic knowledge to advise product teams towards a technical solution that meets the
  
  
  

functional, nonfunctional & architectural requirements by challenging the rationale for an

application design and providing context in the wider architectural landscape

Pre-Employment Screening

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.