Senior Site Reliability Engineer

1 Year ago • 5 Years + • Devops

Job Summary

Job Description

Granicus is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join their team. The Senior SRE will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of services. Responsibilities include providing on-call production support, working on tickets raised by customers and internal teams, monitoring and maintaining systems, automating processes, incident management, system improvements, collaboration, documentation, capacity planning, and security implementation. The SRE will work to make sure that government and their constituents are connected by using digital solutions. The position requires flexibility in working hours to cover for any overlap and attend team meetings as needed.
Must have:
  • Provide production support on a shift.
  • Monitor and maintain systems.
  • Automate processes.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve incidents.
  • Create and maintain documentation.
Good to have:
  • Relevant certifications (AWS, Google Cloud).
  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Experience with database management (SQL, NoSQL).

Job Details

The Company  Serving the People Who Serve the People  Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and their constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers by meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.   Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers powering an unmatched Subscriber Network that uses our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.  Want to know more? See more of what we do here.  
Granicus is the leading provider of citizen engagement technologies and services for the public sector, bringing governments closer to the people they serve with the first-and-only Civic Engagement Platform. Granicus works with more than 5,500 government organizations and connects more than 280 million people in the largest Citizen Subscriber Network of its kind.
What your impact will look like here
  • Granicus​ is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our SRE team. As a Senior SRE, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our services. You will lead efforts in building and maintaining a robust infrastructure, automating processes, and guiding the team to implement best practices in site reliability.
  • Essential Function
  • ​​On-call Production Support: Provide production support on a shift according to the team on-call roster.
  • ​Work on the customer and internal engineering/implementation team raised tickets while not on-call for production support. For example, a client may request to correct some data on the database server which cannot be done through the web interface. 
  • ​Work on SREs backlog items. 
  • ​Monitor and Maintain Systems: Continuously monitor the health and performance of our services, systems, and infrastructure. Respond to alerts and incidents promptly to ensure high availability.
  • ​Automate Processes: Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to streamline operations and reduce manual intervention.
  • ​Incident Management: Assist in troubleshooting and resolving incidents, performing root cause analysis, and implementing long-term fixes to prevent recurrence.
  • ​System Improvements: Participate in designing and implementing system improvements to enhance reliability, scalability, and performance.
  • ​Collaboration: Work closely with software engineers to understand application requirements, provide feedback on design and architecture, and support deployment and release processes.
  • ​Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for processes, procedures, and troubleshooting guides to ensure knowledge sharing within the team.
  • ​Capacity Planning: Assist in capacity planning activities to anticipate future needs and ensure that our infrastructure can handle growth.
  • ​Security: Implement and adhere to security best practices to protect our systems and data.​

Technical skills (you know…)
  • Technical Skills: Good understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking, and cloud services (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud). Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Ruby.
  • ​Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • ​Experience: 5+ years of experience in site reliability engineering, system administration, or a similar role, with a proven track record of managing large-scale, high-availability systems
  • ​Technical Skills: Expertise in Linux/Unix systems, networking, and cloud services (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud). Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, Ruby) and programming languages (Go, Java, C++).
  • ​Tools and Technologies: Advanced knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk), configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet), and CI/CD pipelines.
  • ​Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues efficiently.
  • ​Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • ​Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a team, drive projects to completion, and manage cross-functional initiatives.​​

You will love this job if you have
  • 5+ years experience in a SRE, DevOps or Software Engineering role
  • ​Certifications: Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer, or similar.
  • ​Knowledge: In-depth understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).  
  • ​Experience: Experience with database management (SQL, NoSQL), load balancing, and distributed systems.​


Interview Process
  • Assessment – Take a quick assessment.
  • Phone screen – Speak to one of our talented recruiters to ensure this could be a fit.
  • Hiring Manager/Panel interview – Talk to the hiring manager so they can learn more about you and you about Granicus. Meet more members on the team! Learn more and share more.
  • Reference checks – Provide 2 references so we can hear about your awesomeness.
  • Verbal offer – Let’s talk numbers, benefits, culture and answer any questions.
  • Written offer – Sign a formal letter and get excited because we sure are!

Security and Privacy Requirements
  • Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.
  • Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.  

Shift Time :
  • The position requires flexibility in working hours to cover for any overlap and attend team meetings as needed.
  • Shift Time: 24/7 on-call, including weekends (typically one week every month) 


Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit! 
Security and Privacy Requirements -     Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program. -     Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.
The Team - We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Culture - At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be a part of our journey. - A few culture highlights include – Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices - Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work-life balance and current affairs.  - Microsoft Teams communities focused on wellness, art, furbabies, family, parenting, and more.-=- - We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee population 
The Impact - We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here.
Granicus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants and employees will be considered for employment and advancement without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, status regarding public assistance, familial status, military or veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.

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