Senior Site Reliability Engineer
This is a remote position.
Our ideal candidate is able to work with our product and platform engineering teams to create reliable, repeatable, and performant infrastructure, as well as facilitate product deployments into that infrastructure. Our primary focus is within public cloud, where we primarily utilize AWS, with a subset of existing resources run in Azure. Engineers must be familiar with cloud native approaches, including but not limited to infrastructure-as-code, continuous integration and continuous deployment. Security of our environment is paramount. Ability to work well with others across the organization is highly desired.
Preferred technologies:
Grafana
GitLab
Artifactory
AWS
Terraform
Linux and/or Windows scripting
Containerization
Octopus Deploy
Responsibilities:
Designing, building, and deploying solutions that increase product reliability and organizational efficiency
Motivating and guiding the creation of effective CI/CD pipelines
Providing mentorship and insight into DevSecOps best-practices
Working with product teams to expose their requirements and support the above
Improving reliability via root cause analyses, post-mortems, and using code to prevent recurrence
Implementing effective monitoring and security scanning
Assisting support teams in resolving issues
Demonstrating and evangelizing state of the art technologies and practices that can be used to build and improve better workflows
Discovering and implementing automation to reduce manual support requirements
Providing emergency after-hours support if needed
Qualifications:
Degree or diploma in Computer Sciences or related fields, or equivalent work experience
5+ years of experience as a software engineer and writing Infrastructure-and Configuration-as-Code
Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
Highly proficient in AWS design and architecture
Professional level AWS Certification a significant asset
Highly experienced with Terraform and or AWS CloudFormation
Experience with Infrastructure- and Configuration-as-Code
Experience with Windows scripting
Highly proficient with CI/CD pipeline systems, preferably GitLab
Experience with Git in a multi-team environment
Some experience with containers and containers-as-a-service systems, such as EKS and or ECS
Experience with log aggregation systems
Experience with APM solutions and infrastructure monitoring solutions such as Grafana is an asset
Desire to push themselves and learn new things
About Innosphere:
Founded in 1997, Innosphere provides technology staffing solutions to clients across North America. We have specialized in remote work for over 15 years. Our staffing solutions include fully managed development teams coupled with expert consulting, full-time hiring, and flexible staffing.
Innosphere is a permanent remote company but we do have an office location in Guelph to provide employees opportunities to work intermittently in an office environment. We have collaborative space for meetings, lunches, and company events. Our employees have the freedom to choose where they prefer to work.
Innosphere is committed to providing its employees with endless possibilities to learn new things and to work with the latest technologies.
When we hire, we look for people who align with our core values:
Remote First: Innosphere is a remote company but offers in-office workspace. Employee connections are fostered through shared experiences and events. Community Involvement: Innosphere strives to make a difference in the community through charity initiatives and volunteer opportunities. Employee Growth: Innosphere provides opportunities to work with new technologies and funds employee training. Our philosophy is to promote internally when possible.
Life as an Innospherian - Who we are and how we work:
Work From Home
Flexible Work Schedule
Team Owned Deliverables
Charity Initiatives
Promote From Within
Some other perks:
Generous Time Off
Above Average Benefits (Dental, Health, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, Life, Dependent Life)
Home Office Benefit Program
Yearly Professional Development Budget
Annual Fitness Benefit
Lunch & Learns and Virtual Events
Annual In-Person Celebrations
RRSP with Company Match
Volunteer Days
Sports Tickets for Blue Jays games
Birthday Club
Innosphere welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Only applicants meeting the criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process. All applicants are subject to a criminal, educational, and employment history background check. Must be currently residing in Canada and legally permitted to work in Canada. No phone calls please.
At Innosphere, we value transparency in our hiring process. Please note that we use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and AI-assisted tools to help manage applications and support our recruitment process. All applications are reviewed fairly, and final hiring decisions are always made by our hiring team.
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