Job Details

We're looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to join our team.

Responsibilities:

1. Collaborate with the engineering team on projects as the expert on reliability, performance, and efficiency.
2. Automate away the process of managing capacity, safely deploy software, and mitigate system failures.
3. Proactively identify and develop areas to improve monitoring/alerting, reliability, performance, and automation.
4. Ability to root cause/troubleshoot issues in a fast paced environment, and implement solutions to prevent them from happening again.
5. Participate in on call 24*7*365 rotation to respond to alerts or outages.
6. Work closely to support engineering teams.
7. Look for areas to improve: remove bottlenecks, eliminate waste, improve performance, and reduce costs.

Requirements:

1. Previous experience in an SRE or related role: DevOps, platform engineering, software engineering.
2. CS Degree (or related field) and/or a demonstrable, solid understanding of CS fundamentals.
3. Proficient coder: strong with at least one programming language. (Golang a plus)
4. Deep understanding of Linux system internals / OS fundamentals.
5. Experience with distributed / highly available systems architecture, theory and practice.
6. Understanding of container and orchestration tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, etc.
7. Experience with an infrastructure-as-code tool (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc) [Terraform preferred].

Pluses:

1. Previous experience building and maintaining production systems in the cloud (AWS preferred).
2. Knowledge of security best practices operating in the cloud.
3. Experience with configuration management tools like Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.
4. Working knowledge of networking and common internet protocols (HTTP, SSL, DNS, TCP/IP).
5. Previous experience working on production, user-facing internet applications at scale.

LOCATION:

• Remote

BENEFITS:

• Flexible work environment - hybrid (if near an office) or 100% remote.
• Medical benefits, 401K matching.
• Generous paid time off.
• Learning Management System available through the Intranet providing free access to nearly 500 online training modules and personal development programs.
• Great development & growth opportunities for our employees.

Dynata offers their new colleague the opportunity to work in an open and global culture, where they welcome feedback and ideas from their colleagues. You will be working in a challenging and inspiring environment with talented colleagues from all over the world.

The salary range for this position is $90k - $112,000 USD/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A discretionary incentive program may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical and other benefits, dependent on full-time employment status.

At Dynata, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities in which we live and serve. Dynata welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. We are committed to an inclusive work culture for all our employees. Accommodations by request can be made for all aspects of the selection process.

Dynata is an equal employment and affirmative action employer OE/Minority/Female/Veteran/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity loop.

About the company

Dynata is a global online market research firm based in Plano, Texas and Shelton, Connecticut.