For one our clients based in Czech Republic, we are currently looking for a Senior SRE Engineer (SRE) with a strong blend of development, DevOps, and performance engineering to help us make a large portfolio of applications more robust and stable. Someone who has actual development experience but understands infrastructure management as well, able to operate in both sides of the DevOps field and tackle the reliability and system-wide issues holistically.

The role is not just about running performance troubleshooting but also about problem-solving and understanding the overall system.The candidate should be able to find hotspots in the code and SQL queries and suggest practical solutions.

Details:

• Role: Senior SRE Engineer
• Location:  Remote with possible occasional in person team sessions / workshops / gatherings (i.e. 1x quarter) likely to take place in Prague
• Working overlap needed: 2 - 6 CET possibility of a wider overlap (flexibility) appreciated
• Start: asap
• Duration: 6 months+ extension

Scope and responsibilities:

• Design and maintain standard CI/CD processes to deliver microservices-based applications
• Optimize deployment processes and reduce release cycle times
• Code deployments, releases, monitoring, alerting, solving incidents
• Analysis and integration of modern technologies as opportunities to improve
• Instilling DevOps culture within the engineering function
• Performance engineering:
• Conduct performance analysis and optimization, assist with performance troubleshooting efforts and communicate findings to various teams.
• Collaborate with teams to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in C# code and SQL queries
• Address system-wide issues by viewing the infrastructure and applications holistically
• Engage in failover testing, infrastructure hardening, and performance troubleshooting
• Operate independently and confidently, building relationships and providing innovative solutions
• Transition current application services to App Service plans, legacy apps to Azure Cloud, IaaS to PaaS
• Knowledge sharing:
• Educate team members on best practices, architectural patterns, and performance engineering
• Share lessons learned, frequent issues and how to overcome them

Requirements and skills:

• Working in agile and cross-functional teams
• Development Experience: Strong background in C# and SQL development
• DevOps Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of Azure services and tools, including AppInsights, Azure CLI, PowerShell, and bash scripting
• Performance Engineering: Ability to identify performance issues, analyze hotspots in code, and suggest effective solutions
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical skills to diagnose and resolve outages and performance bottlenecks
• Communication: Excellent ability to talk to various teams, understand their concerns, and provide actionable insights
• Independence: Capable of operating independently with loosely defined tasks, confident in executing tasks, and comfortable in building relationships.
• Professional proficiency in English

• Nice-to-have Skills:
• Experience with Python scripting.
• Knowledge of Databricks.
• Familiarity with DataDog and SonarQube.
• Success Factors:
• High level of confidence and independence in daily operations.
• Ability to execute tasks with minimal guidance.
• Strong relationship-building skills with team members and stakeholders.
• Proactive in sharing ideas and innovative solutions.
• Hands-on experience and practical knowledge in development and DevOps.
• Additional Expectations
• Provide practical hands-on experience and context to team members.
• Share knowledge on patterns, architecture, and best practices.
• Not expected to solve everything but to help educate and guide the team.
• Systems and tools:
• Required:
• C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET WebApi, Entity Framework
• SQL, SQL Profiler
• Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
• Azure tooling - Azure CLI, Azure KeyVault
• PowerShell, bash
• AppInsights
• Docker, Containers
• k8s, Azure Kubernetes Service
• Terraform
• ARM
• git
• Nice to have:
• Python scripting, DataDog, Sonarqube