Site Reliability Engineer, Data

 Site Reliability Engineer - Data
Chicago, IL
Our Tech Stack
Our technology stack is constantly evolving and our engineers are always looking to adopt new but relevant trends.  We use open-source software and AWS almost exclusively.
AWS: DynamoDB, RDS, Redshift, S3, ElastiCache/Redis, EMR, Lambda, CloudFront, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation, ECS/Docker, Elastic Map Reduce
OS/Misc Apps: Linux (mostly Amazon Linux), Alpine Linux, Tomcat, Nginx, ElasticSearch, Docker, Maven
Developer/DevOps tools: Jenkins for CI, Sumologic, Datadog, Ansible, Python, BASH
Application Languages: Java 8 and 11, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Elixir
Frameworks: Spring (Boot, MVC, Security, etc.), React.js
Databases: PostgreSQL, Neo4J Graph Database, ElasticSearch, Snowflake
Key Accountabilities
As a Site Reliability Engineer focused on data services, you will join a super-talented team of ops-focused engineers that delivers world-class cloud-based infrastructure to support our global customer base. You and the team will own the cloud infrastructure to deliver best in class database solutions, plan for growth, analyze and fix problems in real-time, and design and implement secure networks.

• Engineer and automate database infrastructure to ensure performance and reliability
• Orchestrate and manage the various AWS services that we use including; Cloudformation, DynamoDB, Redshift, ECR/ECS, RDS, EMR, ElasticSearch, ElastiCache, Elastic Map Reduce
• Design platforms for extremely high uptime metrics
• Own the security posture of the data layer
• Safely analyze and execute direct data operations in production environments.
• Interact with customer support and implementation engineers to resolve time critical database requests
• Perform operational DBA duties in a fast, complex environment - this will include patching, environment refreshes/cloning, database/application upgrades, user/password management, and implementing backup and monitoring procedures.
• Assist in the design and adoption of new database and infrastructure technologies.
• Improve processes related to the requests and software releases that drive our business.
• Shared on-call rotation responsibilities.

 
Requirements and Preferred Skills

• 5+ years of experience running a majority of the following database technologies: Postgres, Neo4j, Snowflake, Redshift, Hadoop, ElasticSearch, DynamoDB
• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability, systems engineering, devops, or systems architecture on a high volume platform
• Advanced SQL knowledge
• Coding experience (e.g. Java, Python, Ruby or Shell scripting)
• Expert level Linux engineering skills
• Experience with a majority of the following tools: Ansible, Ruby, Python, Java, PostgreSQL, BASH scripting, service oriented architecture, public/private APIs, Git, Docker, Jenkins
• Advanced, expert level knowledge of the Amazon Web Services platform. You must have built complex AWS implementations before
• Past experience writing automation tooling such as Ansible, Cloudformation or Terraform
• Mastery of documentation and diagramming
• Strong communicator: able to effectively work with remote engineers
• A pragmatic approach to architecture and problem solving
• Lifelong learner, not afraid to take on new technologies