SRE - Azure (R26_0000031014)

• Monitor, analyze, and optimize system performance, availability, and reliability across Azure-hosted platforms and applications.
• Define and manage Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and Error Budgets.
• Drive continuous service improvement through operational metrics, trend analysis, reliability engineering practices, and platform modernization efforts.
• Partner with development teams to improve service reliability through testing, release validation, deployment automation, and production readiness reviews.
• Design, build, and support Azure infrastructure and platform services, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Networking, App Services, and Storage
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions utilizing Terraform and Azure-native deployment technologies.
• Lead and support incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), post-incident reviews, and service restoration efforts.
• Automate operational processes, platform provisioning, deployments, and remediation activities to reduce manual effort (TOIL) and improve reliability.
• Identify, investigate, and mitigate performance, security, networking, and availability issues, including traffic anomalies and service disruptions.
• Participate in on-call rotations and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and knowledge articles as needed.

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree and five (5) to seven (7) years of experience in a technology and/or software engineering role or an equivalent combination.
• Experience supporting large-scale, highly available, distributed applications and cloud platforms.

• Strong understanding of Site Reliability Engineering principles, including SLIs, SLOs, Error Budgets, Incident Management, Root Cause Analysis, and Operational Excellence.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services, including infrastructure, networking, security, platform services, and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience administering and supporting Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Kubernetes clusters, containers, and scalable distributed systems.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM Templates) and Git-based deployment practices.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and DevOps methodologies.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, operating systems, databases, networking, and security domains.
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms, including Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Grafana, Datadog, and Dynatrace.
• Knowledge of microservices, APIs, distributed architectures, and cloud-native design patterns.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server, Linux, networking, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Experience with capacity planning, performance engineering, scalability testing, disaster recovery, and business continuity practices.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: No

COMPANY INFORMATION: DEPLOY's client offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.

DISCLAIMER: This job description illustrates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and skills required. Management retains the right to add or modify duties at any time.