Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure the stability and reliability of cloud-native applications deployed on GCP containerized with Docker and orchestrated via Kubernetes;
- Define, implement, and monitor SLOs, SLAs, and SLIs to measure system performance and user experience;
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and manage Kubernetes configurations with Kustomize and Helm;
- Develop and maintain monitoring and alerting systems using Datadog and GCP-native tools;
- Conduct incident analysis and postmortems to drive continuous improvement;
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate reliability practices into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions;
- Manage and troubleshoot database systems, particularly PostgreSQL and Cassandra;
- Apply networking knowledge and Linux system administration skills to troubleshoot and optimize system connectivity and performance.
Required key competencies and qualifications:
- 4+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering/DevOps;
- Proven experience designing and operating elastic, resilient systems in cloud environments;
- Strong understanding of GCP/AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, and container orchestration;
- Experience with cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform - ideally, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure), Kubernetes, and container orchestration;
- Proficiency in infrastructure as code and configuration management tools (Terraform, Helm, Kustomize);
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Datadog, GCP Monitoring);
- Solid scripting skills in bash and familiarity with automation frameworks;
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, especially using GitHub Actions;
- Familiarity with networking fundamentals and troubleshooting;
- Strong coding skills and ability to develop reliability-focused tooling;
- Excellent communication skills in English (written and spoken);
- Strong problem-solving skills and a process-oriented mindset;
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment;
- Passion for clean code, automation, and continuous improvement.
Nice-to-Have:
- Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., DataDog, Prometheus, GCP Monitoring);
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
What we offer at METRO.digital?
At METRO.digital, we promote work-life balance through a hybrid working model. You’ll be part of self-organizing, multicultural teams that collaborate in an agile setup.
We want you to become the best version of yourself with individual and company-wide programs and trainings for people development. Focused among other on development, leadership, appreciation ... it´s time to upskill your career.
We offer support whenever you need it - at every stage of your professional journey.
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Position grade within our career framework: Site Reliability Engineer Grade 3 (Md7).