Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Upsun (via Remote Woman), Remote • Australia, India +1
What you need
- Senior SRE & Cloud Expertise: 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Operations, or DevOps, with proven experience owning reliability for production platforms at scale.
- Software Engineering & Tooling: Strong proficiency in Go or Python to build custom automation tools, custom controllers, or SRE platform components (beyond basic shell scripting).
- Deep Linux Internals Proficiency: Advanced hands-on knowledge of Linux operating system internals, kernel parameters, networking protocols, performance profiling, and system troubleshooting.
- Infrastructure as Code & Cloud Platforms: Deep expertise with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, or Openstack) with custom tooling built around cloud SDKs, and declarative infrastructure tools (e.g., Terraform) to manage distributed systems.
- Autonomous Ownership & Systems Thinking: Proven ability to anticipate operational risks, make architectural trade-offs, and lead technical infrastructure initiatives with minimal guidance.
- Collaborative Communication: Outstanding cross-functional communication skills with a track record of building alignment, and fostering an inclusive engineering culture.
Nice to have
- Experience with custom-built orchestration, edge, storage, and operational tooling in a dynamic environment.
- Experience with Docker and production Kubernetes cluster management or containerized deployment architectures.
- Familiarity with Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) architectures or developer-facing cloud platforms.
Where we hire
At Upsun, remote work isn’t just a trend. It’s our foundation. Upsunners are a global workforce, and we thrive in a multicultural team. We’re committed to open source and an open, welcoming environment. Our team spans more than 30 countries and a wide range of experience levels, and we’re currently hiring for this role in Australia or India. We’re unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time, but we welcome applications from all qualified candidates who are legally authorized to work in these countries.
This role includes on-call hours: One week every 4-5 weeks, 02:00 AM – 10:00 AM UTC. Weekend shift included in the one-week of on-call.
How we hire
Our interview process is a chance for us to understand how you think, what you’ve built, and what you want to take on next, and for you to get to know us. Together, we’ll explore where your strengths and interests meet the challenges our teams are solving.
We know a great hire won’t meet every requirement above. If you can see yourself making the team better, we want to hear your story. Few of us would be here if someone hadn’t taken a chance on us.