Role overview

Site Reliability Engineer- Fully Remote

Requirements and responsibilities

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Details

  • This is not an hourly-rate or daily-rate contract.
  • This is a full-time commitment for the contract duration.
  • Candidates should be comfortable working within this monthly compensation structure.

What you’ll be doing

  • Helping migrate a self-managed Kubernetes cluster onto Amazon EKS, including persistent storage and stateful workloads.
  • Managing and improving AWS infrastructure maintained through Terraform.
  • Supporting the migration of self-hosted Kafka onto Amazon MSK with minimal disruption.
  • Maintaining platform stability, observability, and security throughout the migration process.
  • Working closely with a senior internal team, picking up ownership of active workstreams quickly.
  • Identifying risks early and maintaining clear documentation.

What good looks like

  • 5+ years of hands-on Site Reliability, Platform Engineering, or DevOps experience.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Amazon EKS.
  • Strong AWS experience, with Terraform as a core infrastructure tool.
  • Experience migrating legacy or self-managed infrastructure into cloud-native managed services.
  • Solid Kafka knowledge, ideally including Amazon MSK migrations.
  • Strong understanding of Kubernetes networking, persistent storage (EFS), scaling, and upgrades.
  • Mature, low-ego, collaborative working style.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to explain trade-offs clearly.
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FocusSite Reliability EngineeringRole area
Seniority signalSeniorCandidate level
StackAWS, KubernetesPrimary skills
Location2 accepted countriesEligibility

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