Site Reliability Engineer

12 hours ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Mind Detect Full time

Our ultra-modern, scaling, payments platform client is seeking a
Site Reliability Engineer
(SRE) to join their world-class Engineering team, located in
Cape Town
(hybrid). Due to their unique market positioning and backing by world-leading payment companies, VCs and fintech platforms alike, they are set for high growth and expansion in the coming years.

As
SRE
, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of the technology infrastructure and you will strive to make such systems as performant, reliable, and as scalable as possible, as well as resolving any issues that arise. The SRE reports to the Engineering Team Lead.

Given the fact that this is a younger company, the environment is highly dynamic and fast-paced. Your working mentality must be one of adaptability, resilience and passion. This is a fantastic company to work for with truly vast amounts of personal and professional upside.

Responsibilities

  • Secure, monitor and maintain product infrastructure and connectivity.
  • Work closely with engineering to improve development, deployment and release processes.
  • Build tooling to allow developers to monitor reliability of their services and ensure a level of reliability in new services.
  • Provide guidance and support to teams implementing SLOs
  • Reducing the cost of failure by minimising problem discovery time and time to repair
  • Automate engineering operations where possible

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other related field
  • Experience with operating a service-oriented architecture, container orchestration (Kubernetes, Nomad or similar) and cloud environments
  • 4+ years professional experience in a similar role
  • Knowledge of network architecture and design patterns
  • Knowledge of disaster recovery mechanisms
  • Knowledge of secret management
  • Knowledge of various automation tools
  • Knowledge of coding and common programming languages
  • Experience in IT infrastructure monitoring and management

Bonus points for:

  • Experience in the FinTech and/or the financial services industry, particularly with PCI DSS frameworks
  • Experience with security automation and cloud security

Benefits

  • Equity in the business
  • Generous leave/solid work-life balance
  • Great remuneration package
  • Remote working
  • Plenty of perks
  • Strong professional development
  • An open, international and inclusive culture
  • Advanced equipment/technology

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This position is open to people already eligible for work in South Africa

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About us

We're a dedicated recruiter bringing together the brightest talent with organisations creating cutting-edge technology to change the world for the better.

We partner with technology providers at the forefront of meaningful innovation. And we're here for talented individuals who are passionate about using their skills to drive positive change.

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