Lead Site Reliability Engineer (m/f/x)

at  UP42 GmbH

UP42 was founded in 2019 with a clear purpose: to provide quick and easy access to geospatial data and analytics. The developer-first platform grants access to the world’s leading providers of optical, radar, elevation, and aerial data, all in one place, and offers flexible APIs and a Python SDK to help build and scale solutions. Users can search the catalog for existing imagery, or task a satellite to capture a desired area. Whatever the use case, UP42 is the one-stop-shop for all geospatial data needs.
At UP42, we are committed to delivering top-tier solutions for our customers and partners. We are seeking a dedicated SRE Lead (m/f/x) to continue the reliability and efficiency of our infrastructure. As the SRE Lead at UP42, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on infrastructure goals and lead your team through technical challenges and continuous improvement initiatives. Aside from that, you focus on strategic planning and executing major projects to enhance system resilience and scalability. Join us to drive impactful technological progress and contribute to UP42’s ongoing success!

HERE IS A GOOD SUMMARY OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• You bring strong leadership and mentoring skills with the ability to align and guide a team.
• You have demonstrated success in managing cloud infrastructure and leading a team of Cloud Engineers, with experience in-house.
• You have a solid understanding of major cloud providers, with a preference for Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• You are proficient in infrastructure-as-code systems, preferably Terraform.
• You bring in-depth knowledge of Kubernetes cluster operations and templating tools such as Helm or Kustomize.
• You have extensive experience in setting up and utilizing monitoring solutions for infrastructure, such as Prometheus.
• You have a proven track record in implementing and operating CI/CD pipelines.
• You possess effective communication skills in English, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly.

LET US TELL YOU WHY UP42 IS A GOOD CHOICE:

• Let’s disrupt the industry: You get the chance to shape the state-of-the-art geospatial processing platform and create a completely new planetary perspective.
• Let’s stay flexible: We practice a hybrid working model - you can choose when to work from the comfort of your home or join your colleagues in our modern office in the heart of Kreuzberg, or even from a global place of your choice up to 90 days per year.
• Let’s win as a team: We’re an inspiring international team working in a fun and productive environment.
• Let’s be fair: We offer a competitive salary package and other perks such as wellbeing initiatives, sponsored fitness subscriptions, free Cousera access from the first day on as well as an additional educational budget for your personal development and public transportation discount - just to name a few.
• Let’s enjoy the good side of life: Gather in regular team events as well as our global company parties twice a year.
• Let’s think outside of the box: There are challenges and enough space for creativity and taking ownership.
  Does this sound like a good next step into your geospatial career? If so, we look forward to receiving your application in English.
  Our culture is one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated. We seek to recruit the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background and/or belief—and strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. We also value more than the skills and experiences outlined in this job description. Even if you think you only fill 60% of the requirements for this role - we would still like to consider your application

• You will guide and mentor a team of Cloud Engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• You will monitor, maintain, and enhance the reliability, performance, and availability of UP42’s infrastructure, contributing to the development and maintenance of core cloud infrastructure.
• Working closely with product, engineering, and operations teams, you will align on goals, integrate new features, and enhance observability practices.
• Using infrastructure-as-code, you will create and optimize automation and tools, including deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters on the Google Cloud Platform.
• While continuously optimizing system performance and scalability, you will define and execute the SRE roadmap, and plan major projects like Ephemeral Environments and CI/CD transitions.
• You will Implement, automate, and document security guidelines based on industry standards to ensure robust infrastructure protection.
• Supporting the team’s transition to Platform Engineering, you will drive initiatives to improve the environment’s maintainability, and scalability.
• You will lead incident management efforts, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures to avoid recurrence, participating in the on-call rotation.