Site Reliability Engineer (Hybrid - 1 day/week)

at  Partnerize

WHO WE ARE:

The partnership channel offers scale and automation on a pay-for-performance model that delivers the operating leverage necessary for brand survival. Partnerize empowers marketers with technology built to discover, engage, and convert audiences, at scale, all while maintaining brand safety and control.

JOB OVERVIEW

We are at a pivotal point in our tech progression. We’re looking to grow the technical estate, replace existing systems with new and scale and develop the platform. It’s an exciting time to join the team in this captivating period.
As an SRE you will be part of the Partnerize Technical Operations team, they work with the business, development and IT functions. You’ll be building the infrastructure, delivering projects and processes required to ensure we remain available, scalable and secure. Involved in support, project delivery and maintenance activities completed by the Operational Team.
You should have a keen interest in problem-solving accompanied with experience in Linux systems, an understanding of web servers, basic database skills and have an interest in DevOps and systems administration.
We’re looking for a mix of technical generalists, specialists, candidates that are new to IT or very experienced. For us, it’s more about the person and the character than the role. We need people that will get excited about taking us to the next stage of our evolution helping us with their specific skills and experience but learning new ones along the way.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience of databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis)
• Understanding of scripting languages (Python, Bash, PHP)
• Knowledge of platform or application automated deployment and configuration management (Ansible, Docker, terraform etc)
• An awareness of AWS and other cloud infrastructure services
• Linux system administration skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose and solve issues independently.
• Self-learner, ability to document learning as experience is gained.
• Experience as part of a team supporting and maintaining an infrastructure.
• A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks
• Ability to prioritise workload including occasional Incidents and Problem management
• Knowledge of and experience with the ITIL practices.

DESIRABLE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• An interest in development, new technologies and innovation
• Supporting development teams into the refactoring of technical debt
• Kubernetes, docker and containers
• Experience with monitoring systems, e.g. Zabbix, Nagios etc.
• Experience of JIRA and Confluence
• Nginx or web server technologies
• Gluster or storage technologies
• Git and version control
• Elasticsearch technologies - especially Kibana
• Experience with Apache Kafka and Druid
  At Partnerize, we recognize it is unrealistic for a candidate to fulfil 100% of the criteria in this job description. We encourage you to apply if you feel you meet the majority requirements above. We know that skills evolve over time, so if you have a keen appetite to learn and evolve alongside us overtime, come join our team!

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