Site Reliability Engineer

Location: Austin - Arboretum Plaza, United States of AmericaThales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billions of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.This is for a hybrid role in Austin, TX.Position SummaryWe are looking for an experienced SRE - Site Reliability Engineer to work with our North American Team. Your responsibility will be to help design and build tools and infrastructure that we use to support our teams and our customers. These tools will have to scale with our growing platform and customer base, and will drive operational excellence for the company’s globally distributed network. The person taking this role will have input in decisions that will have a major impact on the infrastructure and how we serve our customers. As an SRE in the ICO organization, you will work with your team solving problems, supporting and optimizing the infrastructure programmatically. You will work with your team to improve the overall availability, reliability, performance, and security of the infrastructure under control.Special Position RequirementsWork Schedule: Monday to Friday with on-call work over some weekendsWork Travel: Domestic and international travel will be required from time to time to meet with colleagues, attend conferences etc etc.While we have some flexibility about our working locations it is important that we meet face to face from time to time to properly build relationships and get to know each other. Therefore you may be required to travel internationally up to 5 times a year for department conferences, team meetings or group working sessions. You will also be required to attend your registered Thales / Imperva office. A few times a week to work directly with colleagues.Key Areas of Responsibilities Work with other teams across the company to build and deploy infrastructure that supports our platforms. Apply SRE core tenets of measurement (SLI/SLO/SLA), eliminate toil, and reliability modelling Establish metrics for data-driven decisions to increase availability, reliability, and velocity Build and maintain, and evolve SLO and SLI network/system/application baselines Assist with go/no go preplanning, verification/validation, and review of existing and new product/services Proactively analyse data and test the integrity of network/systems to ensure production applications and services are operating optimally Work with internal customers as needed to troubleshoot and resolve business affecting issues Participate in escalations, incident response, RCA’s, and postmortems Participate in 24x7 on-call rotationBasic Qualifications At least 5 years of professional experience within a cloud/web/CDN scale infrastructure Experience with Python and Go. C/C++ a plus Expert knowledge of Linux systems, network programming and protocols TCP, UDP, DNS, TLS/SSL, Experience with BGP and Anycast routing is a plus Experience with DevOps principles and concepts such as Infrastructure as Code (Ansible/Saltstack), CI/CD (Gitlab, Jenkins, Git), monitoring and visualization (Prometheus, Grafana) Experience with big data technologies such as NoSQL/RDBMS, Redis, ElasticSearch, Kafka Experience with containers and container management (Docker, Kubernetes) Experience analyzing and building data telemetry, modeling, pipelines, UI visualization Experience in developing software, troubleshooting, and monitoring large scale distributed systems Implement software engineering best practices/standards and software development life cycle Working knowledge and experience of Agile software development methodologies Outstanding collaboration and communication, and documentation skills with a proven ability to work cross-functionally BS/MS in computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent experienceWhy Join Us?Say HI and learn more about working at Thales click here#LI-hybrid#LI-WM1This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.Thales champions inclusion and we believe diversity strengthens the fabric of our culture. Thales is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.If you need an accommodation or assistance in order to apply for a position with Thales, please contact us View email address on click.appcast.io reference Total Target Compensation (TTC) market range for this position, inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target, is betweenTotal Target Cash (TTC) 112,105.50 - 190,664.00 USD AnnualThis reflects how companies in a similar industry and geographic region generally pay for similar jobs. This range helps the Company make pay decisions as one data point among many. Where a position falls within this range is also dependent on other factors including – but not limited to – the employee’s career path history, competencies, skills and performance, as well as the company’s annual salary budget, the customer’s program requirements, and the company’s internal equity. Thales may offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s status protected by local, state, or federal law.(For Internal candidate, if you need more information, please raise HR request through MyThales)Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:•Elective Health, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Whole Group Life w/LTC, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Plan, Identity Theft, and Pet Insurance•Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match, and with no vesting period•Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off•Company provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Disability, Employee Assistance Plan, and Well-being ProgramSummaryLocation: Austin - Arboretum PlazaType: Full time