Site Reliability Engineer

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Site Reliability Engineer

At ICEYE, we design, build and operate the largest fleet of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites in the world. Using advanced technology, our constellation collects topographical data about any location on Earth, day or night, through any weather conditions.

Headquartered in Southern California, our customers are society’s heroes – intelligence professionals, warfighters, first responders, and scientific researchers. As a trusted mission partner, the United States and its allies depend on us for critical information when it matters most.

Role Description

Join our team as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of experience and play a pivotal role in optimizing our systems for peak reliability. Working alongside a team of skilled DevOps engineers, you'll find yourself in a collaborative and supportive environment where your ideas are valued, and your contributions make a tangible impact.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the design and implementation of strategies to improve the reliability of our systems.

• Work with Datadog, LGTM stack, AWS and Kubernetes to monitor, analyze, and optimize system reliability.

• Support the development of custom monitoring and alerting solutions to identify and address issues proactively.

• Follow and contribute to SRE best practices to maintain the stability and resilience of our infrastructure.

• Participate in on-call rotations and provide timely responses to incidents.

Education/Qualifications/Certifications (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, etc.)

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 2+ years of experience working with cloud platforms, particularly AWS, and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Mimir, etc.

• Basic understanding of networking, distributed systems, and microservices architecture.

• Experience with configuring and maintaining databases and other critical services.

• Basic scripting and automation skills using Python or similar programming languages.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to DevOps methodologies.

• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform.

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and related tools (e.g., Github Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).

• Basic understanding of containerization technologies such as Docker.

• Basic understanding of Data Platform Tools such as Fivetran, Databricks, Holistics

• Certifications in AWS, Kubernetes, or related technologies are a plus.

Pay Range and Compensation Package

· The estimated base salary range for this role is $90k - $105k depending on experience

· Other benefits include health coverage, flexible PTO, a friendly work environment, plus extra fun perks!

Physical Requirements

This position primarily works in an office environment. It requires the ability to sit or stand for long periods of time and frequent walking. Daily use of a computer, phone, office equipment and other computing and digital devices is required. Some travel may be necessary – the ability to travel by car, plane, train, bus, vessel, or metro, operate a motor vehicle and maintain a valid Driver’s License and/or effectively navigate public transportation is required.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee must be able to read and respond to inter-office communications as well as effectively participate in meetings. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands or fingers, to lift up to 50 lbs., pull, push, carry, handle, or feel. The employee is required to carry, handle items, reach with arms and hands, to stoop, kneel, or crouch; talk, or hear. Mental demands may require prolonged concentration, reading comprehension, understanding and interpretation of concepts, ideas, and philosophies. The physical demands of the position described herein are essential functions of the job and employees must be able to successfully perform these tasks for extended periods. Reasonable accommodations may be made for those individuals with real or perceived disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job described unless such accommodations would cause ICEYE US an undue burden.

EEO Statement

ICEYE US is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.