Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Compute Infrastructure
Axon
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoJavaKubernetesPythonTerraform
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AzureKubernetesLinuxSQLTerraform
About the role
- Lead the migration of infrastructure from point-and-click deployments to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in Azure
- Build a scalable, maintainable, and resilient Azure foundation to accelerate development cycles
- Maintain and develop our mature Azure environment
- Define and lead the strategy for CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
- Create reliable and maintainable Azure DevOps pipelines
- Serve as a technical resource and mentor for the engineering team, championing best security and DevOps practices
- Collaborate with Engineering and QA teams to troubleshoot Azure issues
- Monitor platform security and maintain regulatory compliance (e.g., HIPAA, PCI)
- Perform upgrades, enhancements, and migrations with zero/minimal downtime
- Pursue automation and process improvements to help the engineering team be successful
Requirements
- At least 3 years with Azure PaaS offerings
- Extensive experience creating and managing Azure PaaS product offerings, including App Services/App Service Environments, Function Apps, App Configurations, Azure Service Bus, SQL Server
- Experience with Cloudflare
- Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines
- Experience with git
- Ability to create reliable and easy-to-maintain Azure DevOps pipelines
- Deep understanding of Azure networking and security (Virtual Networks, Network Security Groups, etc.)
- Proven experience leading the migration of an organization from point-and-click deployments to Infrastructure as Code
- Ability to operate in both point-and-click deployment and IaC tools (Terraform)
- Comfortable with Azure Logic Apps (point-and-click environment)
- Preference for self-directed learning and research; ability to work autonomously
- Clear communication skills and strategic thinking
- A PaaS-first design philosophy that emphasizes simplicity, security, ease of maintenance, and clarity
- Experience managing small DevOps teams
- Experience breaking down complex projects into small, logical parts, and executing them start to finish
- Ability to write clear and detailed change tickets, considering Customer Impact, Risk, and Test Plan
- Must be legally authorized to work in the US (application asks about work authorization)
- Willingness to be in Austin or relocate on your own within 2-4 weeks (hybrid role)
