Senior Site Reliability Engineer
PayPal
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Scottsdale • Arizona • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $111,500 - $165,550 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Take ownership of system performance monitoring
- Lead and manage the response to complex, high-priority incidents
- Design and implement advanced automation frameworks
- Enhance the monitoring infrastructure by identifying key metrics
- Conduct regular disaster recovery drills
- Partner with engineering and product teams to improve system architecture
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior site reliability engineers
Requirements
- 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or equivalent)
- Significant hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS or GCP required; multi-cloud experience preferred)
- Strong proficiency with Kubernetes and CNCF ecosystem tools
- Strong knowledge of networking, load balancing, CDN technologies, and DNS management
- Proven experience managing critical incidents in Infrastructure-as-Code driven environments
- Professional-level certification in at least one major cloud platform
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- Life and disability insurance
- Parental and family leave
- 401(k) savings plan
- Paid time off
- Flexible work environment
- Employee shares options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
system performance monitoringautomation frameworksdisaster recoveryInfrastructure as CodeKubernetesnetworkingload balancingCDN technologiesDNS managementincident management
Soft skills
leadershipmentorshiptechnical guidancecollaboration
Certifications
professional-level certification in cloud platform