Software Engineer – SRE

Sophos

SRE Engineer playing a key role in cloud application deployment and automation at Sophos. Collaborating with software engineers and managing continuous feature builds for development teams.

Posted 7/23/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in cloud technologies, CI/CD solutions, and automation for secure development practices. Proficient in deploying and managing applications in cloud environments, particularly AWS, with a strong focus on container orchestration and build tools.

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AWS ServicesKubernetesCI/CD ToolsDockerTerraform

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Hard Skills

JavaGroovyPythonLinux AdministrationBuild ToolsDeploymentAutomationScripting LanguagesContainer OrchestrationBlue/Green Deployments

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationTroubleshootingFacilitationOn-Call Support

Tools & Technologies

GitHubJenkinsArtifactoryBitbucketTomcat

Industry Keywords

DevSecOpsHigh AvailabilityCost OptimizationPublic CloudSecure Development Practice

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerEC2GradleGroovyJavaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxMavenMongoDBPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide technical skillset to the SRE team by planning and designing SRE toolsets and automation
Participate in architecture and security reviews for SRE Projects
Evangelize cloud technologies and CI/CD solutions for wider engineering teams
Focus on developing tools and processes for secure development practice
Collaborate with multiple feature development teams to identify needs for building and deploying their applications
Deploy and configure daily iterative builds of applications and containers into Tomcat server and Kubernetes clusters for multiple feature development teams
Deploy and configure MongoDB test databases with test data
Design and implement automation for deployment and configuration tasks
Identify cloud infrastructure needs for deployment environments and manage costs
Troubleshoot failed builds and deployments
Facilitate, manage and communicate information related to environments - their current state, deployed versions and availability to developers, QA engineers and team members
Own and execute Github, Artifactory and Jenkins-based software configuration and release activities in central Git repositories and Jenkins builds, branching, tagging, building, releasing
Support services and applications 24/7 by participating in an on-call rotation

Requirements

What you’ll need

2-4 years with some of the following technologies JAVA, Groovy, Python, Docker and Kubernetes
Strong knowledge with scripting languages, preferably Python and Groovy
Experience with build tools like Gradle, Maven, NPM
Experience supporting production grade systems including Linux administration, deployment, high availability & durability, practical logging & monitoring, and cost optimization in a public cloud, preferably AWS
Hands on experience with Terraform
Knowledge of AWS services including EC2, ECS, EKS, Fargate, IAM, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS, S3 is preferrable
Kubernetes and container orchestration experience a big plus
Experience with Blue/Green deployments is preferred
Experience with CI/CD tools and automation methodologies, specifically Jenkins
Strong working knowledge of Docker and the container ecosystem
Excellent operational knowledge of Linux operating systems
Administration and automation skills with developer tools like Bitbucket, Artifactory
Some experience with CI/CD automation for DevSecOps tools like Sonar, Blackduck

Benefits

Comp & perks

Sophos operates a remote-first working model
Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing