Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Application Observability, Readiness, Azure

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colombia, +5 more countries.

📋 Description

• Work collaboratively with development teams to create and implement monitoring, alerting systems, dashboards, and APM instrumentation for various applications and services.

• Lead the setup, configuration, and enhancement of Application Performance Monitoring (APM) solutions.

• Utilize observability best practices with tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, New Relic, and Log Analytics (KQL).

• Enable detailed code-level instrumentation, distributed tracing, and structured logging to enhance application visibility and reliability.

• Create and maintain monitoring dashboards and operational health metrics at the application level.

• Establish and implement Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and alerting strategies based on various factors including latency, error rates, traffic, and resource saturation.

• Continuously refine monitoring and alerting frameworks by leveraging insights from production data and incident experiences.

• Engage in production readiness reviews to pinpoint operational risks, observability shortcomings, and potential failure scenarios before deployment.

• Assist in incident analysis and post-incident enhancements by advancing telemetry and monitoring methods.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure applications are reliable, scalable, and prepared for production.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Operations, or similar roles.

• A minimum of 1 year of hands-on experience with DBT, Databricks, and SQL is essential.

• Extensive experience in supporting and managing applications within Microsoft Azure IaaS environments.

• Practical experience with application observability, monitoring, and reliability engineering methodologies.

• Required experience with DBT, Databricks, and SQL.

• Familiarity with implementing and managing APM solutions like Application Insights, New Relic, or comparable platforms.

• Proficient in designing dashboards and monitoring solutions utilizing Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics (KQL).

• Knowledge of CI/CD environments, including Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.

• A solid understanding of cloud-native architectures and distributed application systems.

• A practical SRE mindset, with experience in incident analysis, root cause determination, and proactive problem prevention.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to work effectively with global teams.

• Must be a legal resident of Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Mexico, or Brazil.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Opportunities for professional development and training.

• Flexible working hours and the possibility of remote work.

• Health and wellness programs.