Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Application Observability, Readiness, Azure

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate with development teams to conceptualize and execute monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and APM instrumentation across various applications and services.

• Spearhead the deployment, configuration, and enhancement of Application Performance Monitoring (APM) solutions.

• Implement observability best practices utilizing Azure Monitor, Application Insights, New Relic, and Log Analytics (KQL).

• Facilitate code-level instrumentation, distributed tracing, and structured logging to enhance application visibility and dependability.

• Create and sustain application-level monitoring dashboards and operational health metrics.

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

• Continuously enhance monitoring and alerting strategies through insights from production and lessons learned from incidents.

• Engage in production readiness assessments, identifying operational risks, observability shortfalls, and possible failure scenarios prior to deployment.

• Assist in incident analysis and improvements post-incident through advanced telemetry and monitoring practices.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure applications are dependable, scalable, and ready for production.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Operations, or comparable roles.

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

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

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

• Required experience with DBT, Databricks, and SQL.

• Experience in implementing and managing APM solutions such as Application Insights, New Relic, or similar platforms.

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

• Familiarity with CI/CD environments, including Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.

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

• Demonstrated SRE mindset with experience in incident analysis, root cause investigation, and proactive problem prevention.

• Exceptional verbal and written English communication skills, with the capacity to collaborate effectively with global teams.

• Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell and/or Bash.

• Knowledge of scalability, availability, and resilience patterns in contemporary cloud environments.

• Proven experience driving production readiness and operational excellence initiatives.

• Exposure to reliability engineering best practices in enterprise-scale environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

• Flexible working hours and remote work options.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment.